Berries vs. Pesticides in Parkinson’s Disease
Channel: NutritionFacts.org
Date: 2016-07-13

Berries counteract the neurotoxic effects of pesticides in vitro, potentially explaining why berry consumption is associated with lower risk of developing Parkinson’s disease.

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Previous videos on Parkinson’s Disease include:  
• Preventing Parkinson’s Disease With Diet (http://nutritionfacts.org/video/preventing-parkinsons-disease-with-diet/)
• Treating Parkinson’s Disease With Diet. (http://nutritionfacts.org/video/treating-parkinsons-disease-with-diet/)
• Is Something in Tobacco Protective Against Parkinson’s Disease? (http://nutritionfacts.org/topics/Is-something-in-tobacco-protective-against-parkinsons-disease)
• Peppers and Parkinson’s: The Benefits of Smoking Without the Risks? (http://nutritionfacts.org/video/peppers-and-parkinsons-the-benefits-of-smoking-without-the-risks)

Other neurological muscular disorders include essential tremor and ALS:
• Essential Tremor and Diet (http://nutritionfacts.org/video/essential-tremor-and-diet/)
• ALS (Lou Gehrig’s Disease): Fishing for Answers (http://nutritionfacts.org/video/als-lou-gehrigs-disease-fishing-for-answers/)
• Diet and Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS) (http://nutritionfacts.org/video/diet-and-amyotrophic-lateral-sclerosis-als/)

The same reason Parkinson’s may be related to constipation may also explain the breast cancer connection. See Breast Cancer and Constipation (http://nutritionfacts.org/video/breast-cancer-and-constipation/).

What else can berries do?
• Can Cranberry Juice Treat Bladder Infections? (http://nutritionfacts.org/video/can-cranberry-juice-treat-bladder-infections/)
• Reducing Muscle Soreness With Berries (http://nutritionfacts.org/video/reducing-muscle-soreness-with-berries/)
• Boosting Natural Killer Cell Activity (http://nutritionfacts.org/video/boosting-natural-killer-cell-activity/)
• How to Slow Brain Aging by Two Years (http://nutritionfacts.org/video/how-to-slow-brain-aging-by-two-years/)
• Inhibiting Platelet Aggregation with Berries (http://nutritionfacts.org/video/inhibiting-platelet-aggregation-with-berries/)

But what about all the sugar in fruit? (http://nutritionfacts.org/video/if-fructose-is-bad-what-about-fruit/) See If Fructose is Bad, What About Fruit? and How Much Fruit is Too Much? (http://nutritionfacts.org/video/how-much-fruit-is-too-much/)

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