Fava beans, also called broad beans, contain levodopa or l-dopa, a chemical that can be converted into the pleasure hormone dopamine. One in five Americans experienced a mental health condition in 2020, according to the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Administration, and mental health costs the US economy more than $280 billion annually, according to researchers at Columbia Business School and Yale. "For me it's a matter of getting the awareness out that there is something that could improve mental health," she said. AdvertisementHere are her three favorite ways to prepare fava beans. Fava bean stir fryEvery week Mohd-Radzman makes a stir-fry with lots of fava beans.

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Persons: —, Nadia Mohd, Radzman, Ian Laker, pita, she's, snacking Organizations: Service, University of Cambridge, Business, Neuroscience, Molecular Psychiatry, Mental Health Administration, Columbia Business School, Yale Locations: Mohd