The Impact of Protein on Levodopa Absorption

Parkinson's Disease Education Podcast

In this episode (video version is here) you will find out the potential impact of the protein that you eat and how that can interfere with absorption of your levodopa. Also, how you time medications around meals is crucial, regardless of how much protein you consume.

To read more about this topic you can reference this article at the Davis K. Phinney Foundation: https://davisphinneyfoundation.org/medication-protein-and-parkinsons/

Here is another more recent article from UF Norman Fixel Institute that cross-references the nature.com article mentioned in the video: https://fixel.ufhealth.org/2023/08/02/managing-levodopa-and-eating-protein-not-a-one-size-fits-all-approach/

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