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DESCRIPTION: Berries counteract the neurotoxic effects of pesticides in vitro, potentially explaining why berry consumption is associated with lower risk of developing Parkinson’s disease.
Previous videos on Parkinson’s Disease include:
• Preventing Parkinson’s Disease With Diet (
• Treating Parkinson’s Disease With Diet. (
• Is Something in Tobacco Protective Against Parkinson’s Disease? (
• Peppers and Parkinson’s: The Benefits of Smoking Without the Risks? (
Other neurological muscular disorders include essential tremor and ALS:
• Essential Tremor and Diet (
• ALS (Lou Gehrig’s Disease): Fishing for Answers (
• Diet and Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS) (
The same reason Parkinson’s may be related to constipation may also explain the breast cancer connection. See Breast Cancer and Constipation (
What else can berries do?
• Can Cranberry Juice Treat Bladder Infections? (
• Reducing Muscle Soreness With Berries (
• Boosting Natural Killer Cell Activity (
• How to Slow Brain Aging by Two Years (
• Inhibiting Platelet Aggregation with Berries (
But what about all the sugar in fruit? ( See If Fructose is Bad, What About Fruit? and How Much Fruit is Too Much? (
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