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Peppers Seem To Protect Against Parkinson's

Posted by Unknown on from the mmm-tomacco dept.

DavidHumus writes "A recent study indicates that consuming vegetables from the Solanaceae family, which includes tomatoes and peppers (as well as tobacco), decreases the risk of contracting Parkinson's disease. Earlier studies had shown that smoking tobacco seems to provide protection against the disease and the newer one seems to confirm that the key ingredient is nicotine, which is present in some vegetables like peppers."

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  1. Tomacco. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    Tomacco.

  2. Re:MJF by M0j0_j0j0 · · Score: 4, Funny

    Yeah, but ya know that time traveling shit did have some side effects.

  3. Been listening to Sgt. Pepper's for years by smittyoneeach · · Score: 4, Funny

    So I got that goin' for me. Which is nice.

    --
    Get thee glass eyes, and, like a scurvy politician, seem to see things thou dost not.--King Lear
  4. Remember "Sleeper"? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    Woody Allen character in the distant future, noticing many people smoking, is told "we discovered that tobacco is good for you".