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Originally Posted by zanpar321
Parkinson's does appear to be a diabetes of the brain! Diabetes and Parkinson's seem to be eerily similar. Excess Advanced Glycation End Products (AGE) apparently cause protein misfolding followed by alpha synuclein clumping in both cases. AGE are the result of sugar combining with proteins. Perhaps eliminating/reducing glycation would benefit PWP!
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I've taken anti-AGE substances like carnosine, benfotihamine, B6, alpha lipoic acid, etc for a long time. I can't say it made much of a difference.
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