Thanks to Innovation funding from Parkinson's UK, we are thrilled to invite people within the United Kingdom to be part of a small test launch to get user feedback on our innovative online nutrition program tailored for living with Parkinson's Disease.
Living with Parkinson's Disease can be challenging for both those diagnosed and their loved ones. In addition to medical treatments, lifestyle changes, especially in nutrition, play a crucial role in managing this condition.
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Research shows that proper diet can significantly improve the quality of life for those with Parkinson's. In particular the evidence is mounting for the benefit of the Mediterranean Diet for better symptom control and potentially playing a role in slowing progression.
​​​Dietitians are the state registered health professionals within national healthcare systems to provide medical nutrition therapy services. Unfortunately, we know that up to 90% of people with Parkinson's do not have access to a registered Dietitian.
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Through surveys and focus groups we have listened and heard the nutrition needs of the Parkinsons' community. The first step is to provide access to evidence based nutrition and diet information. As one of the first questions people ask is what diet should I eat for my Parkinson's we have developed the MediPD nutrition programme.​
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In order to be able to provide accessible nutrition education to people with Parkinson's we are using digital avatars to deliver our evidence based nutrition content which has been developed by our team of Dietitians.
Meet Kayla, your nutrition guide
What's in the MediPD Programme ?
Studies show that the Mediterranean Diet may offer neuroprotective benefits, ease Parkinson's symptoms and possibly play a role in slowing progression.
​MediPD has been developed to empower you to harness the power of nutrition to improve your quality of life with Parkinson's. It is a self paced programme that you can follow at a time that suits you.
Expert Guidance
You will benefit from evidence based nutrition information developed by registered Dietitians and tailored to the nutritional needs of living with Parkinson's. .
Innovative
All the MediPD nutrition content is developed by our team of registered Dietitians, and it will be delivered by Kayla, your avatar nutrition guide, who will take you through our programme.
Ask the Dietitian
You will be able to ask our registered Dietitians about the many aspects of the Mediterranean diet.
Practical Resources
Find out your Mediterranean diet score and use the Goal setting guide to help you make changes.
Feel empowered to make these changes with other resources such as our meal plans, recipes and shopping list.
Culturally Adapted
We know that many healthy foods from other cultural diets can have similar health benefits to the foods in the Mediterranean diet.
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Our programme includes resources to help you to adapt the Mediterranean diet to your own cultural way of eating.
To reflect the diverse needs of the Parkinson's community, we are looking for a varied group of 30 people living within the United Kingdom, including:
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People living with Parkinson's
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Care Partners (family, friends) of people living with People with Parkinson's
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Women
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Men
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All age groups
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Different cultural backgrounds
Register your interest before the 30th January*.
*Please note not everyone who registers will be selected to take part in this initial launch of the MediPD programme as we are limited to 30 places.