Diane Stanley

Before Brain Body Bold, there was an undiagnosed illness, a seizure, and a son's stroke — and one method that kept working on both. The origin story and a bit of life after, finally written down.

Parkinson’s disease is more than a dopamine deficiency. While medications like levodopa remain essential, emerging research explores how acupuncture, nutrition, inflammation support, and traditional Chinese medicine may complement conventional care.

In previous posts, we looked at how dopamine is made, and what goes awry in Parkinson's Disease (PD), commonly considered a dopamine illness. This post uses that same scaffolding to ask a different question: what does the research actually support nutritionally at each stage? Starting Material vs Support One rule carries over from previous discussions: the I Love Lucy principle. If an enzyme is the bottleneck, more raw material doesn't help unless you were deficient. Even then, it will be...