From What You Have Read in This Chapter,would You Say

question 31

Multiple Choice

From what you have read in this chapter,would you say a 21-year-old Caucasian female can count on caffeinated coffee to reduce her risk of Parkinson's disease?

• A) Yes,because the results of a peer-reviewed study indicated that drinking caffeinated beverages reduced the risk of Parkinson's disease.
• B) No,because participants in that peer-reviewed study were Japanese American males;it cannot be inferred that the same results would hold for Caucasian females.
• C) No,she would have to restrict her consumption of coffee to decaffeinated coffee to reduce her risk of Parkinson's disease.
• D) Yes,the peer-reviewed study proved that coffee reverses the symptoms of Parkinson's disease in people of all ethnicities and ages.
• E) No data are available on the relationship between drinking caffeinated beverages and Parkinson's disease because it would be unethical to conduct such an epidemiological study.

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