Nutrition makes up one fifth of your health alongside your environment, thoughts, beliefs and movement.
It’s important to eat affordable and easy to make real foods. Sprouts are a brilliant form of nutrients. Knowing how to sprout is a useful skill for anyone taking their health seriously.
Plants are not designed for humans to eat their seeds. Therefore they need to be soaked and sprouted to break down their defence mechanisms of their hardy outer layer.
When the seed starts to sprout it ncreases the mineral and nutrient content that your body can access. It also reduces starch as the embryo utilises its own starch to metabolise a sprout.
Sprouting is the cheapest way to accumulate a huge amount of nutrient density very quickly.
The sprouting takes time but it doesn’t take up your time. It takes you 3minutes to get it started and 30seconds every couple of days ![]()
Make in bulk and freeze your sprouts to saviour the nutrients.
Once sprouted lentils need to be put in the fridge. They keep for 5-7 days refrigerated.
Most naturopaths advise for people to have 9-12 plant servings a day. Sprouts are so nutrient dense that one serving of sprouts (2-3tablespoons) makes up to 3 servings! ![]()