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So what you ate as a child could catch up to you later in life! For instance:as a child I was anemic and had to eat foods high in iron+vitamins,also a lot of fried foods,dairy foods etc. Just asking. Shirley -----Original Message----- From: janet marie paterson <[log in to unmask]> To: [log in to unmask] <[log in to unmask]> Date: Wednesday, February 09, 2000 2:51 AM Subject: PMID: 10661654: Adult nutrient intake as a risk factor for PD >Adult nutrient intake as a risk factor for Parkinson's disease. > >BACKGROUND: This population-based case-control study evaluated nutrient intake as a risk factor for Parkinson's disease (PD) among people aged > or =50 years in metropolitan Detroit. > >METHODS: Cases (n = 126) were diagnosed between 1991 and 1995 and neurologist-confirmed. > >Controls (n = 432) were frequency-matched for sex, age (+/-5 years) and race. Using a standardized food frequency questionnaire, subjects reported the foods they ate within the past year. > >RESULTS: Estimating the association between PD and risk of being in the highest versus the lowest intake quartile, there were elevated odds ratios for total fat (OR 1.94, 95% confidence interval [CI] : 1.05-3.58), cholesterol (OR 2.11, 95% CI: 1.14-3.90), lutein (OR 2.52, 95% CI: 1.32-4.84) and iron (OR 1.88, 95% CI: 1.05-3.38). > >CONCLUSIONS: These results suggest an association of PD with high intake of total fat, saturated fats, cholesterol, lutein and iron. > > >Int J Epidemiol 1999 Dec;28(6):1102-9 >Johnson CC, Gorell JM, Rybicki BA, Sanders K, Peterson EL >Henry Ford Health System, Detroit, Michigan, USA. >PMID: 10661654, UI: 20125296 > >http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/PubMed/ > >janet paterson >52 now / 41 dx / 37 onset >a new voice: http://www.geocities.com/janet313/ >613 256 8340 PO Box 171 Almonte Ontario Canada K0A 1A0