I recently read that Bulgaria has one of the highest rates of PD in the world. In looking at their diet it consists of white bread (spread with lard or cheese) for breakfast, bread soup (bread with broth poured over it) and dinner is more white bread and potatoes with some meat and steamed or fried vegetables.

The article stated that Bulgarian Gypsies, on the other hand, have one of the lowest rates of PD. These Bulgarian Gypsies generally traveled in caravans and raised no cattle or crops. Instead they traded things for their food and thus it was said that they ate a more well balanced diet that was mostly vegetarian. Interesting. The low nutritional value of white bread comes to the surface again and could be one of the many culprits in developing PD later in life...

Lexie