Message-ID: <[log in to unmask]> Date: Sun, 10 Nov 1996 16:01:10 +0400 From: [log in to unmask] Reply-To: [log in to unmask] X-Mailer: Mozilla 3.0 (Win95; I) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: [log in to unmask] Subject: FAVA BEANS Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Check out http://www.harfordweb.com/pd/fava.htm#a4145 its real interesting. It mentions that fava beans are a natural source of L-Dopa. 100 g of fava is equivilent to 20/100 mg of standard siniment. In the Middle East fava beans is part of our cuisine. we call it "foul" in Arabic. Has anyone tried it as a substitute for sinement? The article mentions that it does though still cause dyskinesias.... Dalia