1. Joe: I think you did a GREAT job with what must have been a DAUNTING search process. It's appreciated already! 2. Ellen: My mom became a vegetarian (no meat, fish or fowl) in her twenties and was diagnosed with PD at age 42. DISCLAIMER: Please bear in mind that any responses you get from the list are anecdotes, and I wouldn't try to draw any scientific conclusions from them. - Doug ellen peck wrote: >> >> I am curious to know if there is any information on the incidence of >> PD among vegetarians. Has anyone ever heard of any study to determine >> if vegetarians are at the same statistical risk of getting PD as >> people who eat meat? Has anyone ever known a PWP who had also been a >> vegetarian for many years? Just curious. then J.R. Bruman wrote (in part): > Ellen Peck's innocent question prompted a search of my Current > Science Reviews (plug) files, <snip> > Also, since etiology of PD is such a hot subject, it was a > challenge that revealed my woefully inadequate indexing ability. > As is well known by its practitioners, indexing is a complex art, > often unappreciated. Cheers,