Fran,
note hat most of the dopamina in Fava beans is in the pods rather than in the
beans (possibly as much as 95%). And it appears to me that exensive cooking
destroys it.
Our local supermarket (which has a lot of Italian-descend customers)
occasionally sells Fava beans in the pods. So I tried a batch. I cut out the
black spots and chopped them in the Cuisinart as fine as I could get them -
which was not fine enough. The skins of the beans and he stringy pod bits
were a
problem.
But the stuff does work. I ate between 1/4 and 1/2 cup and It felt the same as
my regular dose (Not sure how long the effect lasted.)
The last batch, which was cooked for several hrs, was not effective.
I'm about to plant a batch of beans and try some more.
Fran Peck wrote:
>
> I have a question for the list. In addition to training dogs for hobby, I
> am first and foremost a researcher (NOT medical - used to be animal and now
> after a career change, demographic and spatial, but once that scientific
> method stuff gets in your blood...!). As I mentioned in my intro post, my
> tremors are worse after physical exercise, thus I notice they are more
> pronounced after "working out" in the morning (which I do most mornings). I
> also mentioned that I am not on "meds" other than supplements yet, so I want
> to try something. I have read the archives and other literature on fava
> beans. If I were to "dose" by eating fava beans, would I do it before
> working out or wait until after?
>
> Also the literature I have read says that all of the broad beans have dopa,
> but favas are higher. This is going to sound really dumb, but what are some
> of the other "broad" beans? Since I don't know for sure what they are, I am
> not sure I am adding any to my diet (unfortunately my education and training
> wasn't in horticulture!)! Thanks in advance.
>
> Fran Peck
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