Treating Parkinson’s Disease with Velvet Beans (Mucuna pruriens)

Parkinson’s disease treatment: Since Parkinson’s is caused by a dopamine deficiency in the brain, what if you ate foods rich in the dopamine precursor levodopa? Stay tuned for the next video, where we look at fava beans: Treating Parkinson’s Disease with Fava Beans (Faba or Broad Beans) (https://nutritionfacts.org/video/trea.... I have plenty more on Parkinson’s disease in videos such as: • Preventing Parkinson’s Disease with Diet (https://nutritionfacts.org/video/prev...) • Treating Parkinson’s Disease with Diet (https://nutritionfacts.org/video/trea...) • The Role Meat May Play in Triggering Parkinson’s Disease (https://nutritionfacts.org/video/the-...) • Coffee Put to the Test for Treating Parkinson’s Disease (https://nutritionfacts.org/video/coff...) • Low Protein Diets for Parkinson’s Disease (https://nutritionfacts.org/video/low-...) New subscribers to our e-newsletter always receive a free gift. Get yours here: https://nutritionfacts.org/subscribe/. Have a question about this video? Leave it in the comment section at http://nutritionfacts.org/video/treat... and someone on the NutritionFacts.org team will try to answer it. Want to get a list of links to all the scientific sources used in this video? Click on Sources Cited at https://nutritionfacts.org/video/trea.... You’ll also find a transcript and acknowledgements for the video, my blog and speaking tour schedule, and an easy way to search (by translated language even) through our videos spanning more than 2,000 health topics. Thanks for watching. I hope you’ll join in the evidence-based nutrition revolution! -Michael Greger, MD FACLM Captions for this video are available in several languages; you can find yours in the video settings. View important information about our translated resources: https://nutritionfacts.org/translatio... https://NutritionFacts.org • Subscribe: https://nutritionfacts.org/subscribe • Donate: https://nutritionfacts.org/donate • Podcast : https://nutritionfacts.org/audio • Facebook: www.facebook.com/NutritionFacts.org • Twitter: www.twitter.com/nutrition_facts • Instagram: www.instagram.com/nutrition_facts_org • Books: https://nutritionfacts.org/books • Shop: https://drgreger.org