Can eating Sweet Peppers help prevent Parkinsons Disease?

Can Sweet Peppers ward off Parkinsons disease? That's the question on the minds of researchers. A recent study has suggested that the fairly high levels of nicotine present in peppers are associated with a lower risk of developing parkinsons disease. The same inverse relationship was noted in smokers. Regular (daily) smokers have a generally lower risk of developing parkinsons disease. Peppers are in the same botanical family as tobacco. There are even studies that suggest that secondhand smoke may even reduce risk of parkinsons disease to some extent. The potentially protective effect of the peppers in the study was mainly in people who had little to no history of smoking. Clearly, more research is needed on this topic but its an intriguing theory.