Sprouts For Optimum Nutrition

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15. Sprouts are an extremely inexpensive method of obtaining a concentration of vitamins, minerals and enzymes. They have in them all the constituent nutrients of fruits and vegetables and are ‘live’ foods. Eating sprouts is the safest and best way of getting the advantage of both fruits and vegetables without contamination and harmful insecticides.

16. It should, however, be ensured that seeds are purchased from a store where they are fresh, unsprayed and packaged as food. Seeds that are packaged for planting purposes may contain mercury compounds or other toxic chemicals.

STORAGE AND CONSUMPTION OF SPROUTS

17. To retain their freshness and nutritional value they should be placed in a refrigerator. In case you find the sprouted seeds a bit hard, they can be softened by steaming in a steamer or in the pressure cooker with a jali. Sprouts are best consumed as raw with diced onions/tomatoes and a sprinkling of digestive spices and lemon squeezed in. For more flavour and taste you can mix the sprouts in tarka of onions, ginger garlic, curry leaves, coriander, cumin seeds, a little black salt in a spoonful of mustard, olive or other mono-saturated oil.

Santokh Singh Parmar

Naturo-Food Therapist & Lifestyle Consultant

Mobile: +91(0) 9815922330

Websites: www.naturofoodtherapy.org & www.foodtherapy.org

July, 2005

Note: The above information and advice and indicative remedies are not a substitute for the advice, your doctor or naturo-food therapist may give you based on his/her knowledge of yourself.