Comments on: Fresh green Iranian fava beans – a sustainable persian recipe https://www.greenprophet.com/2013/03/fresh-green-fava-beans-a-sustainable-persian-recipe/ Sustainably Driven. Future Ready. Mon, 20 May 2024 08:09:51 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 By: Maurice https://www.greenprophet.com/2013/03/fresh-green-fava-beans-a-sustainable-persian-recipe/#comment-98684 Wed, 13 Mar 2013 16:09:17 +0000 http://www.greenprophet.com/?p=91345#comment-98684 Fava beans, better known as ful in the Middle East, are great as long as a person does not a condition known as Glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase deficiency or G6PD in which case ful beans, as well as others like peanuts can be very damaging and even fatal to their health.

This condition happens to be common in the Middle East; especially in countries like Egypt. Here is what Wickipedia says about the syndrome:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glucose-6-phosphate_dehydrogenase_deficiency

I hope this enlightens people a bit. If you don’t have the problem, then enjoy!

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