At 03:08 PM 4/17/98 -0400, you wrote:
>what is Mucuna Pruriens and where do you buy it?
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Dr Kempster's study, from Australia, in on the Current Topic Index page as well as some fava bean recipes and some sources.
The address is:
http://www.ionet.net/~jcott/homepage/archive/ct.html
The fava beans (mucuna pruriens) are listed in the Diet section.
Yes, a small percentage of the world is susceptable to natural occuring levodopa found in fava beans. Heaven help them if they develop PD.
Other folks become flatulent eating them but good ventilation should overcome that...:)
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John Cottingham
