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Ayurvedic medicine uses the mucuna bean, a different bean than fava. I believe the research you are referring to resulted in a product called HP-200, which is pretty much ground mucuna, and is available in India. Mucuna powder is available over the Internet, and in some major cities like Los Angeles. Kathie Tollifson 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