Hi, John,

Response to protein is so individual. I was diagnosed 5 years ago, but was able to eat anything at anytime without affecting my body's response to the l-dopa. Now, though, I am extremely sensitive to protein in my diet. It has evolved over the past year or so. Yet, a friend of mine has had PD for 15 years and has no conflict at all between her meals and her meds.

My humble suggestion is for you to eat normally for now and merely pay attention to your symptoms. The information you have been reading is correct, but it doesn't mean everybody with PD is going to experience a reaction to dietary protein right away. Tuck this bit of info away for now. If you find further along that your meds don't kick in very well after you eat, then this will be a very useful clue to consider.

By the way, like protein, Sinemet is absorbed in the small gut, just after it leaves the stomach. Both compete for absorption at the same sites - in the gut and at the blood brain barrier.

Chow now brown cow!
Skelly