Poor diet… medications, including antibiotics… and environmental toxicities all play huge roles. Keeping your gut flora healthy and happy — and feeding the good guys instead of the bad guys — can help make sure you never have to worry about this terrible disease.
The researchers determined that the gut of Parkinson’s patients was very different than that of people who didn’t have the wasting disease. And when mice that didn’t have the disease, but did have a predisposition to Parkinson’s, were injected with the gut bacteria from those that did have Parkinson’s, those mice then developed the symptoms quickly. It doesn’t surprise me: Good gut bacteria helps defend your entire body, acting like a second immune system — killing off bad bacteria.