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PARKINSON'S DISEASE

By Dr. George M. Wolverton

Let us tell you about a professional man who was diagnosed with Parkinson’s disease in 1978. He followed a very strict wellness plan that included five major components:

  1. Vigorous aerobic exercise at least one hour a day. This is the amount of exercise that made him breathless but not so breathless that he could not carry on a conversation.

  2. Extreme lifestyle modification including organic eating and Juice Plus.

  3. Chelation Therapy on a regular basis. Five years ago he began receiving Glutathione as part of his Chelation Therapy treatment.

  4. The Russell Jaffe (Vitamin C) Flush.

  5. Injections of Magnesium and B12 daily.

The patient described has had Parkinson’s disease for 27 years, and now the Parkinson’s disease of this professional man is essentially controlled.

DISCUSSION
In England, Dr. Parkinson described the syndrome of Parkinson’s disease as a clinical presentation of progressive tremors with neurologic deterioration. On average the patients he observed were dead in about six years.

Factors That Increase the Incidence of Parkinson’s Disease

  • Too Many Fast Carbohydrates—When Pillsbury rolls are put into the oven to bake, the protein in the rolls changes, and the result is called the “browning effect.” The same type of process occurs when we feed too many fast carbohydrates to the nerve cells. This causes the glycogen in the cell to precipitate out, which causes a “browning effect” in the protein in the nerve cells and a decrease in the nerve function. This is called Browning Neuropathy. For this reason, it is best to avoid fast carbohydrates.

  • Aluminum—Aluminum is a major player in Parkinson’s disease.  There is a tenfold increase in Parkinson’s disease in areas of the world where they mine bauxite or aluminum. Parkinson’s disease is also increased tenfold in city water systems that precipitate out the flocculants from the water supply with alum. When people were first dialyzed in Denver, Colorado, there was excess aluminum in the water used, and this produced a condition similar in some respects to Parkinson’s disease and early Alzheimer’s disease. This was called Denver Dementia. When the aluminum was removed from the dialisate, the Parkinson’s disease and Alzheimer’s disease type symptoms disappeared. It is best to avoid aluminum in any form. Other heavy metal poisons, such as arsenic, cadmium, mercury, and lead also tend to worsen Parkinson’s disease and also should be avoided.

Modalities of Therapies That Improve the Symptoms of Parkinson’s Disease

  • Vigorous Aerobic Exercise—We feel vigorous aerobic exercise stimulates growth hormones and stem cell production. Tremors are a result of a degenerating relationship between nerves and muscles. Afferent fibers go to the nerves to stimulate them. Efferent fibers go from the nerves to the muscles to stimulate them. The mix of these tends to allow for the steadiness of eye/hand coordination. A body in the Parkisonian state has a tendency to wither or diminish the neuromuscular endplate function. Vigorous aerobic exercise stimulates the afferent fibers, which stimulate the efferent fibers. This tends to stimulate the extensors and flexors and make them more stable, which improves the tremors.

  • Lifestyle Modification and Diet—Methuselah in The Bible lived 971 years with a relatively pristine external environment. Our external environment is not pristine. But we can do much more to have a pristine internal environment, which helps our immune system correct disease. This is why we recommend diligent attention to lifestyle and diet modifications.

  • Chelation Therapy—Chelation Therapy pulls aluminum, arsenic, cadmium, mercury, and lead from the body. Ask our receptionist for more in depth information about Chelation Therapy.

  • Glutathione—About five years ago, Dr. Pearlmuter, a neurosurgeon from Florida, developed a means of using Glutathione intravenously to help people with Parkinson’s disease. Since then we at 21st Century Medicine have included a 15-minute infusion of I.V. Glutathione for Parkinson’s disease patients at the end of Chelation Therapy treatments, which they receive twice a week. We have been very successful in this combination treatment throughout the years and find it eclipses the effectiveness of a dopaminergic drug, such as Sinimet, which is traditionally used in medicine to treat Parkinson’s disease. Glutathione seems to lead to less masking of facial expression and shuffling of gait with more elasticity of thought and expression.  The positive effects tend to be additive and “ratchet up” on the positive side with the passage of time.

Our hope for all of you is that you will keep clearly focused on the fact that Montaigne, the French philosopher said, “Man does not die, he kills himself.”

P.S.#1:  In the story of ham and eggs, the chicken was involved and the pig was committed. We strongly urge you not to be a chicken but to become committed. You be the doctor. We’ll be the coach.

P.S.#2:  Oh Yes!  This case study is about Dr. George M. Wolverton!