broad bean

A legume member of the pea family with very large pods and beans. A very hardy plant that's easy to grow. Beans and leaves are edible. There have been times in history where all crops failed except beans, which kept the population from starvation. They have so much protein, they are called the meat of the poor. Highly nutritious and full of many essential nutrients required by the body. One of the main foods around the world for 5000 years, especially the mediterranean Greeks and Romans. Fava beans have the highest amount of L-dopa of any plant. L-dopa, a brain neurotransmitter, helps control hypertension and Parkinsons disease and stimulates the pituitary gland to produce Human Growth Hormone (HGH) -the most powerful anti aging substance known that keeps everything working smoothly in your body like when you were a teenager. HGH Improves athletic performance, strength, muscle mass. Fava beans help women with hormone issues, PMS, menopause. Since the pituitary gland controls the entire endocrine system, it also affects thyroid, sex hormones, adrenals (energy), immune system. Contains vitamin B17, known as the cancer-beating vitamin. Protects against malaria. Very high in fiber and oliosaccharides. Favas have potassium which helps maintain blood pressure and regulate the heart. Lots of vitamin A for healthy skin, good vision and bone development. Helps lower LDL- bad cholesterol. A small handful has TEN GRAMS of protein. Low fat content helps bodybuilders stay lean while gaining muscle. Want natural growth hormones? Eat Fava beans! Start easy to test one or two because a few unhealthy people might have a bad allergic reaction known as favism. I have a raw food fava bean recipe in my book Heal Yourself 101 that I eat all the time.

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Therefore, using plant species of different botanical families (pearl millet, velvet bean, and sunflower) is important to increase the soil particulate C and N fractions.

Organic carbon and nitrogen contents and their fractions in soils with onion crops in different management systems

Plot size to evaluate the mass of plants of velvet bean. Comunicata Scientiae 5: 196-204.

The objective of the present study was to determine the periods of interference of velvet bean on sugarcane and its potential for decreasing crop yield and the quality of harvested sugarcane.

Interference periods of velvet bean in sugarcane/Periodos de interferencia de mucuna-preta na cultura da cana-de- acucar

Rhizobacteria with ACCd activity were isolated from the rhizosphere of velvet bean. Velvet bean is not grown commonly in Pakistan, therefore soil samples were collected in polythene bags from different places (Haripur, Rawalpindi, Attock and Bahawalpur districts) to be used for growing velvet bean under control conditions.

Rhizobacteria Capable of Producing ACC Deaminase Promote Growth of Velvet Bean (Mucuna pruriens) under Water Stress Condition

Tolerance to acid soil conditions of the velvet beans Mucuna pruriens var.

Maize and soybean tap, basal, and lateral root responses to a stratified acid, aluminum-toxic soil

Velvet bean also contains bufotenine (a cholinesterase inhibitor) and serotonin (a brain neurotransmitter that may be involved in learning, sleep, and control of moods).

Special legumes may be an unopened medicine chest

The dwarf velvet bean was the cover species which offered a higher result for the IVI parameter calculated for the Ipomoea spp.

Floristic composition of weeds in different winter and summer covers

The results of the present study showed that the higher FI value resulted in higher PER level, which is in good agreement with an earlier report on velvet bean that the PER determination is depended upon feed consumption [24].

Evaluation of nutritional value and protein quality of raw and differentially processed sword bean [Canavalia gladiata (Jacq.) DC.] seeds

These days there are few pest insects to bother soybeans, although the number of Mexican bean beetles, velvet bean caterpillars and Japanese beetles are on the rise.

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Some of the best warm season plants are red ripper peas, cowpeas, catjang, joint-vetch, Alyceclover, soybeans, chufa, grain sorghum, millet, Hairy indigo, velvet beans and corn.

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