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DESCRIPTION: Might the nicotine content in nightshade vegetables—tomatoes, potatoes, eggplants, and bell peppers—protect against Parkinson’s disease?
Benefits of smoking? See the tobacco industry gloat in my previous video: Is Something in Tobacco Protective Against Parkinson’s Disease? (
Bell peppers may actually be healthiest raw. See Best Cooking Method (
And if you eat tomato products, choose whole, crushed, or diced tomatoes instead of tomato sauce, purée, or paste. Why? See Inhibiting Platelet Activation with Tomato Seeds (
My in-depth video series on the Mediterranean Diet can be found here for those interested:
• Why Was Heart Disease Rare in the Mediterranean? (
• The Mediterranean Diet or a Whole Food Plant-Based Diet? (
• PREDIMED: Does Eating Nuts Prevent Strokes? (
• Which Parts of the Mediterranean Diet Extended Life? (
• Do Flexitarians Live Longer? (
• Improving on the Mediterranean Diet (
• Mediterranean Diet and Atherosclerosis (
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