PARKINSON'S DISEASE
Top Tips to Optimize Function

Authors

Lucille Leader Dip ION NTCC CNHC registered

www.lucilleleader.com

Lucille Leader is the Nutrition Director of the London Pain Relief andNutritional Support Clinic at The Highgate Hospital in London. This clinicwas an early pioneer in the integrated, team approach to the managementof chronic illness. She is particularly interested in the biochemically-basednutritional support of patients with chronic disease, particularly Parkinson'sDisease.

She is the author of the groundbreaking book for nutritional therapists in the UK:

• MEDICAL COLLABORATION for Nutritional Therapists(Denor Press,London, UK) ISBN-13: 978 0 9526056 5 2

She is co-author and editor of successful books on Parkinson's Disease:

• Parkinson's Disease - Dopamine Metabolism, Applied Biochemistry & Nutrition(Denor Press,London, UK) ISBN: 978 0 9526056 6 9
• Parkinson's Disease - Reducing Symptoms with Nutrition and Drugs(Denor Press,London, UK) ISBN: 978 0 9526056 4 5
• Parkinson's Disease - The Way Forward!(Denor Press, London, UK)ISBN: 0 9526056 8 6
• Parkinson's Disease - The New Nutritional Handbook(Denor Press,London, UK) ISBN: 0 9526056 1 9
• Morbo Di Parkinson - Suggerimenti Nutrizionali (Pythagora Press,Milan, Italy) with Professors Aroldo Rossi and Lia Rossi ProsperiISBN: 88 85852 31 9

Lucille Leader lectures on the Nutritional Therapy BSc degree course forWestminster University in the United Kingdom.She has delivered many lectures on nutritional aspects in Parkinson'sDisease to Parkinson's Disease support groups in The United Kingdom,South Africa and the United States of America. She has also lectured tohealth professionals and has been interviewed by the BBC and SABC Radios.She has written articles for nutrition journals including those of the EuropeanParkinson's Disease Association (EPDA), The Parkinson's Society of theCzech Republic, New Pathways, LDN Messenger (Multiple Sclerosis journals),The Nutritional Practicioner, and The ION Journal.

Parkinson's Disease Congress presentations include:

• "Nutritional Management in Parkinson's Disease" at the Parkinson'sDisease Congress for Nutrition and Sexuality in Vienna, 1999.
• "Nutritional Therapy and Cellular Environment in Parkinson's Disease" atthe ground-breaking Parkinson's symposium "Meeting of the Minds" inthe USA, 2004.
• "Specialized Nutritional Management in Parkinson's Disease" at the5th Multi-disciplinary Conference of the European Parkinson's DiseaseAssociation (EPDA) in Lisbon, 2004.www.epdaconferences.org
• "Nutritional Therapy and The Dopamine Connection" -Keynote Speaker at The General Assembly of The EuropeanParkinson's Disease Association (EPDA) in Stresa, Italy, 2007.
• "Parkinson's Disease and Stress Management" and "Parkinson'sDisease Top Nutritional Tips" Workshops at the Multi-disciplinary Conference of theEuropean Parkinson's Disease Association (EPDA) in Zagreb, Croatia, 2008.
• "Parkinson's Disease, Dopamine Metabolism and Nutrition" atThe Second World Parkinson's Disease Congress in Glasgow, Scotland in 2010.

Articles for Nutrition Journals include the Journal of the EuropeanParkinson's Disease Association (EPDA), The Parkinson's Disease Society of theCzech Republic, the EPNN journal on Stress management in Parkinson's Disease,New Pathways (Multiple Sclerosis journal), The Nutritional Practicioner,and The ION Journal.

Lucille Leader was honored with a Quality of Life Award for Parkinson's in TheUnited States in 2004. She has also received a Certificate of Special Commendationfor her work in Parkinson's Disease by The CAM Awards (UK) in 2008.

She is CNHC registered and a member ofThe British Society for Ecological Medicine (formerly The British Society ofAllergy, Environmental and Nutritional Medicine) and The Royal Society ofMedicine (Council Member of The Food and Health Forum) in the United Kingdom.

Dr Geoffrey Leader MB ChB FRCA

Email:gleader@doctors.net.uk

Dr Geoffrey Leader, a graduate of the Royal College of Anaesthetists in London,is a Consultant Anaesthesiologist and Medical Director of The London PainRelief and Nutritional Support Clinic at The Highgate Hospital in London. Heis a leading pioneer in the multi-disciplinary management of chronic illness.The special interest of his Clinic is the optimisation of functional health inpeople with Parkinson's Disease.

Dr Geoffrey Leader has held senior academic posts internationally. In the UKhis last appointment was Chairman of the Anaesthetic Department, Headof Intensive Care and Pain Clinic at Newham General Hospital, London andSenior Lecturer and Honorary Senior Consultant at The Royal London HospitalMedical College. In South Africa he held academic appointments at Nataland Witwatersrand Universities and in The Netherlands at The University ofErasmus. He is co-author and editor of these successful books:

• Parkinson's Disease - Dopamine Metabolism, Applied Biochemistry & Nutrition(Denor Press,London, UK) ISBN: 978 0 9526056 6 9
• Parkinson's Disease - Reducing Symptoms with Nutrition and Drugs(Denor Press,London, UK) ISBN: 978 0 9526056 4 5
• Parkinson's Disease - The Way Forward!(Denor Press, London, UK)ISBN: 0 9526056 8 6
• Parkinson's Disease - The New Nutritional Handbook(Denor Press,London, UK) ISBN: 0 9526056 1 9
• Morbo Di Parkinson - Suggerimenti Nutrizionali (Pythagora Press,Milan, Italy) with Professors Aroldo Rossi and Lia Rossi ProsperiISBN: 88 85852 31 9

Dr Geoffrey Leader is particularly interested in the intravenous nutritionalsupport of patients with Parkinson's Disease as well as the specialised detailsof their management during anaesthesia and sedation and the patient'sdetoxification from anaesthetic drugs. He has presented papers on anaestheticsubjects at international congresses and has published in prestigiousanaesthetic journals. Parkinson's Disease Congress presentations include:

• "The Intravenous Aspects of Nutritional Support in Parkinson's Disease"at the Parkinson's Disease Congress for Nutrition and Sexuality in Viennain 1999.
• "Nutritional Therapy and Cellular Environment in Parkinson's Disease" atthe ground-breaking Parkinson's symposium "Meeting of the Minds" inthe USA in 2004.
• "Specialized Nutritional Management in Parkinson's Disease" at the5th Multi-disciplinary Conference of the European Parkinson's DiseaseAssociation (EPDA) in Lisbon, 2004www.epdaconferences.org

He was honoured in the United States with a Quality of Life Award for Parkinson's in 2004.

Dr Geoffrey Leader is a Fellow of both the Royal College of Anaesthetists andThe Royal Society of Medicine in the United Kingdom.