http://www.vegblog.org/archive/2001/07/30/fava-beans-are-the-window-to-the-soul/ Wed, 07 Jan 2009 15:11:11 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7 hourly 1 http://www.vegblog.org/archive/2001/07/30/fava-beans-are-the-window-to-the-soul/comment-page-1/#comment-256 Dav. Thu, 23 Jun 2005 22:41:49 +0000 http://new.vegblog.org/2001/07/30/fava-beans-are-the-window-to-the-soul/#comment-256 Be careful with fava beans! If you ingest "too many," you will suffer from a medical condition known as favism. This is a type of POISONING! -- This is not correct. Favism is a heriditary disease due to enzyme deficiency. It is not related to the quantity eaten of fava beans. The vulnerable boy may eat very little of fava bean e.g. a spoonful and gets the crisis of favism. A normal person can eat a lot of fava beans without any problem as long as his enzyme is normal. Favism is not POISONING, it is a hemolytic crisis of the red cells due to the enzyme deficiency. Favism is self-limited and not fatal. Be careful with fava beans! If you ingest “too many,” you will suffer from a medical condition known as favism. This is a type of POISONING!
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This is not correct.
Favism is a heriditary disease due to enzyme deficiency.
It is not related to the quantity eaten of fava beans.
The vulnerable boy may eat very little of fava bean e.g. a spoonful and gets the crisis of favism.
A normal person can eat a lot of fava beans without any problem as long as his enzyme is normal.
Favism is not POISONING, it is a hemolytic crisis of the red cells due to the enzyme deficiency.
Favism is self-limited and not fatal.

]]> http://www.vegblog.org/archive/2001/07/30/fava-beans-are-the-window-to-the-soul/comment-page-1/#comment-255 Sharon Sat, 19 Apr 2003 00:30:29 +0000 http://new.vegblog.org/2001/07/30/fava-beans-are-the-window-to-the-soul/#comment-255 Be careful with fava beans! If you ingest "too many," you will suffer from a medical condition known as favism. This is a type of POISONING! Look up favism on the net, if you'd like to verify this. I worked in medicine, and this has been noted in the Italian population that uses a lot of these beans. Be careful with fava beans! If you ingest “too many,” you will suffer from a medical condition known as favism. This is a type of POISONING! Look up favism on the net, if you’d like to verify this. I worked in medicine, and this has been noted in the Italian population that uses a lot of these beans.

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