Many fruits and vegetables contain flavonoids. These have wonderful health benefits that for years have been known to help reduce blood pressure and inflammation. Now there is research showing that flavonoids that are often found in sstrawberries, bblackberries, blueberries, and even eggplant can help in the prevention of Parkinson's.
In an article by Time Healthland a study from Harvard School of Public Health and Norwich Medical School looked at 130,000 men and women participating in the Nurses’ Health Study and the Health Professionals Follow-up Study — long-running studies analyzing lifestyle behaviors, including diet, and health outcomes among health care professionals.
More than 800 participants developed Parkinson’s disease over the study’s 20-year follow-up. After adjusting for age and lifestyle, the researchers found that men who ate the most flavonoids were 40% less likely to develop Parkinson’s than men who ate the least...Read more.
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