Hyperketogenic diet shown to provide many therapeutic benefits in other disease states. This study, though very small, showed that symptoms did improve with a hyperketonemic diet. This was a feasibility study.
a deficit in CoQ10 status has been determined in a number of neuromuscular and neurodegenerative disorders
A secondary loss of CoQ10 status following HMG-Coa reductase inhibitor (statins) treatment has be implicated in the pathophysiology of the myotoxicity associated with this pharmacotherapy
The accumulation of iron and aluminum, which are known to promote oxidant stress, may account for the selective degeneration of neuromelanin-containing neurons in PD