[realrocker]

Naive comment: Indian food is loaded with cinnamon. Especially sweets. So why is India host to second largest population of Parkinsons afflicted[1]? Or maybe people are not served cinnamon rich food as they grow older because they are also rich in fat and sugar? I guess orthogonal studies like these don't have much value. There are obviously several other factors at work here.

1. http://www.epda.eu.com/en/parkinsons/life-with-parkinsons/pa...

Edit: Explicit naivety Edit 2: Hold on. Just glossed over the fact that we also have the second largest population on earth. In that case, there might be a correlation after all.

[SoftwareMaven]

The real question is why is the US so high? Our rates are almost as high as India's, with 1/3 the population. I have a feeling it is likely diet related, and possibly due to either the "low fat" craze not providing building blocks in the brain or the industrial fats (in particular trans fats but maybe the massive quantities of n-6 fats) causing structures to be built incorrectly or causing excess inflammation.

So, that's my hypothesis based on having done a lot of nutrition research but no Parkinson's research. Does anybody have any real info about why the US rates are so high?

[pedroo]

Was just going to comment prior to your edit, but we really should compare rates of occurrance rather than population size.

[hangonhn]

Don't underestimate the value of "naivety". Gives people a fresh set of perspectives.