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ALS risk reduced by eating brightly colored vegetables, study suggests

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Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), more commonly known as Lou Gehrig's disease, is a neurological disease that progressively causes nerve cells to waste away and die, leading to devastating effects on the body. New research suggests that a diet full of antioxidant-rich, brightly-colored vegetables may play a role in preventing the deadly disease. "ALS is a devastating degenerative disease that generally develops between the ages of 40 and 70, and affects more men than women," senior study author Dr. Alberto Ascherio, professor of epidemiology and nutrition at Harvard School of Public Health in Boston, said in a written statement. "Our study is one of the largest to date to examine the role of dietary antioxidants in preventing ALS." Ascherio and his team analyzed data from five long-running studies that collectively contained more than one million participants.

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