Hi Martha,

> >>> "[log in to unmask]"  02/13/99 01:05pm >>>
> > Admittedly..
> >string beans, for example, HAVE to be cooked (or better
> >sprouted),
> >which thus disqualifies them as natural human food.
>
> It's just occurred to me that maybe this is a translation
> problem, and you were really talking about kidney beans?
>
Definitely not Martha...I'm an Englishman (living in Germany). :-)

Raw string beans contain a toxin known as "phasine" (used in
small amounts as a diuretic by the phama industry).

Raw red and white kidney beans, as well as raw broad beans,
contain a toxin known as "phytohaemagglutinin".

Best regards,

Alan