Funny, Trixiedee, I have no will power either. Friends and family keep encouraging me to try gluten free diet, but I can't see it happening unless my symptoms dramatically change as in disappear altogether. ha. Same with ketogenic. Modified Zone diet which is like a ketogenic lite diet and also used to control epilepsy might be worth a look.

On cocout oil...

The funny thing is unless coconut is in a sugary, frou frou cocktail, I really do not like the flavor of it. To integrate it into my diet took some real effort let me tell you. I think the goal is 1-2 tablespoons daily. You are on the right track with the smoothie. I hope you melt it first? What makes it more palatable to me is to heat, add to smoothie, and it solidifies to texture of ice chips- I just have trouble with idea of adding a grease blob to my food.

The other ways I could tolerate were cooking with it. It is a medium chain triglyceride which is the healthy aspect. You can cook with it at a high temp; other oils become harmful for us at high heats - they become free radicals and given that we have the rave to end all raves already going on in our brains, we do not need any frisky cells looking for a place to mutate.

Honestly, you only notice coconut after taste for a short while and now I don't detect it at all. I use it for browning meats to making pancakes. I do; however, draw the line at cooking eggs with it. Also if you eat oatmeal everyday, try adding a bit to your cooking water.

Who knows? It could be working for me at the molecular level and too soon to tell...I try to tell myself that PD didn't happen over night, so if it takes 5-10 years before our symptoms appear, it is doubtful that any sort of repair is going to be noticed immediately. I am pretty sure Ron Hutton said he took a daily dose of curcumin and it paid back in 8 years -he has significantly lowered his meds.

I am glad you brought up this again because I have slacked on taking enough so I will start again in earnest tomorrow. Incidentally, to anyone who needs to take off a few pounds, the coconut oil works! Odd I know but apparently it takes fat to get our metabolism going. See the book "Eat Fat, Lose Fat" by Mary Enig, nutritionist.

Another thing to contemplate is intermittent fasting. This is in a mouse model, mind you, but I think the approach makes sense. Researchers found that it was neuroprotective in animals, but it does seem to show some real benefit humans too.

Laura