>Fenugreek is from the family "leguminosae" and the subfamily
"papilionoideae" which >includes many foods - alfalfa, beans (kidney,lima,
pinto, soy, etc), black-eyed pea, >chickpea, green pea, kudzu, lentil,
licorice, carob, lupine, fenugreek, and peanut.  As >you can see, it would
be quite a large net to cast to eliminate all of these foods.  With >the use
of any new substance, I tell clients to monitor for response and reaction -
is it >working and are there any side-effects?  Hope this helps.

While this is verging on off topic, but I have a friend/client that has a
son who is anaphylactic with peanuts, he is 5 years old and carries an epi
pen with him everywhere.  Would one think that foods in the peanut family
then should also be avoided?

Melisa
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