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Trial reportJournal of Parkinson's disease2026

A personalized plant-rich, time-restricted nutritional intervention for motor and non-motor symptoms in Parkinson's disease: A randomized controlled trial.

Beyza Tağraf, Özden Erkan Oğul, Deniz Yerlikaya, Lütfü Hanoğlu

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Trial report in Journal of Parkinson's disease, 2026. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

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5 · Who and what money

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4 authors.

Beyza TağrafNeuroscience Research Center, Research Institute for Health Sciences and Technologies, SABITA, Istanbul Medipol University, Istanbul, Turkey.ORCID 0000-0002-8451-7650
Özden Erkan OğulNeuroscience Research Center, Research Institute for Health Sciences and Technologies, SABITA, Istanbul Medipol University, Istanbul, Turkey.ORCID 0000-0002-7226-510X
Deniz YerlikayaDokuz Eylül University, Institute of Health Sciences, Department of Neuroscience, Izmir, Turkey.
Lütfü HanoğluNeuroscience Research Center, Research Institute for Health Sciences and Technologies, SABITA, Istanbul Medipol University, Istanbul, Turkey.ORCID 0000-0003-4292-5717

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

BackgroundParkinson's disease is (PD) a progressive neurodegenerative disorder. This study investigated the effects of an individualized nutritional intervention based on the Ketoflex 12/3 protocol, in addition to standard medical treatment, on motor and non-motor symptoms in PD.Methods40 individuals with PD were included in the study, and participants were randomly assigned to intervention and control. All individuals were classified according to inflammatory, glycotoxic, toxic, and vascular biotypes. The intervention group was assigned a plant-rich diet with a low glycemic index, consistent with ketogenic principles, free of inflammatory effects, and including intermittent fasting. The primary endpoint was the change in motor symptoms measured by the Unified Parkinson's Disease Rating Scale part III (UPDRS-III) from baseline to six months. Secondary endpoints included apathy (Starkstein Apathy Scale), activities of daily living (ADL/IADL), and gastrointestinal function (Bristol stool scale).ResultsCompared with the control group, the intervention group showed a significantly greater improvement in motor symptoms as measured by UPDRS-III (-11.0 vs +2.1 points from baseline to six months; p < 0.001). Significant between-group differences were also observed for secondary endpoints, including apathy (Starkstein Apathy Scale), activities of daily living (ADL/IADL), and gastrointestinal function (Bristol stool scale), all favoring the intervention group. Spearman correlation analyses revealed significant negative correlations with ADL and UPDRS-III scores, particularly in individuals with an inflammatory phenotype.ConclusionsThe findings suggest an individualized nutritional approach may contribute to improvement in both motor and non-motor symptoms in PD. Larger, multi-center trials with extended follow-up are needed.

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Diet, KetogenicOutcome Assessment, Health CareParkinson DiseaseActivities of Daily LivingAgedDiet, Plant-BasedFemaleHumansIntermittent FastingMaleMiddle Agedgut-brain interactionsinflammationmetabolismneurodegenerationnon-motor symptomsnutritiontremor

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PMID41666212
PMCPMC13347589

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