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Nancy Shlaes wrote: > > Hello to all from a semi-Sicilian family (Nancy Shlaes deGrazia) > > We grow fave beans each year and eat them (what is IN the pod, not the pod) raw > > 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. I don't have the reference, but I read somewhere that most of the dopamine (or is it levodopa?) is in the PODS, which are virtually inedible, not the beans! Anyway, whichever arrives in your stomach probably won't make it to where it can benefit your brain, without the supplement of carbidopa. Carbidopa prevents levodopa from converting to dopamine, which can't get in, while it is outside the brain. That's why Sinemet consists of levodopa plus carbidopa. My daughter, who doesn't have PD, raises fava beans in her garden and enjoys them a lot- personally, I prefer baby limas. Cheers, Joe J. R. Bruman (818) 789-3694 3527 Cody Road Sherman Oaks, CA 91403-5013