Growing Sprouts - Your Very Own Superfoods…..
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Most people have had a salad with bean shoots on it at one time or another, or mung bean sprouts in a plate of Chinese Chow Mien. However, an increasing number of people are coming to realize the amazing power of these ’superfoods’, not just when added to something else but as a wholesome meal in and of themselves. Growing sprouts at home capitalizes on this as a simple, low cost and convenient (if you do it the right way…) solution of having the freshest nutritious foods grown right in your home.
Once a grain or seed starts to germinate, they are referred to ‘Sprouts’ and they are often classified as ‘Superfoods’. They contain high levels of vitamins, minerals, digestive enzymes and amino acids that are not found in the unsprouted seed. There is a long list of health benefits, but perhaps the most simple and significant feature of these living superfoods is that the process of growing them allows you total control over their cultivation. No hidden pesticides, chemical fertilizers or anything else but the water from your own sink. Usually we never really know what has happened to our food before it reaches our table, so the significance of a method allowing you to be in full control cannot be overstated.
On top of this, growing sprouts at home can be done in many places where vegetables cannot be either grown or transported to, while still fresh enough to deliver health benefits. If the climate is too hot or cold or even if you lived on a boat, you can still have access to fresh, live, sprouted vegetables when you learn the basics of sprouting. And also, unlike most vegetables, even if you live in a place where they are accessible, sprouts are never out of season.
Sprouts offer health benefits that are too good to be dismissed. The human body needs oxygen rich vegetables and living foods to thrive. As wonderful as these foods are, there are climates where it is unrealistic to expect people to be able to cultivate them. In extremely cold or hot climates, food often has to travel hundreds, if not thousands of miles to its destination, so one of the few available options is to create an indoor greenhouse. Extremely cold environments would require an indoor heated greenhouse that is extremely expensive and complicated to build and maintain. At the other end of the scale, high desert environments are usually low on water, and to use hundreds of gallons of water over a growing season when most of it evaporates is unsustainable. Even in areas that are perfect for growing large amounts of fresh vegetables, growing a good variety of foods all year is not feasible.
To combat all of these roadblocks, the answer may lie in growing sprouts. You can construct a mini greenhouse (or multiple greehouses), using a jar or similar sprouters, right on your kitchen counter or other convenient position. This simple set-up provides you and your family with an abundance of fresh, oxygen and enzyme rich foods all year round. There is also a basic yet revolutionary new method of growing sprouts known as the Marche Sprouting Method. It offers an amazingly simple technique that eliminates the need for daily rinsing and spoiled sprouts. The bonus is that it is cheap, fast and reliable and you can grow as little or as much as you like.
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