Dietary Intake of Parkinson's Disease Patients
Background and Aims: Dietary management, as an adjuvant therapy in Parkinson's disease (PD), provides clear benefits to patients. However, baseline information about the usual dietary intake of Parkinson's patients is lacking.Methods: We conducted an observational cross-sectional study, in...
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doaj-4652c83d06644fad9b229a326746cc2a2020-11-25T02:49:17ZengFrontiers Media S.A.Frontiers in Nutrition2296-861X2020-07-01710.3389/fnut.2020.00105548400Dietary Intake of Parkinson's Disease PatientsFlorence Baert0Florence Baert1Christophe Matthys2Christophe Matthys3Randy Mellaerts4Randy Mellaerts5Dirk Lemaître6Dirk Lemaître7Geertrui Vlaemynck8Veerle Foulon9Department Technology and Food, Flanders Research Institute for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, Melle, BelgiumClinical and Experimental Endocrinology, Department of Chronic Diseases, Metabolism and Ageing, University of Leuven, Leuven, BelgiumClinical and Experimental Endocrinology, Department of Chronic Diseases, Metabolism and Ageing, University of Leuven, Leuven, BelgiumDepartment of Endocrinology, University Hospitals Leuven, Leuven, BelgiumClinical Pharmacology and Pharmacotherapy, KU Leuven, Leuven, BelgiumParki's KookAtelier, Leuven, BelgiumParki's KookAtelier, Leuven, BelgiumNutrition and Dietetics, UC Leuven-Limburg, Leuven, BelgiumDepartment Technology and Food, Flanders Research Institute for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, Melle, BelgiumClinical Pharmacology and Pharmacotherapy, KU Leuven, Leuven, BelgiumBackground and Aims: Dietary management, as an adjuvant therapy in Parkinson's disease (PD), provides clear benefits to patients. However, baseline information about the usual dietary intake of Parkinson's patients is lacking.Methods: We conducted an observational cross-sectional study, investigating the dietary intake in Belgian PD patients, as well as their medication use and knowledge of possible food-drug interactions. A dietary record of 2 non-consecutive days, allowing the calculation of usual intake, was used. Medication use and knowledge of food-drug interactions were investigated using a self-administered questionnaire.Results: The nutrient (both macro and micro) intake in this study was similar to the dietary pattern of the general Belgian population. However, results showed that the PD population had a high dietary fiber intake of 26.2 ± 7.7 g/day, which is in line with the recommended intake. The majority of the PD patients had an inadequate intake of vitamin D and iron (respectively, 55.9 and 76.5% of all participants). When looking into the knowledge about food-drug interactions, the majority of the PD patients claimed to be aware of the food-drug interaction between dietary proteins and levodopa. However, only 18.2% of the patients took all doses of levodopa out of meals.Conclusion: Our results show that monitoring of dietary intake in PD patients is of importance to detect possible micronutrient insufficiencies. Patients should receive professional guidance in optimizing their diet to accommodate for different complaints inherent to PD, including constipation. Furthermore, the knowledge of patients regarding the importance of correct medication intake should be improved.https://www.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fnut.2020.00105/fullParkinson diseasedietary intakefibermeal patternlevodopa |
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Florence Baert Florence Baert Christophe Matthys Christophe Matthys Randy Mellaerts Randy Mellaerts Dirk Lemaître Dirk Lemaître Geertrui Vlaemynck Veerle Foulon Dietary Intake of Parkinson's Disease Patients Frontiers in Nutrition Parkinson disease dietary intake fiber meal pattern levodopa |
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Background and Aims: Dietary management, as an adjuvant therapy in Parkinson's disease (PD), provides clear benefits to patients. However, baseline information about the usual dietary intake of Parkinson's patients is lacking.Methods: We conducted an observational cross-sectional study, investigating the dietary intake in Belgian PD patients, as well as their medication use and knowledge of possible food-drug interactions. A dietary record of 2 non-consecutive days, allowing the calculation of usual intake, was used. Medication use and knowledge of food-drug interactions were investigated using a self-administered questionnaire.Results: The nutrient (both macro and micro) intake in this study was similar to the dietary pattern of the general Belgian population. However, results showed that the PD population had a high dietary fiber intake of 26.2 ± 7.7 g/day, which is in line with the recommended intake. The majority of the PD patients had an inadequate intake of vitamin D and iron (respectively, 55.9 and 76.5% of all participants). When looking into the knowledge about food-drug interactions, the majority of the PD patients claimed to be aware of the food-drug interaction between dietary proteins and levodopa. However, only 18.2% of the patients took all doses of levodopa out of meals.Conclusion: Our results show that monitoring of dietary intake in PD patients is of importance to detect possible micronutrient insufficiencies. Patients should receive professional guidance in optimizing their diet to accommodate for different complaints inherent to PD, including constipation. Furthermore, the knowledge of patients regarding the importance of correct medication intake should be improved. |
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