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Hogwash, i have been taking black tea for the laxt 30years and was diagnosed PD about 6 years sgo haroon On 8/10/08, rayilynlee <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > I love black tea > Drink Black Tea to Reduce Risk of Parkinson's Disease > Posted August 9th, 2008 by Rane > > A new study conducted by the researchers at the National Neuroscience > Institute in Singapore has shown that drinking one cup of black tea may > reduce the risk of Parkinson's disease by as much as 71 percent. > Researchers examined 63,257 Chinese women and men and compared their > incidence of Parkinson's with their intake of various beverages. By > conducting an in-person questionnaire, they found that higher caffeine > intake was linked with a 45 percent lower risk of Parkinson's disease. They > also found that those who drank 23 or more cups of black tea each month > still had a 71 percent lower risk of Parkinson's disease than those who > drank less black tea. > The researchers of the study wrote: "Black tea, a caffeine-containing > beverage, showed an inverse association with Parkinson's disease risk that > was not confounded by total caffeine intake or tobacco smoking. [This > suggests that] ingredients of black tea other than caffeine appear to be > responsible for the beverage's inverse association with Parkinson's > disease." > This research has found to only apply to black tea, not green tea. This > study has been published in the American Journal of Epidemiology. > > Source: NNI via NaturalNews > Rayilyn Brown > Director AZNPF > Arizona Chapter National Parkinson Foundation > [log in to unmask] > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > To sign-off Parkinsn send a message to: mailto:[log in to unmask] > In the body of the message put: signoff parkinsn > -- Sent from Gmail for mobile | mobile.google.com ---------------------------------------------------------------------- To sign-off Parkinsn send a message to: mailto:[log in to unmask] In the body of the message put: signoff parkinsn