At 09:01 PM 2/23/98 -0600, you wrote:
>In reply to K-F Etzold's question about where to find Fava Beans: It took
>some good sleuthing for me to find them but a friend from Lebanon told me
>they are a staple in the Mid-Eastern diet and can be found at Mid-Eastern
>deli's and restaurants. Health food stores have them sometimes but they
>are expensive - about $5/pound. I found them at a deli for about $.40/lb.
>
Fava (faba) beans do contain natural occuring levodopa. Fava beans eaten in large quantities can cause flatulance, and dyskinesias (like any levodopa overdose).
Dr. R.A. Kempster, a well respected Australian neurologist, tested a group of his patients on a fava bean trial and produced a paper on the dietary factors in the management of Parkinson's Disease.
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097 Dietary Factors in the Management of Parkinson's Disease
098 Re: Fava Beans!
099 Eating Fava Beans in Old San Francisco
100 Three Fava Bean Recipes
101 Mailorder sources for Dry Fava Beans
102 Favism, Faba, Sinemet and Parkinson's
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