Recently, I have been consuming a surplus of fruit smoothies due to the addition of this pretty insane Ninja Blender to my house. For the past week - as well as many more weeks to come I'm sure - the refrigerator has seemed to be stocked with an endless supply of fruit rivalling the back stock of Costco. Let's just say good thing the new appliance was a blender and not one of these puppies.While enjoying a delicious strawberry, pineapple treat I stumbled over this compelling story. A new study performed by the Harvard School of Public Health in Boston has found that eating berries and citrus fruits can lower you risk of Parkinson's disease. The study took more that 22 years to complete as researchers followed 49,281 men and 80,336 women, studying their diet and intake of flavonoids, a dietary component believed to be the source of the "neuroprotective effects." Over the course of study, 805 participants develpoed Parkinson's disease. The top 20% of men who consumed the most flavonoids were 40% less likely to develop Parkinson's than the bottome 20%. Unfortunately there was no significant connection found in women participants. The study will be presented at the American Academy of Neurology's 63rd Annual Meeting in Honolulu this April.
Sorry for the abrupt ending to this entry but I'd like to enjoy the last of my Parkinson's-fighting smoothie, thanks.
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