well, er uh I collect it from our new rain gutter - i wait until its rained a while though. We have a metal roof and I know this not the most sanitary of conditions but the water appears very clear.

Laura, even if these myriad of foods and supplements may not be an immediate remedy if they help you be the best you can be isn't that worth while? Coconut water is touted as having great electrolyte benefit and an excellent hydrant. Also I've noticed almond milk (unsweetened) is great when I get a sweet craving. I may order a case of evian water - we have a great well with fairly soft water but I'm thinking taking in a very high quality water could yield great benefit in the long run. Have you seen the info out on reverse osmosis/ distilled water? here is a small example:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t5f2a-aIzlw
might be good to take a mineral supplement with distilled water - I'm new to this subject. Are you drinking good water?
md

I feel that we must understand this before we go any farther. It is my opinion thtat this cn benefit at least 70 percent of us. Please read the quoted information carefully. More is to come. Before anyone asks,theanswer is, "No, I do not sell this."

Michael

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Interestingly Patrick Flanagan was interviewed on Coast to Coast AM radio show a couple of nights ago - I was NOT impressed - a lot of new agey sounding BS to me. However, the subject of water can't be overrated with regards to pd imho......and I do seem to be doing well taking a royal body care product called "Hydracell" - Brian Andersen contends that PF product may simply be highly concentrated soap (decreases surface tension)

Brian Andersen contends that when distilled water is structured it becomes highly beneficial: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hsz8IO056ug

It would be interesting to add a study on water in areas that have high incidence of pd.

Moondaughter writes:
"It would be interesting to add a study on water in areas that have high incidence of pd."

Maps showing US:

PD incidence: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/arti...395/figure/F2/
Water hardness: http://www.nachi.org/hard-water.htm

Eye-balling the maps, I'd estimate that soft water is weakly correlated with high incidence. Note, that doesn't necessarily imply causality.

Further work is needed.

John

Michael, how long did this "on" period last. What ended it? How are you doing now? What sort of detox are you going through? Does the MegaHydrate product have recommended doseages, how much did you take. Thanks a bunch.

Wasn't the original question if, or when, there is a cure for PD, what does each of see ourselves doing to reenter the workforce (assuming we would not be in need of disability any longer)?

I have no answer, I've never really thought about it, but I hate when these threads get hijacked by a commercial or self proclaimed pseudo-chemists' babble....

I dropped off this board for quite some time for those reasons and the first thread I delve into makes me feel as though I never left!

Did I miss something? I don't see any hijack. The only product is an info blurb copy/pasted on Mega Hydrate by the OP who is not pushing us to buy anything. We are merely trying to figure it how it is beneficial.

So, stick around!

Laura

I am sorry that this thread speaks to you in that manner. I didn't mean for it to do that. What made me think of rejoining the workforce was the fact t hat something was triggered in my body that gave me unexpected results, and I was merely expressing those results. The only thing that I did differently in my daily routine was to add 2 capsules of a certain supplement along with my regular meds.

YEsterday I saw my neurologist, and i brought the bottle with me. He looked at it and decided that there was nothing in it that could harm me. HE said that he had no objections to my using it. Anyway, in the meantime, I have to tell you, I ended up having 53 consecutive symptom free hours, and I thought that was significant. Also , of the 180 hours that followed, only 10 of the were "OFF" hours. Normally , of 180 hours 72 of them would have been "OFF" and 108 would have been "On". I think that is a very significant difference worth reporting to everyone here. Again, I am not saying that mega hydrate caused this difference. I am just saying that it is the only change that I know of.

Today I only required 500 mg of sinemet nstead of 1200 mg, and only 10 mg of requip instead of 15 mg. Again, that is significant. Also, this is the first day in over a year that i have had no dyskinesia.

I am still excited.

michael

Wow! Thanks for update. During your extended on times, how did your body feel when a med dosage was due? Did you have symptom emergence when your usual dosage wore off? I am just trying to see this in relation to what works for us individually. Did you feel PD free for the day? so, that is fantastic.

being free from dyskinesia was so wonderful that I failed to notice any parkinson's symptoms. I felt pretty much normal most of today(july 12,2012). I must say this, however. I have had parkinson's for 23 years, and that has left my body pretty frail, so i am trying to be realistic concerning any expectations of health. I need to slowly work myself up to a good exercise program. Now, at 63 years old, some of what ails me comes with age and neglect. I am going to take it slow.

michael