Try Sprouting to Improve Your Health
One of the easiest and healthiest ways to improve your diet involves something you can do in your own home – sprouting!
Sprouts, also called “living food,” are one of the most nutritionally complete foods you can eat. The Chinese became aware of their nutritional value many centuries ago, and for good reason – sprouts are rich in vitamins, minerals, enzymes and proteins that are essential to your diet:
- Broccoli sprouts contain a high percentage of cancer-fighting agents – in fact researchers have discovered that 3-day sprouts contain 20-30% more of cancer-fighting antioxidants than the broccoli you buy in the supermarket
- Sprouts are easily digested and aid in the digestive process
- Sprouts are fresh, easy to grow and harvest and are inexpensive
- Growing you own sprouts provides you with organically grown salad greens – no pesticides or toxic chemicals to worry about!
- Sprouts you can grow yourself can help keep your immune system functioning in tip-top condition
The best types of sprouts to grow include alfalfa, wheat grass, barley grass, buckwheat, garlic, chives, baby sunflower, Chinese cabbage, purple turnip, and curly kale.
There are on-line resources you can visit to help you get started. Do a search on “sprouting seeds.” You can also visit a health food store to obtain sprouting seeds and a wealth of information and advice on how to grow your own sprouts. Make sure the sprouting seeds are certified organic. Also, be sure to refrigerate your sprouts after picking them – although they are best eaten the day you pick them!
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