Issue Date: July 13, 2008
Celery for your brain
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The antioxidant luteolin also is found in green peppers and parsley.
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At last, celery gets some respect. University of Illinois researchers say that a compound called luteolin in the crunchy stalk may help dramatically reduce brain inflammation implicated in Alzheimer's disease -- they've shown it works in mice. Caveat: The chief researcher notes that the mice ate the human equivalent of about 47 servings of celery daily.
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