Seems like it would also cause gas. At least that might help relieve some of the other medical problems fava bean eaters have such as the bloating, nausea, etc. Sami ----- Original Message ----- From: "Nic Marais" <[log in to unmask]> To: <[log in to unmask]> Sent: Friday, December 04, 2009 2:03 AM Subject: Re: fava beans > ROFLOL!!! > > Nic 57/16 > > On Fri, Dec 4, 2009 at 9:12 AM, mschild <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > >> > As best I can recall (without actually looking through the archives) >> > there were two threads of info. >> >> >> I remember there were a few articles published on fava beans and its >> effect >> on >> PD. One was published in Turkey where they eat a lot of them. Must all be >> in >> the archives. >> They cause favism in certain populations >> maryse >> >> ---------------------------------------------------------------------- >> To sign-off Parkinsn send a message to: mailto: >> [log in to unmask] >> In the body of the message put: signoff parkinsn >> > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > To sign-off Parkinsn send a message to: > mailto:[log in to unmask] > In the body of the message put: signoff parkinsn ---------------------------------------------------------------------- To sign-off Parkinsn send a message to: mailto:[log in to unmask] In the body of the message put: signoff parkinsn