We know that what we eat and drink has a significant impact , and a new study has found another connection between drinking and being less likely to develop . Looking at data collected on 184,024 individuals across an average of 13 years, the international team of researchers behind the study found that coffee consumers had a lower risk of getting than those that didn't drink coffee at all. Further analysis of a sample of hundreds of people with Parkinson's measured levels of the primary metabolites of , , and , in the blood – finding that they had an inverse association with the risk of developing Parkinson's.
"This study demonstrated an inverse association of caffeinated coffee consumption with the risk of Parkinson's disease in one of the largest longitudinal cohorts worldwide with more than 20 years of follow-up," the researchers in their published paper. This isn't the first study to between coffee and Parkinson's, but it goes further than previous research in the way it looks at biomarkers of caffeine intake years ahead of Parkinson's disease being diagnosed. The top 25 percent of coffee drinkers were found to be 40 percent less likely to develop Parkinson's, compared to those who didn't drink coffee at all.
Across all coffee consumers in the study, the risk reduction measured varied between approximately 5 to 63 percent, depending on the country. While the association still held when factors such as smoking and drinking were accounted for, it's still not enough to pr.
