Article: Protect Against Parkinson?s Disease: Get Your Vitamin E
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Protect Against Parkinson?s Disease: Get Your Vitamin E
Moderate amounts of vitamin E in the diet can protect against Parkinson?s disease, according to a study in the Lancet Neurology (2005;4:362?5).
Parkinson?s disease is a chronic, progressive neurological disease characterized by resting tremors, increasing muscle rigidity, and eventual paralysis. The cause is unknown, but a number of factors, including age, genetics, and environmental influences are believed to affect risk. Drugs can help relieve the symptoms and might slow the progress of the disease, but cannot cure it.
Highly reactive free radicals appear to play an important role in the nerve damage that occurs in people with Parkinson?s disease. Antioxidants?such as vitamins A, C, and E, beta-carotene and other carotenoids, zinc, and plant chemicals known ...
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