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You wrote: > >I have a vague feeling this topic has been aired here before; >but if not, here is a ref. that may be of interest... >Seems to be merely anecdotal of course...Apols if this is a >repeat, but it's pretty brief: > >================================================================ >From: Dave Cunningham <[log in to unmask]> >Newsgroups: bionet.neuroscience,misc.health.alternative,rec.food.preserving, >sci.agriculture,alt.agriculture.misc,alt.folklore.herbs, >alt.sustainable.agriculture >Subject: fava beans >Date: 18 Feb 1995 02:54:42 GMT > >I have a friend who is a healthcare consultant in alternative medicine and has >a client in New York City who has Parkinson's disease with really bad tremors. >She recently tried a special variety of vicia fava/vicia faba bean with the >client (a 54 year old white male) and achieved 3 hours and 15 minutes of >tremor-free time for him with just a 100 gram feeding of the beans. > >She is trying to access some seeds for this variety as yet unknown but possibly >the golden variety or the Cyprus type variety. Her source of growing was >place in England but the person there is unreliable as to sending frozen product >and he refuses to send any seeds. She would like to know if anyone has any >information concerning a source of beans (including the pods) or seeds. The >phenomenal thing about the bean pods is that the special varieties have >enormous amounts of dopamine in them. There is also at least one other >ingredient occurring naturally in these high-dopamine content beans which >favilitates the removal of certain symptoms such as rigidity (stiffness) or >shakes (tremors) in some Parkinso's patients. > >P.S. Please contact me via E-Mail due to the lack of my activity in this >newsgroup. > >Thanks, Dave > >==================================================================== > > > >Regards, > >-- >robert jones >[log in to unmask] > > A caution regarding fava beans. There is a group of people (usually of Mediterranean ancestry) who lack an enzyme needed for the breakdown of a substance within fava beans; and if they consume such beans, they can get a serious (and potentially fatal) blood condition called "favism". I do not recall more specifics; but I want to say that fava beans are not universally "benign". Best, Bob -- ******************************************************** Robert A. Fink, M. D., F.A.C.S. Phone: 510-849-2555 Neurological Surgery FAX: 510-849-2557 2500 Milvia Street Suite 222 Berkeley, California 94704-2636 USA E-Mail: [log in to unmask] CompuServe: 72303,3442 America Online: BobFink "Ex Tristitia Virtus" ********************************************************