This is getting more and more interesting and it deserves its own thread-

The story thus far, in part, is that low levels of PGC-1a are linked to Alzheimer's and diabetes. More and more that list is expanding to include PD. PGC-1a can be increased by intake of fatty acids. Those fatty acids are particularly plentiful in coconut oil. You may remember earlier discussion here on Dr. Mary Newport and her husband and their success using coconut oil in combating his early-onset Alzheimer's.

As to what is going on, it is too soon to say. It could be that high glucose levels and/or insulin resistance is the link. It could also be transfats in our diets or a dozen other things.

Time will tell, but time is a precious commodity and I don't have as much of it as I would like. So, as of two days ago, I have jumped on the coconut oil band wagon. My initial reaction is "Damn! This stuff seems to be working!" Placebo? Who knows at this point.

I will, of course, post my observations, but my immediate one was that I was seriously over medicated and have begun to cut back. Second, yesterday I put in a good three hours swapping two washing machines around by myself without going off. Finally, I got up this morning and couldn't find my stick. It wasn't in its usual place at my bedside. I had gone to bed without needing it for the first time in months.