Hydro Sprouts

Sprouts should always be washed before consuming. You can cook the sprouts as a side dish or bake with sprouted grain flours. Sprouted grains can be enjoyed in sandwiches and alone. Baking is very easy with sprout flour. It creates a really nice texture and has a sweet and less harsh taste as compared to regular whole wheat flour. Salad is one of the best appetizers. When prepared with sprouts, the nutritional value of salad increases manifold. Sprouts can be used along tomatoes broccoli, onion, radish and cucumber to enhance the taste as well as nutritional value. Sprouts can be steamed quickly in a small amount of water. This will minimize the nutrient loss but will also aid digestion.

Why is it vital to eat sprouts? The foods we eat are either acid or alkaline. Foods create an acid or alkaline state in the body, after digestion. These classifications do not refer to how food tastes to the palate. It does refer to the chemical nature of ash residues. Even though many fruits may taste acid, this is physiological, not chemical. This acid taste, on the tongue, is due to organic acids in the fruits, like malic, tartaric and citric acid, which are actually converted in the body and have an alkalising benefit (eg. lemons, limes, oranges, pineapples). Alkaline and alkalising foods include all sprouted seeds, most vegetables and salad greens (particularly asparagus, watercress, cucumbers, fresh peas and beans, lettuce, parsley and other culinary herbs, onions, carrots, celery, Brussels sprouts, cabbage and other brassicas); fruits (particularly lemons, lime, oranges, pineapples, kiwi fruit, cherries, strawberries, melons, paw paws, apples, apricots, avocadoes

The long moong bean sprouts are healthy and rich source of protein, vitamins and mineral. They are very nutritious and beneficial for people with Diabetes, Weight problem, High Blood pressure and cholesterol. Sprouts have low glycemic index as it contains less of sugar/carbohydrate and more of protein. Growing sprouts has more vitamin C than whole Moong Beans. It is also good source of Vitamin B and Folates.    Its low calorie,low fat  and so useful for people observing Diet for weight loss. Health benefits ·         Its high protein and low carbohydrates, helps fighting diabetes. ·         Its helps lower cholesterol as it contains antioxidants. ·         It contains essential amino acids fulfills requirement of protein. ·         It helps weight loss as it’s a filling food which satisfy the hunger with low calories due to low carbohydrate and high protein. ·         Easy to digest as compared to moth beans and chana .It has high fiber and is easily digesti