Received an interesting article from a myth-busting doctor.
Peppers and tomatoes are good for the brain
Want to see your doctor dance? Ask him how you can slash your risk of Parkinson's disease.
He'll dance around the question like Fred Astaire!
That's because he knows the answer -- he knows the name of the one substance that's proven to protect the brain from this life-wrecking disease -- but there's not a chance in heck he'll say it out loud.
That's because the substance is nicotine. Yes, THAT nicotine -- the kind found in tobacco.
Of course, researchers are like your doctor -- they'd rather not talk about that, either, so they focus on just about everything else.
In one new study, researchers looked at the role of diet in Parkinson's and found that vegetables overall won't do much to lower your risk. But some veggies did offer some mild protection, like peppers and tomatoes.
Turns out all of the veggies that lowered the risk were part of the Solanaceae family.
Want to know what else is part of the Solanaceae family? Tobacco!
Peppers and tomatoes don't have nearly as much nicotine as tobacco, so they of course don't provide nearly as much protection. If you want that, you're going to have to ignore your doctor's howls and light one up.
I recommend a quality cigar after meals. Take the smoke into your mouth, not into your lungs (real cigar aficionados make like Slick Willie and don't inhale) and your cheeks will absorb all the healthy compounds.
Along with lowering your risk of Parkinson's, a healthy tobacco habit can protect against dementia, heart disease, and even some forms of cancer.
Not what you've heard? Of course it isn't -- but it's TRUE, and I've got the politically incorrect science to back me up. Click here to learn how you can get all the details. (The link here is not live, and may require a newsletter subscription from W.C. Douglass's site to see the scientific evidence, but his site is easy enough to find.)
Not blowing smoke,
William Campbell Douglass II, M.D.
Peppers and tomatoes are good for the brain
Want to see your doctor dance? Ask him how you can slash your risk of Parkinson's disease.
He'll dance around the question like Fred Astaire!
That's because he knows the answer -- he knows the name of the one substance that's proven to protect the brain from this life-wrecking disease -- but there's not a chance in heck he'll say it out loud.
That's because the substance is nicotine. Yes, THAT nicotine -- the kind found in tobacco.
Of course, researchers are like your doctor -- they'd rather not talk about that, either, so they focus on just about everything else.
In one new study, researchers looked at the role of diet in Parkinson's and found that vegetables overall won't do much to lower your risk. But some veggies did offer some mild protection, like peppers and tomatoes.
Turns out all of the veggies that lowered the risk were part of the Solanaceae family.
Want to know what else is part of the Solanaceae family? Tobacco!
Peppers and tomatoes don't have nearly as much nicotine as tobacco, so they of course don't provide nearly as much protection. If you want that, you're going to have to ignore your doctor's howls and light one up.
I recommend a quality cigar after meals. Take the smoke into your mouth, not into your lungs (real cigar aficionados make like Slick Willie and don't inhale) and your cheeks will absorb all the healthy compounds.
Along with lowering your risk of Parkinson's, a healthy tobacco habit can protect against dementia, heart disease, and even some forms of cancer.
Not what you've heard? Of course it isn't -- but it's TRUE, and I've got the politically incorrect science to back me up. Click here to learn how you can get all the details. (The link here is not live, and may require a newsletter subscription from W.C. Douglass's site to see the scientific evidence, but his site is easy enough to find.)
Not blowing smoke,
William Campbell Douglass II, M.D.
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