Parkinson’s Disease Prevention: Energy Science Recommendations
A recent Mayo clinic posting regarding genetic research on familial Parkinson's disease brought about some interesting food for thought about genetic causation
It seems that multiple genes implicated in the disease but this genetic change governs protective proteins which are not made due to a mutation of the EIF4G1 gene
Genetic Plasticity and Genetic Misbehavior
Familial or sporadic Parkinson's disease from a genetic perspective seem to have the same genetic expression If there are a lot of genes affected then the clinical effect is Parkinson's If many are already turned on/off the familial pattern gets expressed
But these findings are not suprising There are now numerous reports now that the human genome project is well underway showing the expression of disease
For example it has been shown that parents undergoing stress impact their children's genetic expression Obesity genes are affected by exercise Men with prostate cancer in a watchful waiting protocol stabilze their PSA's, increase Tcell killer counts and change genetic expression in 400 genes simply by changing lifestyle behaviors
So the good news is that lifestyle can impact any genetic misbehavior
Stress Leads to Genetic Mutation
In the above study stress led to the death of cells in the primitive midbrain from the mutation
The issue then among other prevention therapies is how to deal with stress There are a number of different ways to change lifestyle behavior For example:
Meditation practice
Yoga practice
Mindfulness or awareness of reacting to people, situations, circumstances, and things
Prevention Therapies Are Already Available
In the reporting Owen Ross, PhD, a neuroscientist and co-author on the paper added, "The insights gained from how mutations in EIF4G1 lead to cell death might help us develop new therapies to treat or slow Parkinson's disease."
The "new therapies" that Dr Ross has in mind are more than likely matter or molecular science interventions such as new drug therapies which no doubt be exceedingly expensive and long in coming
The issue is this "Why wait?" Prevention is something that patients with known predisposition can do right now Since Parkinson's disease is a Vata imbalance, the above are starters that can help calm Vata but there are more from an energy science view:
Eat according to one's mindbody energy makeup
The new field of genetic medical research has taught us a very important lesson That we are indeed in control of our health destiny And the tools are available to us through the energy science of Ayurveda to help us do just that
Ciao Until next time To health as a Skill Love DrBill
