Nutritional Challenges in Neurodegenerative Diseases

By Gina ShawDespite being distinct diseases, amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), Parkinson’s, and dementia share a largely common set of nutritional challenges: self-feeding difficulty, gastrointestinal symptoms, dysphagia, medication interactions, feeding tube considerations, and energy expenditure abnormalities. Unfortunately, there is a lack of hard evidence that practitioners can turn to when managing the nutritional needs of patients with these complex neurodegenerative diseases, experts