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Hi Everybody, I wanted to let you all know FAVA BEANS are now in season, and should be available in your grocery store. The season is very short, so I'd suggest buying up a bunch, flashing them, and putting them in the freezer. Fava beans are a natural source of levodopa. It's medicine through food folks -- natural, God-provided medicine. One half cup of Fava beans contains 250 mg. of levodopa. My husband is only on Mirapex right now, so actually I don't know how much L- dopa is usually prescribed per dose. My husband brought home a bag of beans last night. If you've never seen them fresh, (I hadn't, or if I did, I never paid any attention) they are very fat, large beans, and quite long. They make an ordinary green bean look like doll-sized beans! Cook em up -- yum for your tum, and good for your brain. Here in upstate NY, they are $1.49/lb. I'm making them tonight. I honestly have no idea what they taste like -- but heck, maybe I'll get some of that dopamine boost too, and be motivated to get the gardening done once and for all. :-) Good luck, Tami A. :)