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A higher intake of fruit and fruit drinks has been linked in new research to a greater--yes, greater--risk of Parkinson's disease.
The study is considered significant because it was longitudinal. This means' that the risk factor data was collected well before the onset of Parkinson's among the more than 8,000 study subjects. Incidence of Parkinson's cases was then charted over a full 34 years of observation.
The University of Hawaii at Manoa study showed that increased fruit and fruit drink consumption predicted an increased Parkinson's risk, after adjusting for other known risk factors. However, high dietary and supplemental intake of vitamin C did not appear to be ...