So, yeah, people with an ancestor or two, or a hundred, or a thousand in and among the original New Sweden or York PA settlements probably have an hereditary B-12deficiency.
The B-12 and beet notes have been discussed earlier. The most recent one using "beet" in the title is at http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2619626/posts
You'll also want to go to http://www.webmd.com/alzheimers/news/20101018/vitamin-b12-linked-to-lower-alzheimers-risk to get started.
Simultaneously with the US and British reports on the topic the Scandinavian researchers put out their own stuff showing a negative correlation of Alzheimers in folks on what amounts to a strictly seafood and meat diet ~
Beets darned near disappeared from grocery store shelves. I went to the local Safeway and took their last two cans! (BTW, that was my first trip outside the house except to the doctor in months ~ the eye thing).
VERY interesting!!
I’ll particularly keep an eye out for the Scandinavian research, I’ll bet that warmed the hearts of the Atkins Diet folks.
Beets?
No thanks.