Wednesday, June 25, 2008

Sprouts

" The Hidden Power In Sprouts "

Seeds are life just waiting to be born.Sprouts are an "explosion of life".Srouted seeds are a staple diet of several oriental civilisations and are well known for their powerful nutritive and healing properties.
Sprouting is the practice of soaking,draining and then rinsing seeds at regular intervals till they germinate or sprout.
Nutrition facts:
Sprouts bear the largest relative amount of nutrients per unit of intake of any food known to amn.They have enough first quality proteins to be classified as a "Complete Food".Sproys are rich in Vitamins,Minerals and Proteins.But some legumes can contain toxins which can be reduced by soaking,sproyuting and cooking.
Many sprouted seeds such as those of Alfaalfa and sunflower contain all the essential amino acids in their Free state.which means that more nutrients reach the cells with less food.Sprouting increases the vitamins content of a seed dramatically.
Sprouts comtain more Vitamin C than oranges.Ina discovery the Vitamin Lactrile, known for its success in cancer therapy was found to increase over a 1000% in the sprouted seed.Enzymes,considered the key to logevity are greately activated in the sprouting process.
Sprouts are the best "Living Food".In fact they are so alive that they are still growing when you eat them.
By :
Dr Sandeep KM

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