Something like this sure makes you put the old thinking cap on. Shirley -----Original Message----- From: [log in to unmask] <[log in to unmask]> To: [log in to unmask] <[log in to unmask]> Date: Wednesday, February 09, 2000 8:15 AM Subject: Re: PMID: 10661654: Adult nutrient intake as a risk factor for PD >In a message dated 2/9/00 9:46:30 AM Central Standard Time, >[log in to unmask] writes: > ><< 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 >> > >Or.... does this mean that some very early (as yet unrecognized) Parkinsons >symptom causes us to crave (or our bodies to need) foods that are high in >iron, fat etc........???? Could not one scenario be just as likely as the >other. > > As children don't we tend to eat what our body is "asking for" if it is >available.....haven't their been studies that show that children will self >select for good nutritional needs of their body if given the opportunity? > >Does this all lead back to "Is there anyone who ate Reese's Peanut Butter >cups as a child who does not have PD in their later years?" > >Rita Weeks 55/10