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The traditional medical system has no cure for Parkinson\u2019s Disease, only medications that help treat the symptoms. But these drugs often come with significant side effects.<\/p>\nThe traditional medical system has no cure for Parkinson\u2019s Disease, only medications that help treat the symptoms. But these drugs often come with significant side effects.<\/p>\n
It\u2019s amazing then that a new study has come out which shows how simple lifestyle changes can improve, even halt, Parkinson\u2019s.<\/p>\n
A new study published in the journal Cell Reports<\/em> has found that an easy exercise can directly tackle the underlying cause of Parkinson\u2019s, with breathtaking results.<\/p>\n Alpha-synuclein is a common protein in your brain. It helps with the release of neurotransmitters, which are molecules that help neurons to communicate with each other. Without it, we would all be dead.<\/p>\n But when this protein accumulates in our brains in large amounts, it interferes with the release of neurotransmitters, and our neurons can no longer communicate properly.<\/p>\n The accumulation of alpha-synuclein is one of the chief markers of Parkinson\u2019s disease, so much of the scientific literature is focused on how to prevent it from accumulating in unhealthy amounts.<\/p>\n A new study led by researchers from Chicago\u2019s Rush University Medical Center experimented on mice to determine whether a treadmill exercise could do just this.<\/p>\n The scientists injected a chemical into the mice\u2019s brains to cause Parkinson\u2019s disease. They then split the mice into two groups, a treadmill exercise group and a non-exercise group.<\/p>\n The treadmill exercise group had to run on a treadmill for 30 minutes per day, 6 days a week, for a period of 2 months.<\/p>\n When the scientists performed brain scans at the end of the study, they found that the brains of the mice in the treadmill group differed from those in the non-exercise group:<\/p>\n 2. Treadmill exercise protected striatal dopamine, one of the neurotransmitters most disrupted by the accumulation of alpha-synuclein.<\/p>\n 3. Treadmill exercise activated PPAR-alpha, which, in turn, lowered alpha-synuclein.<\/dd>\n<\/dl>\n Researchers also observed an improvement in the Parkinson\u2019s symptoms of the mice in the treadmill group.<\/p>\n So, it\u2019s definitely worth it to jump on the treadmill to tackle your Parkinson\u2019s. And you could most likely get the same results, or even better, by going out for a brisk walk in nature.<\/p>\n This is an especially important study as it shows that Parkinson\u2019s is not a life sentence. Its progression can be drastically slowed down or even halted completely by making simple lifestyle changes.<\/p>\n\n