What Is Ghee, 7 Natural Benefits + How to Use Ghee

 

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When it comes to ghee on a Paleo diet, there’s a bit of confusion on whether it’s OK to eat. So, what is ghee, exactly? Here’s the lowdown on this unique dairy product.

Since ghee is a dairy-based food, which is typically a Paleo no-no, it’s easy to assume that it causes the same tummy troubles as milk or butter. However, ghee is quite different from other dairy products, and offers many natural health benefits.

Rest assured that ghee isn’t your regular stick of butter, and here’s why.

What is Ghee?

Ghee is often made from cow’s milk and also referred to as clarified butter. While similar, clarified butter and ghee are slightly different. Unlike clarified butter, ghee is cooked to a point of caramelization after all the milk solids and water have been separated from the liquid fat.

Is Ghee Paleo?

Since ghee is sourced from dairy, many people wonder why it’s Paleo-approved. This is because when ghee is made, the milk solids are separated from the fat, so the end product has very little milk solids. That also explains why ghee has more of a golden color than regular butter.

Ghee is also free from lactose and casein, making it a better option than butter for people who are lactose intolerant. Casein is a protein in milk that many people have a hard time tolerating, and can result in bloating and indigestion. Studies also link dairy products containing these proteins to an increased risk of cancer.

So, is ghee Paleo? Yes, so long as you are sticking to a high-quality, grass-fed, and organic product that is free from other vegetable oils and added ingredients.

7 Natural Benefits of Ghee

Ghee Supports Digestive Health

Since ghee doesn’t contain lactose and casein, those with mild lactose sensitivities usually have no trouble with ghee. Ghee is also rich in butyric acid, which can help support gut health by reducing intestinal inflammation, easing conditions like Irritable Bowel Syndrome.

Ghee Promotes Healthy Weight Loss

Similar to coconut oil, ghee contains medium-chain triglycerides (MCTs) that can help aid in weight loss. Studies show that MCTs are more helpful in reducing waist circumference and bodyweight when compared to long-chain triglycerides.

Ghee Supports a Healthy Pregnancy

One of the little-known benefits of adding ghee to your diet is its ability to help support a healthy pregnancy. Ghee is rich with DHA, an essential fatty acid that plays a super important role in supporting fetal development of the nervous system, immune system, brain, and eyes.

Ghee is Rich in Essential Vitamins

Ghee is rich in fat-soluble vitamins A, D, E, and K – all of which play a crucial role in overall health. Vitamin D is needed for hormone and mood balance, vitamin K transports calcium to our bones, and vitamin E prevents free radical damage in the body. Vitamin A is also important for both vision and immune health.

Adding ghee to your diet can be a great way to make sure you are getting these important vitamins in your diet.

Ghee Has a Higher Smoke Point Than Butter

Because it has a higher smoke point than butter, ghee is an excellent choice for high-heat cooking. This is important because cooking oils beyond their smoke points can cause the oil to oxidize, releasing free radicals that can cause a cascade of inflammation.

Ghee has a smoke point of 485°F, whereas butter has a smoke point of 350°F. This makes butter only suitable for low to medium-heat cooking.

Ghee Contains Healthy Fats

Since ghee is pure butterfat, it is a very rich source of healthy dietary fat that contains both short and medium-chain triglycerides. We know that medium-chain fatty acids play an important role in maintaining a healthy weight and supporting energy levels, but short-chain fatty acids are also beneficial for overall health as well.

Short-chain fatty acids help to suppress inflammation, and can even help prevent the formation of cancer in the gut and other organs.

Ghee Supports Brain Health

Nearly 60% of the brain is made up of fat, and the brain needs lots of healthy fat to function properly. Essential fatty acids (like DHA) are fats that we must obtain from our diet since the body cannot synthesize these fatty acids on its own. These fats are great for mental development and for the overall integrity and health of the brain.

How to Use Ghee

One of the great things about ghee is the fact that it can easily be swapped in for butter in any recipe. Try using ghee for Paleo-approved baking recipes, or use it as your primary cooking oil when making things like omelets and stir-frys.

Mild, nutty ghee can be added to your diet in a number of different ways. Here are some delicious ways to add it to your meals:

• Use it to sauté veggies and meats
• Swap it in baking recipes instead of butter
• Spread on baked savory goods
• Mix into your morning cup of coffee
• Drizzle over roasted vegetables

The Importance of Buying a High-Quality Ghee

Ghee is great, but just like everything else, quality is king. Make sure that you stick to high-quality ghee made from grass-fed butter, which ensures that the cows were not fed an inflammatory diet of grains, corn, or soy. Choose organic ghee to ensure that the milk came from cows that were not treated with antibiotics.

Another thing to look out for is added ingredients. Check the label to make sure that the product only contains pure ghee and is free from added vegetable oils or sweeteners.

Some excellent organic and grass-fed ghee options include the following brands:

• Ancient Organics Organic Ghee – Grass Fed
• Viva Naturals Organic Ghee – Grass Fed
• Fourth & Heart Grass-Fed Ghee

How to Make Ghee

While ghee is widely available in stores and online, the best way to enjoy it will be to make it yourself. Don’t worry, it’s fairly simple.

If you’re feeling up to the task, check out our easy, homemade ghee recipe here. 

The Bottom Line

If you like butter, consider giving ghee a try. It’s free from the milk proteins that can cause digestive issues, and since it’s pure fat, you get that buttery taste with none of the health problems.

Use it to cook, bake, or as a healthy topping to your favorite baked goods. You’ll get a flavor boost while providing your body with important vitamins and healthy fats that support a healthy digestive system.

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Written by Rebecca Jacobs

Author Bio:

Rebecca Jacobs N.C is a Certified Holistic Nutrition Consultant, specializing in digestive and women’s health. She takes a holistic approach to wellness, doesn’t believe in “dieting,” and believes that healthy eating must be delicious. Rebecca is also a recipe developer and creates healthy alternatives to traditionally unhealthy foods.

A lot of people have gotten results from the Keto diet, and enjoyed the foods that it has to offer. However, many of the people who are following this diet have a hard time finding the recipes that they need, especially ones that are quick and easy to complete.

Fortunately, Kelsey Ale, noticed this problem, and decided to do something about it. She’s found that making recipes in a slow cooker gives you meals which are not only delicious, but also take very little time to make. Mostly you just put a few simple ingredients in the slow cooker, and let it do the rest.

To find out more, click on – Keto Slow Cooker Cookbook

3 Immune-Boosting Recipes to Keep Your Body Healthy and Strong

 

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The Ultimate Immune-Boosting Soup to Fight Colds

There’s something about a flavorful soup that makes eating your veggies easy.

This vibrant, immune-boosting soup is one of those loaded-with-vegetable recipes that makes healthful eating a cinch.

The key to this soup’s fragrant, slightly spicy taste is turmeric. It also gives the soup its immune boosting properties! Be sure to add a little black pepper to the recipe to help maximize the absorption of turmeric, turning this soup into an anti-inflammatory powerhouse.

This one-pot immune-boosting soup recipe is very simple – all you need to do is tenderize the veggies, let it simmer in vegetable broth, and blend it until smooth. Make sure to simmer the soup at a low heat, as overheating the ingredients will make them bitter. The longer you can simmer at a low temperature, the better!

The recipe adds coconut yogurt, which thickens the soup and balances the flavor of the turmeric. Try topping your bowl of immune-boosting soup with more coconut yogurt for swirling as you eat!

The recipe is large enough to feed a crowd. It is also great for meal prepping or storing in the freezer for an easy lunch or dinner. Serve your soup with a side of Paleo bread and your belly will be satisfied!

Tip: Want to make your own coconut yogurt? Try this homemade recipe here.

Recipe by Megan Olson

Tools:

• Pot
• Blender
• Ladle

Ingredients:

• 1 T extra virgin olive oil
• 1 cup leeks, diced
• 3 cups broccoli florets
• ½ cup unsweetened coconut yogurt
• 6 cups organic vegetable broth
• ½ t turmeric
• ¼ t black pepper
• ½ t ground ginger
• ½ t dried thyme

Instructions:

1. Heat extra the virgin olive oil in a large pot over medium heat. Add the leeks and cook for 3-4 minutes until fragrant.

• Add the broccoli florets and stir. Cook for another 5 minutes until the broccoli becomes tender, then add all the remaining ingredients.

• Cover the pot and simmer at a medium heat for 10 minutes, then reduce the heat to low and cook another 30 minutes. (Note: Do not simmer at a higher heat as the soup will become bitter).

• Remove the pot from the heat and let the soup cool for 10 minutes.

• Carefully pour the soup into a blender. Blend on high until smooth, then transfer to a bowl and enjoy!

Easy Fire Cider Recipe (Gut-Balancing + Immune-Boosting) by Jennafer Ashley

To make your batch of Fire Cider, you’ll first need to decide which method is best for you.

For same-day cooking, you can combine all ingredients (except for the honey) inside a crockpot and set for four hours on low.

If you have a little more time to spare, option two allows you to combine the ingredients into a quart-sized jar and store in the refrigerator for 2-4 weeks.

Follow the same process for both methods during the last steps of straining and adding in the honey.

Store in the refrigerator for up to one month and take one tablespoon every few hours whenever you feel the onset of flu symptoms or need to restore your gut balance while traveling.

Fire Cider Recipe Crockpot Method

Tools:

• Crockpot
• Quart-size jar with lid
• Strainer

Ingredients:

• 1 white onion, roughly chopped
• 1 head of garlic, roughly chopped
• 2-inch piece of ginger, peeled and chopped
• 1 t ground turmeric
• 1/8 t black pepper
• 2 T raw honey
• 16 oz. apple cider vinegar with “the mother”

Instructions:

1. Combine all ingredients (except raw honey) in crockpot. Cover with lid and cook on low for four hours.

• Strain liquid into a jar and stir in honey. Secure the lid and store in refrigerator for up to a month.

Fire Cider Recipe Traditional Method

Tools:

• Quart-size jar with lid
• Strainer

Ingredients:

• 1 white onion, roughly chopped
• 1 head of garlic, roughly chopped
• 2-inch piece of ginger, peeled and chopped
• 1 t ground turmeric
• 1/8 t black pepper
• 2 T raw honey
• 16 oz. apple cider vinegar with “the mother”

Instructions:

1. Combine all ingredients (except raw honey) in a quart-sized jar. Cover and refrigerate for 2-4 weeks.

• Strain liquid into a jar and stir in honey. Secure the lid and store in refrigerator for up to a month.

Immune-Boosting Mixed Green Spring Soup

Recipe by Jennafer Ashley

Put your springtime greens to good use with this one-pot soup you can have ready in minutes!

If you’re looking for a fresh way to use up those hearty spring greens, this brothy soup has you covered. It’s full of immune-boosting antioxidants and essential vitamins to keep you nourished throughout the day. Plus, it’s versatile enough to enjoy with any kind of protein (like chicken or beef).

Add as Much Produce Power as You’d Like

When it comes to spring soup, there’s a bounty of seasonal veggies to choose from. Tougher greens like chard, kale, and collard greens give this soup nutritional substance. However, you can also add in other greens (like celery, leeks, or zucchini) if you want to switch things up a bit.

We bump up the overall staying power of this soup with hearty parsnips. They make a great low-carb alternative to white potatoes and can be easily paired with other root vegetables like carrots, turnips, or rutabagas.

Complement Your Soup with Savory Herbs

For this recipe, we use ingredients that infuse mouth-watering aromas with the zesty tang of fresh lemons. White onion and garlic make the perfect combination to sauté in buttery ghee, as it intensifies the broth’s flavor and overall richness.

Fennel is full of herby anise flavor, and is equally delicious raw as it is cooked. While we utilize the bulb in this recipe, its seed and wispy fronds are also edible and can be added to other dishes, like salads, meatballs, and coleslaw. Other great herbs to add include fresh thyme, a sprig of rosemary, dill, or fresh basil.

Helpful Tips to Get Started:

• Sauté your veggies with ghee. Ghee is ideal for high heat cooking and won’t burn easily like butter or other cooking oils.

• Make your bowl even more filling. While this recipe comes with plenty of versatile options, you can also add mustard greens, cauliflower, or sweet potatoes for even more nutrition.

• Swap out herbs. Try herbs like thyme, rosemary, or dill to pack in even more springtime flavor.

Nutrition facts: 9 grams of protein,18 grams of carbohydrates, 5 grams of fat

Tools:

• 5-quart Dutch oven

Ingredients:

• 1 T ghee
• 1/2 cup chopped sweet white onion
• 2 cups chopped parsnips
• 1 t minced garlic
• 1/2 cup sliced fennel bulb
• 10 cups chicken stock
• 2 cups chopped collard greens
• 2 cups chopped Swiss chard
• 2 cups chopped kale
• 2 cups spinach leaves
• 1/3 cup fresh lemon juice
• 1/2 t salt
• 1/4 t ground black pepper

Instructions:

1. Melt the ghee over medium heat in a Dutch oven and add in the onions and parsnips.

• Cover and cook for 10 minutes, tossing in the garlic and sliced fennel halfway through.

• Pour in the chicken stock and allow the soup to come to a boil, about 10 minutes.

• Reduce the heat to medium-low and stir in the greens, lemon juice, sea salt, and pepper.

• Let the ingredients simmer for 10 minutes uncovered, then serve hot and enjoy!

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Written by Megan Olson

Author Bio:

Megan is the author of the gluten free website, Skinny Fitalicious where she creates easy, low calorie recipes. Megan is also a nutrition practitioner specializing in weight loss. When she’s not in the kitchen or coaching clients, she’s in the gym teaching group fitness. To view more of her work, visit Skinny Fitalicious.

A lot of people have gotten results from the Keto diet, and enjoyed the foods that it has to offer. However, many of the people who are following this diet have a hard time finding the recipes that they need, especially ones that are quick and easy to complete.

Fortunately, Kelsey Ale, noticed this problem, and decided to do something about it. She’s found that making recipes in a slow cooker gives you meals which are not only delicious, but also take very little time to make. Mostly you just put a few simple ingredients in the slow cooker, and let it do the rest.

To find out more, click on – Keto Slow Cooker Cookbook

Revealing Here the 6 Unexpected Benefits of Cold Showers

 

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The thought of hopping into an ice-cold shower may be a hard sell, but there are many surprising benefits of getting chilly.

While a nice, warm shower or bath offers a relaxing reprieve from the day, taking a quick plunge into a cold shower may be just what the doctor ordered. Cold water immersion can boost fat loss, reduce depression, improve muscle soreness, and more.

The Benefits of Cold Showers

Discover how cold showers work their magic and the most effective ways to take them.

1. Boost Fat Loss

Our bodies contain two types of fat: white and brown. White fat is considered “bad”, as it’s the one that is stored in our body in response to weight gain from eating too many calories. It’s what causes “love handles” and other types of jiggles we’d rather not deal with, as well as the more serious issues associated with obesity, such as diabetes and metabolic syndrome.

Brown fat, on the other hand, is a type of “good” fat that is denser and helps our bodies generate heat, keeping our organs warm in cold temperatures.

It turns out that cold showers can help stimulate brown fat to generate more heat (which equals burning more calories), thus increasing your metabolism. One study found that exposure to cold temperatures increased the metabolic rate of brown fat in volunteers by 15-fold.

2. Reduce Muscle Soreness

Research shows that cold immersion can help treat and even prevent delayed-onset muscle soreness, which is the type you get post-workout. One study found that being exposed to cold water for roughly 15 minutes can help reduce soreness compared to passive recovery.

3. Boost Mood

Scientists theorize that our lack of exposure to alternating hot and cold temperatures like our ancestors did (like diving into a cold lake, then returning to the warmth of a fire) is causing negative changes in our brain chemistry.

Studies reveal that this theory has solid legs, showing that cold water stimulates your sympathetic nervous system, increasing endorphins (those feel-good chemicals).

Cold water also increases electrical impulses to the peripheral nerves in your nervous system, which could have an anti-depressive effect.

4. Boost Immunity

If you feel like you might be coming down with something during cold season, a cold shower just might help strengthen your immune system to fight off any bugs.

Studies show that cold water immersion can increase the number of leukocytes, granulocytes, and monocytes – the natural killer T cells of your immune system that help fight off “invaders” like cold and flu bugs.  One study even found that 29 percent of workers who switched from hot to cold showers took off less sick days from work.

5. Reduces Fatigue

Starting your day with a nice cold shower may also give you the morning energy boost you need to power through your day.

Studies show that when we’re tossed into the cold (be it in cold water or a cold environment), our sympathetic nervous system is activated, causing the release of hormones and chemicals like noradrenaline that boost alertness. 

As part of the “fight-or-flight” response, it’s your sympathetic nervous system’s job to prepare you to move quickly to get away from or defend yourself from any type of danger or stressor. In this case, it’s the shock of cold water.

Research on cold exposure and chronic fatigue also mention that cold exposure reduces serotonin everywhere in the brain minus the brain stem, which reduces fatigue in exercise-induced fatigue cases.

6. Improved Skin Tone

Cold showers may also give your skin a coveted glow. Many people claim cold showers have improved their skin tone, and researchers have discovered there may be a scientific basis for this phenomenon.

Studies show cold exposure can, in fact, increase peripheral circulation, which includes your skin along with your hands and feet. This could result in more nutrients and oxygen being delivered to your skin, improving tone.

Watch this video – 10 Unexpected Benefits of Cold Showers

How to Take Cold Showers

The easiest way to warm up to cold showers (pun intended) is to ease into them.

Start by slowly lowering the temperature at the end of your usual shower. Keep lowering until you start to get uncomfortable, then stay here for 2 to 3 minutes.

Each subsequent shower, reduce the temperature a bit more than the time before and begin increasing your time under the cold water. Aim to eventually reach 10 minutes.

The Bottom Line

Humans have been diving into cold lakes, oceans, and streams for at least several thousand, if not millions, of years. Considering this, hot showers and baths are a relatively new invention for our bodies and may be negatively affecting our mental and physical states.

Try cooling down your next shower. You may just find getting chilly has more benefits than you thought!

Written by Megan Patiry

Author Bio:

Megan is an inquisitive nutrition and wellness writer harboring an editorial love affair with the decadent and the nutritious. She is a dedicated researcher in all areas of ancestral health, a certified specialist in fitness nutrition, personal trainer, and professional almond milk latte addict.

A lot of people have gotten results from the Keto diet, and enjoyed the foods that it has to offer. However, many of the people who are following this diet have a hard time finding the recipes that they need, especially ones that are quick and easy to complete.

Fortunately, Kelsey Ale, noticed this problem, and decided to do something about it. She’s found that making recipes in a slow cooker gives you meals which are not only delicious, but also take very little time to make. Mostly you just put a few simple ingredients in the slow cooker, and let it do the rest.

To find out more, click on – Keto Slow Cooker Cookbook

How to Prevent Parkinson’s from Progressing and Even Reversing Some Symptoms

 

Click HERE to Learn How to Slow Down the Progression of Parkinson’s and Repair the Effects It Has Had on Your Body

Prevent Parkinson’s from Progressing and Even Reversing Some Symptoms -Parkinson’s Disease Halted Using This Social Activity

There is no cure for Parkinson’s disease. So we’re always on the hunt for methods to halt its symptoms and improve quality of life.

Which is why we welcome a new study that just appeared in the journal NPJ Parkinson’s Disease, which reveals a social activity that improves the lives of Parkinson’s patients more than any known drug.

Best of all, it’s free and doesn’t take a lot of effort.

A team from the University of California at Los Angeles and the Bastyr University Research Institute in Kenmore, Washington wondered how badly the loneliness and social isolation forced on the world by pandemics like COVID-19 affected people with Parkinson’s disease.

They sent out a survey to people who had been officially diagnosed with Parkinson’s to ask them about their social lives, their levels of loneliness, their perceptions of their social performance, their quality of life, and their experience of their own Parkinson’s symptoms. They were also asked about their dietary and exercise habits.

Of the respondents, 1,527 returned valid results that could be analyzed.

Overall, those who identified themselves as being lonely reported around 55% greater symptom severity than those who did not call themselves lonely.

Those with the most severe disease symptoms reported the lowest levels of social performance and social satisfaction.

Unsurprisingly, quality of life decreased as Parkinson’s disease symptoms worsened, and poor quality of life was most common in people who reported having few or no friends.

Interestingly, the subjects reported that tremor, one of the symptoms that most defines Parkinson’s disease, did not affect their quality of life nearly as much as loneliness did. Loneliness and friendships were better predictors of quality of life than their tremor severity score.

The subjects who reported poor quality of life were more likely to be single, while those in partnerships or marriages reported a better quality of life.

Those who reported engaging in stress management practices reported the slowest Parkinson’s progression, while those who were stressed reported the fastest deterioration.

The biggest differences between lonely and non-lonely patients showed that lonely people were more socially withdrawn, depressed, anxious, and unmotivated.

One of the most interesting findings of this survey was that meaningful social interactions were better at slowing down the progression of Parkinson’s disease than exercise.

But socializing may not be enough to hold back the onset of Parkinson’s. However, there is a way to prevent Parkinson’s from progressing and even reverse some symptoms. I’ll explain the exact steps to do that here…

Prevent Parkinson’s from Progressing and Even Reversing Some Symptoms -Potential Cure for Parkinson’s Discovered

Parkinson’s is a complicated genetic disease with no available cure and very few medical treatment options.

And although natural methods have been successful at keeping it from progressing, they will not cure it either.

A new study in the Journal of Clinical Neuroscience is therefore celebrated as a breakthrough because it reveals a simple procedure that reverses Parkinson’s permanently.

There is currently no form of stem cell treatment available for Parkinson’s disease that has been authorized as definitively effective by health organizations, but this does not mean that the treatment is completely unavailable or that researchers have not been trying.

Although some health services do offer such treatments, regulatory authorities like the FDA have also sued some of them for marketing an unauthorized treatment.

Until now, medical scientists have harvested fetal stem cells or neural stem cells to implant in patients. The theory is that, since stem cells can develop into any type of specialized cell, they can repair or replace the brain cells in Parkinson’s patients that are supposed to produce dopamine but no longer do.

Scientists either inject the stem cells into the patients’ veins or inject them below the skin. But there is one major problem with this approach.

Stem cells do not cross the blood-brain barrier in sufficient amounts to make a huge difference for these patients, which means some other delivery method must be found for the stem cells to work properly.

Some scientists have tried to inject stem cells into the cerebral spinal fluid, with some level of success, even though the process sounds painful and cringeworthy.

In the new study, the researchers took mesenchymal stem cells and injected them into the facial tissue of two subjects.

Mesenchymal stem cells occur in fat tissue and can be reprogrammed to replace any other specialized cells.

The potential benefit of injecting cells into facial and nasal tissue is that there is a particularly rich blood supply to the brain from these areas.

The researchers harvested these cells from two subjects and injected them below the skin on their upper, middle, and lower cheeks.

Both subjects were being treated unsuccessfully with dopamine-increasing drugs and both were suffering from tremors to the extent that they were struggling to walk.

Both participants, a 72-year-old man and a 50-year-old woman, reported substantially lower tremors, reduced fatigue and disability, and improved quality of living. These improvements were noticeable two weeks after the treatment.

The researchers gave both of them a Parkinson’s Disease Questionnaire that measured health status and quality of life (called PDQ-39) before the treatment, two weeks after treatment, and five years after.

The man reported an improvement from a score of 70 to 49, and the woman improved from 74 to 19 two weeks after treatment.

They also showed a huge improvement over five years on another questionnaire, the Unified Parkinson’s Disease Rating Scale. The man improved from a score of 20 to 4 and the woman improved from 18 to 3. Keep in mind that most Parkinson’s patients get progressively worse.

More and larger studies need to be performed to confirm these findings. Therefore, this treatment is unfortunately unavailable to the general public at this point.

But there are simple steps you can take to boost your dopamine levels naturally. It won’t cure your Parkinson’s, but it should stop it from progressing…

Prevent Parkinson’s from Progressing and Even Reversing Some Symptoms -Parkinson’s Disease Blocked by This Popular Drink

Some people are genetically more vulnerable to Parkinson’s disease than others. And the medical system claims there is nothing you can do to protect yourself from it if you are.

But a new study published in the journal Neurology, the medical journal of the American Academy of Neurology, now shows that one popular drink can block the onset of Parkinson’s and even help reverse it.

Even if you’re genetically vulnerable to catching this disease.

Previous studies have proven that caffeinated coffee protects us from Parkinson’s disease if we have no genetic risk factors for it. This is why the authors of the new study decided to check whether coffee could be equally useful for people who are genetically vulnerable to it.

Some people have a mutation in a gene called LRRK2 for leucine-rich repeat kinase 2, which renders them vulnerable to Parkinson’s disease.

But this genetic mutation only increases people’s chance of developing Parkinson’s—it does not make it inevitable. As a result, researchers have been trying to find things that protect such people from this disease.

They recruited 368 people: 188 Parkinson’s sufferers and 180 healthy subjects for comparison. Both groups had subjects with and without the LRRK2 gene mutation.

To measure caffeine, the researchers used a combination of the amount of caffeine in their subjects’ blood, the chemicals in their blood that stem from the processing of caffeine, and questionnaires to record their caffeine intake.

Once they crunched the numbers, they could see that caffeine was protective against Parkinson’s for people with and without the LRRK2 gene mutation.

Those with the mutation who had Parkinson’s had 76 percent less caffeine in their blood than those with the mutation but without Parkinson’s.

Those without the mutation who had Parkinson’s had 31 percent less caffeine in their blood than those who had the mutation and had Parkinson’s.

For both those with and without the gene mutation, Parkinson’s sufferers consumed 41 percent less daily caffeine than those without Parkinson’s.

This seems to suggest that coffee and caffeinated teas can protect against Parkinson’s, even in cases where people are especially vulnerable to it.

Watch this video – How I Reversed My Parkinson’s – Manoj Agarwala’s Journey

But if you already suffer from Parkinson’s, drinking coffee is not enough. But you can prevent Parkinson’s from progressing and even reversing some symptoms, using the simple lifestyle changes explained here…

This post is from the Parkinson’s Protocol Program created by naturopath and health researcher, Jodi Knapp, to help you diagnose and treat Parkinson’s naturally and permanently. The Parkinson’s Protocol is a comprehensive program that teaches you simple ways to reduce your symptoms, slow down the progression of Parkinson’s and repair the effects it has had on your body.

The Parkinson’s Protocol Program has a four-part series (consists of 12 simple steps) that comes with an abundance of valuable information that teaches you the relation between dopamine and Parkinson’s, the different treatment options, causes, and more. It then provides you with easy, step-by-step instructions that allow you to improve your brain health to begin delaying Parkinson’s and healing the brain within. 

To find out more about this program, click on Prevent Parkinson’s from Progressing and Even Reversing Some Symptoms