So much conflicting "science" Let's not panic about chocolate, beans, and nuts.
Here are two versions of the article about copper and Alzheimer's. Nowhere does it mention chocolate, beans, or nuts. Notice that the poor bunnies were on a high-cholesterol diet:
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But here is research investigating whether some copper compounds might be beneficial:
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This is a USA Today article that's adding all the flap:
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There is nothing in there that specifically says that chocolate--or nuts--is linked to Alzheimers. What the study in question says is that people with high blood pressure and diabetes or prediabetes performed more poorly on cognitive tests. Not surprising. I haven't found anything to implicate beans, nuts, or chocolate in specifically causing Alzheimer's--or being in any way linked.Other studies say that chocolate, beans and nuts are good for you--and they are. (Just go for the dark cocoa and skip the high-fat options.)
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Eat a balanced diet low in saturated and transfats, keep your blood pressure down and your spirits up, and let's all get back to quilting.Monique in TX