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The fava bean came up about a year or so ago. I asked our neuro about it and he said that a person would have to eat enormous quantities to get any significant amount of dopa. Bob Anibal Tebay, Wendy M wrote: > I would just like to add to this topic, that there are natural sources of > dopamine, and that is fava beans. Ayurvedic medicine uses them in the > treatment of pd. A while back, the fairly new government agency, OAM > -Office of Alternative Medicine, had granted the University of Illinois to > research into this. Last I heard, and that was probably a year or more ago, > there were into the animals studies portion. By now, I'm sure they're > conducting human trials. Just like the "artificial" L-dopa which we alll > take, however, this natural source doesn't represent a "cure", but rather > another way to treat the symptoms. Perhaps, being naturally derived, it > might ultimately be more effective and safer, but it isn't a cure. > > Does anyone know of recent status on this research? > > Wendy Tebay