From: "Robert Cohen" <notmilk@e...>
Date: Thu Mar 24, 2005 8:24 am
Subject: West Wing, Ice Cream, & Parkinson's Disease
West Wing, Ice Cream, & Parkinson's Disease
PREDICTION: Last night's episode (March 23, 2005) of
"West Wing" will earn Alan Alda an Emmy Award. Life
in the White House is magnificently portrayed each
Wednesday night during prime time. Last evening President
Jed Bartlett, portrayed by Martin Sheen, shared a scene
with Alda that will forever remain a NotMilk moment.
There they were, late in the show, two political
adversaries finding common ground in the White House
kitchen, pigging out by dipping teaspoons into four
5-gallon tubs of various ice creams. Sheen to Alda:
"Here, try the pistachio." Two actors portrayed the
most powerful men in America sharing a snack that
represented a dangerously unhealthful irony.
In the story line, President Bartlett's second term is
coming to an end, as the symptoms of our TV president's
Parkinson Disease accelerate...which brings us to the
March, 2005 issue of the Journal Neurology.
(2005 Mar 22;64(6):1047-51)
CONSIDER: Twelve pounds of milk are required to produce
one pound of ice cream.
JOURNAL OF NEUROLOGY STUDY TITLE: Consumption of milk and
calcium in midlife and the future risk of Parkinson disease.
STUDY OBJECTIVE: To examine the relation between milk and
calcium intake in midlife and the risk of Parkinson disease.
METHODS: From 1965 to 1968, 7,504 men (ages 45 to 68) were
studied for 30 years (1995-1998) in the Honolulu Heart Program.
RESULTS: During the follow-up phase of the study, 128 subjects
developed Parkinson's Disease. Incidences of Parkinson's
Disease were compared to milk intake. Researchers found no
relationship between calcium intake and Parkinson's Disease
(from milk or non-milk sources). However, researchers did find
a 2.3-fold increase of Parkinson's Disease in the high-milk
intake group when compared to the group of men who consumed
no milk.
SCIENTISTS CONCLUDE: "Findings suggest that milk intake is
associated with an increased risk of Parkinson disease."
ADDITIONAL SCIENTIFIC SUPPORT: Research suggests that cow's
milk lactoferrins are responsible for the onset of
Parkinson's Disease:
"These data suggest that lactoferrin receptors on vulnerable
neurons may increase intraneuronal iron levels and contribute
to the degeneration of nigral dopaminergic neurons in
Parkinson disease."
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences,
October, 1995, 10;92(21):9603-7.
"These results suggest that lactotransferrin may
participate actively in the mechanism of neuronal
degeneration in Parkinson's disease."
Acta Neuropathology, 1996;91(6):566-72.
"According to these findings, disruption in the expression
of these proteins in the brain is probably one of the
important causes of the altered brain iron metabolism in
age-related neurodegenerative diseases, including
Parkinson's Disease..."
Brain Research Review, 1998 Aug;27(3):257-67.
Robert Cohen
http://www.notmilk.com