Abstract

Grass pea can be consumed as supplementary nutrients in a diet without a neurolathyrism health problem among all classes of people in the south-central coastal area of Bangladesh The study aimed at assessing the grass pea consumption pattern in diet and detection of neurolathyrism patients over 400 respondents among four villages An investigation was also done on various paralytic admitted patients at hospital in the south central coastal region of Bangladesh Among respondents of four villages 63 were male 38 75 was illiterate 41 5 was completed primary education and 30 of respondent s monthly income Tk 6000-9500 was maximum Among respondents 89 6 consumed grass pea was 1 3 or less than cereal at its proportion in a meal and they all consumed meat fish egg vegetables also In grass pea food items 25 25 respondents prefer Dal barta was maximum and Dobakhesari snack 0 75 was lowest 95 75 respondent was used various spices like onion garlic chili tamarind etc with grass pea to making food items to increasing its palatability and testes 90 respondent was consumed grass pea as various items of Dal in their servings five years or more Neurolathyrism affected paralysis patients was not detected among the respondents of four villages and admitted patients in hospitals Among the paralysis admitted patients in hospitals 90 4 were higher suffered from stroke and 0 4 was lowest due to the drug Isoniazid