I have had Parkinson’s for 8 years. When I was diagnosed I had a severe gait, couldn’t sign my name, couldn’t move and double click a mouse. I got into the short of pickleball, a very aerobic exercise. As a result of this exercise my walking has improved, my balance is pretty much normal again, I can sign my name and use a mouse. My worst symptoms of hand and leg tremors have improved significantly and I actually have moments where I have no Parkinson’s symptoms at all. So, for me exercise certainly does improve Parkinson’s symptoms to the point where they are momentarily gone. But here is the kicker,it has to be sustained aerobic exercise with elevated heart rate for at least 20 minutes 3 times a week. Simply walking has shown NO visible change in symptoms for me. I’m 58 and now I play pickleball 6 times per week for 2 hours at a time. What I have found is that I get longer and longer periods of symptom relief. I don’t know how it works but there is no doubt in my mind that intense exercise is the best way to manage Parkinson’s symptoms.

Thank you. John Pepper has been advocating walking as an effective treatment for PD a very long time

I was 66 years old when a fentanyl impaired driver crashed headon into us. I had catastrophic injuries- - compound fractures of left and right knee, left humerus, left trochanter and smashed pelvis sticking out of my body. I had 5 burst thoracic vertebrae. Most ribs broken and jaw ripped off my face. All in all 18 broken bones, collapsed lungs, and traumatic brain injury. I died several times but they kept resuscitating me. After 30+ units of blood, many surgeries, and several weeks in a coma and having 3 strokes I awoke and was paralyzed. This is not the worst of it; the perp killed my beautiful wife of 39 years. I was in a nursing home for seven months and eventually learned to walk again. Then there was a criminal trial where the perp dragged out proceedings for three years only to be given a slap on the wrist. This was 3 years of torture. Finally I started getting tremors and numbness issues. I was finally diagnosed with PD 3 years ago and put on sintemet. Doctors say the injuries triggered the PD, but I think it was more the trial torture for 3 years. Today I can slow walk with a cane up to mile. And I can workout on a rowing machine, stationary bike, and an exercise machine. I do my own yardwork and mowing but if I fall I can't get up. I take alot various supplements and avoid refined carbs and bad oils. I have bad pain episodes, but make sure to workout in my home gym every other day which is key to fighting off PD. I wish I could do more rigorous activities but just can't. At 74 I'm holding my own. 🌞

Im now fast walking three miles every morning, and it's made a huge difference for me. I'm 65, and was diagnosed with PD four years ago.

Hi - I'm 59 and was diagnosed 3 years ago. Upon diagnosis I immediately realized that i had been fighting the symptoms for at least 25 years. As a elite triathlete my training for sure delayed my diagnosis. 3 years post diagnosis I'm not on any drugs and still train at a high level but I have clearly slowed down by 10% or more. A combination of zone 5 and zone 1 training plus resistance. All totaled 10 hours + of performance exercise. Parkinsons will win but hopefully i can avoid drugs and preserve my lifestyle for years to come.

You forgot to mention that one should be prudent and have a walking partner especially one that understands what is going on. My wife had Parkinson’s for 24 years. She started the symptoms when she was 42. She walked a lot , did exercises for the vocal chords , legs, balance, with music, with percussion instruments. We did games that I invented. We did everything together. Alas, the end had come for her in 2010,October ! Thank you for your work . From my heart to yours, Michael ❤️🎶

Excellent your video content. I hope you give people something better.

Thank you so much for helping us learn. I think John Pepper is terrific!

My husband and I have bn dx’d with Parkinsons for 10 years. We started lumbar trike riding 2-3 hours per day plus large amt of B vitamins. We have had remarkable success. We are independent and symptoms largely reduced. Continue your research. 👍😉❤️ 5:14 .

I have always been a fast walker. I am now 70 and was diagnosed with PD about three years ago. Since that time I've increased my walking, taken up resistance training and begun supplementing with creatine monohydrate. There have been measurable benefits to all of these and progression of the disease has been far slower than I was warned it might be. I attribute that slow progression to the amount of work I'm putting in to fight the inevitable.

I have a friend who has been involved in rigorous exercise since he was diagnosed in 2017. He runs a 3K every year as well. His condition hasn't reversed but it has helped sustain his lifestyle and dampened the progression.

Im going to help my wife with walking from UK thank you.

I started FW a week ago, with my dog along for company. I'm up to a mile and a half, given my age and lack of any exercise I'm doing good.

Thank you

My understanding is that John Pepper says the research he read stated that high intensity exercise, for at least 1 hour at a time, every other day, gives the body what it needs to create enough GDNF to support and enable his conscious movements. Any activity will work if intense enough and for an hour at a time. More than 1 hour, he says, does not help and the rest days are important. This is what I’ve gathered by watching his videos. And he says to work your way up to an hour by walking fast as long as you can, if that’s 2 minutes then do every other day for 2 min the first week, then the first day of the next week go longer, say 4 minutes, do 4 min that week and so on.

KZfaq has a video of a frail 82-year-old man with Parkinson's who could not walk but only sit and had the many other issues associated with it. His son as I recall convinced his mother to put him on a carnivore diet and after one month he was walking at a fast pace around the kitchen over and over again with his son in tow just in case he might lose balance which he didn't in the video. He also laughed as his wife teased him. Another man (he has his own KZfaq channel as a result of his success) much younger and afflicted with Parkinson's for about 20 years to date (began in his 40's as I recall) who went on a carnivore diet (or keto diet) about eight years into his PD as I recall. He has reversed it to a great degree as you would not know he has it - no shaking, stiff facial issues, etc.). He had to quit his job when he was diagnosed with PD as it was that bad. He and three others are putting together the science behind his recovery. My point: take it upon yourself to get better and do not rely on conventional medicine and the drug companies as they are inept and ridiculously expensive. People are successfully rescuing themselves and there is hope for you - you are no different. Something is out there that will help you improve greatly if not conquer it completely.

Surfing has helped me tremendously

I think walking in short increments at regular intervals is far more beneficial than doing straight 3 mile walks initially. For example: Walking anywhere between 5-15 minutes first thing in the morning, then after breakfast, lunch, dinner and before bed is much more beneficial than doing a 3 mile walk or 5km in one go. - Tip: 15 minutes of walking, 4 times a day will is equivalent to 60 minutes in total which is more than enough to complete your daily 10k steps.

A close friends father was diagnosed cancer riddled 12 lbs in his lymphnodes etc. Given 30 days to live. He decided to stop wearing his bee protective wear, when tending to his hives. Allowed to get stung because of research he did on cures. Lived for 18 years more, cancer free. During those years he treated others for free with different ailments. Parkinson's being one. People with extreme shakes would settle dramatically minutes after receiving treatments. Bee defensive -1 is one attribute the Bees have. As well as honey will kill the mold cells, because of basically starving it of water etc.

GDNF, as well as other BDNF (brain-derived neurotropic factors) increase in a ketone-rich environment; possibly, fast walking/aerobic exercise puts the body in ketosis, unless there is carbohydrate intake.

Family history - grandfather, father, uncle, brother, sister. I have been having mild cognitive problems. I have been a walker doing 10000 plus steps a day. Plus other weight training exercises. Hopefully I am staving off PD

❤ we are just beginning the diagnostic phase with our initial visit to the PCP. My husband was given a referral to a neurologist and the doctors emailed it over to that office. In an effort to be proactive, my husband called (our insurance does not require referrals to se a specialist) only to be told they needed the referral from the PCP before an appointment could be made. It would probably take two weeks for them to call, and then probably February before he can get in! I’m beyond angry. We have emailed our PCP and are hoping to get an appointment somewhere sooner. No wonder people turn to the internet to try and diagnose themselves. Exercise does seem to be important in living well with PD, thank you.

In my KZfaq channel, I work with the Microbiome. In humans, Walking circulates the lymph system carrying nutrients from the gut to lymph nodes (including the brain.) The lymph has no pump, such as the heart, which circulates the blood. We're finding the Microbiome produces neurotransmitters. Anything you can do to circulate remaining neurotransmitters seems beneficial.

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I hope you will do a video on high dose thiamine therapy for Parkinson's. My walking speed has improved greatly (and spontaneously) since I started it, so much that my partner noticed right away.

Thanks

There are 2 obstacles to my trying this out: 1. Aerobic exercise that's vigorous enough to make me feel energized causes a worsening of my arm tremors. 2. I'm trying to overcome fatigue, though often I am tired after exercise, not during, but the exhaustion afterwards really limits me. Do you have any suggestions for those 2 obstacles?

It's not even Parkinson's right now. I'm thinking back to the date when my neuro first mentioned it, and that was about six year ago. So, I guess I've had Parkinson's for about that long at least. I have other medical problems that I'm trying to address, but I'm being run ragged by all the appointments, referrals, new people, getting rushed all the time, etc. I have a lot going on at home right now and I'm alone so it's just me trying to get a mountain of work accomplished. Yesterday I spent half the day trying to make two medical appointments, including with a PT, and all I could manage to accomplish was changing an appointment with my PCP. I've left messages for the others to please call so I can make an appointment. I have been disabled for 25 years, but I've never been this stressed over medical care. And nobody is listening if I mention the stress. None of them are listening. At this point, I trust my neuro and I'm not sure about anybody else. I can at least say I'm very lucky with neurologists. I've had two, and they both have been amazing. The rest are in such a hurry that they don't even know I'm alive. They don't even recognize that they're dealing with human beings. We're just a fast food meal being shoved down a broken assembly line.

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Thanks. I am in my 1st year of diagnosis. I also have been a daily exerciser for 25 years. I am 68 so I can't do the volume that I used to, including running since my knee couldn't take it anymore it, but I do a number of warmup stretches and then time on the rowing machine & stationary bike.. Exercise does seem to help.

What about suplementation like Benfothiamine (vit. B1) and Vit. B2 ?? I mean to reduce the symptoms of the PD?

John Pepper video Reversing Parkinson's Disease... on Mind Moves Institute channel was worth watching, whether scientifically accurate or not.

Not big on walking. I can't walk across a room without losing balance, running into something, or falling. What I wanna know, is how is it I can get on my bike and have perfect balance and ride briskly on the road. Why? It makes me long to be on my bike always missing riding when I m not. It just doesn't make sense to me.

The comments below are so helpful!!!!

I live in south africa west rand

I walk with a walker.what do you think

Ambroxol, bovine colostrum or Benfotiamine Take your pick

I usuaĺly walk 4 to 5 km in 40m. My right hand tremors some 6mon back. Is it going to be ok doctor? Waiting for your answer.

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Iam feeling very low and depressed and since 2yrs iam suffering from PD, Iam 40 yo female.....it started with left finger now my left arm and leg is having tremor.....and when i heard from doctor its progessive & the level of intensity and symptoms increase as time goes by is putting me in lot of fear ...i recently started with benformet forte... Iam really scared if i will end up bed ridden

How about MSA - Multiple System Atrophy ? Any information about natural things you can take.

Good to know that fast walking can help in some fashion with PD.

Have you heard of anything with the medication FGF-1 ? From Zhittya Genesis inc

Hi Dr. my dad's hand is start shaking a bit like since 2 months ago and now we r worring ,he is 64 and we r worry about him .is that parkinson ?how we should make sure ha has it ?thx for answering - if yes can he workout in gym like light bodybuilding

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Amazing! I wonder if this has to do with nicotine therapy, I’ve heard it may help reverse some of the symptoms (not smoking just the plant lol).

Hi. Can you say in percentage terms how sure you are that fast walking can reverse Pd? Thank you.

I walk fast with a walker😊😊😊😊

Could it be that Pepper's diagnosis was incorrect?

My mom is having arthritis..So she cant walk fast. So whaat else she can do?

Contact report 578 'Billy' Eduard Albert Meier (BEAM): Then the last question: You once said that there were natural foods that could prevent or simply slow down Parkinson's disease in a highly concentrated form. You mentioned vegetables that contain natural nicotine, which, when eaten, has an alleviating or preventing effect on Parkinson's disease. Ptaah: 65. That is correct. 66. Pure vegetables, such as tomatoes, peppers, aubergines and cauliflower, etc., which contain natural nicotine are effective against Parkinson's if eaten frequently. 67. A very effective extract can also be made from these vegetables, which can produce very beneficial effects.

I can walk on my own i use a walker i walk fast our roads are very bad hence the walker 😊😊help

The background music is irritating and distracting. 4:57

where can i get more info

I am a 38 yr old person ,I am quite not sure whether I have PD or not,At times I have Tremors,but mostly I am without tremors ,I am not sure whether I have PD or not

THAT DOES MEAN WE CAN STOP OR REDUCE OUR MEDICATION?

What if a person is unable to walk fast? I just found out, a friend of mine has PD.

Fast walking sounds good. But what about those of us that have a hard part of walking?

im41 i've got Parkinson n cant walk very well. feel disappointed to myself

The dose that Dr Costantini recommended for those that want to follow the high dose thiamine protocol is 4G a day of thiamine hydrochloride , not 100mg of thiamine mononitrate

John Pepper is wrong on this silly theory. And many people with PD who know him don’t even believe that he has PD. Even if GDNF DOES protect neurons - which the presenter can’t find evidence for at Mayo, surprise surprise- It doesn’t matter which cardio activity you choose: the key is 80% of maximum heart rate and frankly this is very very hard to keep up for 20 mins +. Most people just can’t keep this cup in their 60s, 70s etc. when I was diagnosed I thought Pepper was a gift from heaven. I walked my butt off but gradually got worse and worse. And btw I measured my heartbeat once during one of these walks and at no point did it reach the magic 80% outlined above. When you provide him with this sort of evidence he’ll always blame you for its lack of efficacy: either you walked too slow, or too fast, or you didn’t rest in between days. Most people who’ve followed his lead haven’t had great results from it. He’s not a charlatan, he believes he’s right, but then he always does and irritates others beyond measure. I’ll tell you what: those of you who claim that it’s ‘working’ for you, come back in 3 years and tell us that you’ve not progressed in this period eh? I won’t hold my breath.

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btw what is your facebook group?

How can one walk fast when the essence of pd is making your slow.?

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I’m sorry but I’m going have to disagree with you . Your friend didn’t reverse or even eliminate Parkinson’s from his life he might just have a mild form of the disease that allows him to go on with his daily life without thinking about the symptoms. I know myself that there is no cure for Parkinson’s disease because I have a unique form of the disease myself, since starting at home therapy I walk around here often and I still have symptoms and I’m on a heavy dose of medicine, I have to take 15 extended release tablets daily

A misleading and disrespectful waste of time. A shame to use such a title for those seeking help and hope.😢😢

I have PD, but it's not Parkinsons Disease. I must have the wrong channel

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Can you really?

Absolute nonsense.If Parkinson’s was so easy to cure it would not be the terrible scourge it is.

Hmmm … in my opinion, after watching this episode twice through the past 2 days, I feel the best service you can provide the PD community - is to take the posting down! To your credit, you emphasize the anecdotal nature of everything you are, or will cover. Why then - do you, out from nowhere - bash High Dosage Thiamine (B1) usage? Especially when there is a significant amount of an edit Al reports, along with a broad variety of formal, all-be-it-limited clinical studies easily available to review? It seems you may be assigning B1 to snake oil, which for one, I take offense. Simply - I don’t understand what I felt was a cheap shot that might cause unwarranted fear, uncertainty and doubt.

WHAT THE HECK ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT GET A DAY JOB BRO WALMART'S HIRING

The only research you need is under your own brain stem. Get out and give it a try. 1 hour every other day walking as fast as you can and keep it going. Hell, get a long-legged dog.