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BERRIES MAY PROTECT AGAINST PARKINSON’S
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study by researchers at the Har- vard School of Public Health, in Boston, presented at the American Academy of Neurology’s 63rd an- nual meeting, confirms that eating berries can lower the risk of Parkinson’s disease. The study involved 49,281 men and 80,336 women that
were monitored for 20 to 22 years. The researchers concluded that
the women who consumed the most anthocyanins, a class of flavonoids found mostly in berries, had a lower risk of developing the disease than those whose diet contained less or different classes of flavonoids. For men, berry anthocyanins, as well as flavonoids found in apples and oranges and other rich dietary
sources, made a significant difference in their freedom from the disease.
Feed Your Feet with Castor Oil
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vegetable oil obtained from the seed of the castor plant (Ricinus communis), pure castor oil is a colorless to pale yellow liquid with mild or no odor or taste. Among many uses, it can serve as a naturally healthy treatment for several common foot problems. Dryness: When circulation to one’s feet is compromised, the skin may become dried out. According to the Journal of Ethnopharmacology, castor
oil has long been used to soothe and seal foot skin that has become cracked and fissured, qualified health counselors seek to improve the root cause of the impediment to normal circulation. Red and itchy: The fatty chains of castor oil are made up almost entirely of ricinoleic acid, which modern medicine
recognizes as a powerful anti-inflamma- tory (Mediators of Inflammation). Achy: Castor oil has also proved
to have analgesic, or pain-reducing, effects, according to a study of surface pain published in the Archives of Ortho- paedic and Trauma Surgery. Fungal: Undecylenic acid, an ac-
tive ingredient in castor oil, is widely acknowledged for its relief of fungal infections in the body (Antiviral Re- search). For foot or toenail fungus, soak feet in a basin of water with Epsom salts for about five minutes, and then apply castor oil liberally.
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