Several years ago I saw the movie "First Do No Harm". It's based on a true story about a boy with epilepsy who wasn't helped by any of approved treatments. This was pre-internet so the Mom researched in a Library and found out about a Doctor who was having success with a special diet. Their Doctors said it wasn't proven and would not support it. The Mom managed to get her son to John's Hopkins learned the diet and the boy was helped. What really stood out for me was the some bit parts in the movie were played by real people with epilepsy (not actors) who were personally helped by the diet. This was the first time I'd heard of a keto diet -- before it got popular. The Doctor who developed it knew that fasting was good for the brain but wasn't sustainable so he realized that by having a high fat diet you can achieve the same effect on the brain.

Fast Forward several years to when I was suspecting I had PD. Someone suggested Dr. Terry Wahls diet since Dr Wahls had helped her own MS with it. The person who recommended it had been doing it for several years. He was motivated to do it because he's an ultra marathoner. By going keto and burning fat he could run 10 hours straight and not have to refuel since even though he's quite thin, he has some fat.

The Wahls diet is basically keto with good fats (coconut and olive oil) and a lot of vegetables. (Apparently the coconut lets you eat more vegetables and still stay in ketosis.) So by following this diet I think I'm getting the effect of fasting. I've been doing it a little more than 6 months and it has gotten easier. I think Wendy is the only one on NeuroTalk who mentioned the Wahls diet, but it didn't sound like she stuck with it. There is a TEDTalk that you can see with Dr. Wahls about "Minding Your Mitochondria".