Coffee’s link to Parkinson’s risk may depend on how your body handles caffeine ++

Coffee’s link to Parkinson’s risk may depend on how your body handles caffeineCoffee’s link to Parkinson’s risk may depend on how your body handles caffeine https://www.news-medical.net/news/20260902/Coffeee28099s-link-to-Parkinsone28099s-risk-may-depend-on-how-your-body-handles-caffeine.aspx?utm_source=news_medical_newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=parkinson_s_disease_newsletter_2_september_2026 In 435,551 UK Biobank participants followed for a median of 15.7 years, overall coffee consumption was not associated with Parkinson’s disease risk, but the relationship differed significantly according to CYP1A2 genotype. Tea, berries and dark chocolate featured in a diet linked to lower Parkinson’s riskTea, berries and dark chocolate featured in a diet linked to lower Parkinson’s risk https://www.news-medical.net/news/20260826/Tea-berries-and-dark-chocolate-featured-in-a-diet-linked-to-lower-Parkinsone28099s-risk.aspx?utm_source=news_medical_newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=parkinson_s_disease_newsletter_2_september_2026 A prospective UK Biobank study of 123,655 adults found that a dietary pattern richer in flavonoid-containing foods was modestly associated with a lower incidence of hospital-recorded Parkinson’s disease. The association was strongest among those with the highest flavonoid diet scores, while exploratory proteomic and transcriptomic analyses pointed to possible neuroimmune and cell-adhesion pathways but did not establish causality or mechanism.