Hydro Sprouts

Our bodies are a reflection of not only what we physically consume, but also what we put into our minds. If you don’t like your body, then you need to change both your eating habits, and your mental habits. But, the latter is the most important, because if you try to change your diet without changing your mindset, you will fail. You must train your mind to believe that your body can become whatever you want it to be.

Bean sprouts diet helps in weight loss, boosting the immune system, stimulating the metabolism, maintaining bone density, improving digestion and balancing cholesterol levels, among others.

Bean sprouts contain a high level of protein, in addition to significant levels of vitamin C. These tiny sprouts also have an extremely low level of fat, no cholesterol, and no saturated fat. The dietary fiber content is excellent, along with a low level of other complex carbohydrates.  Source:  https://www.fatsecret.com/calories-nutrition/usda/mung-beans-(mature-seeds-sprouted)?portionid=58999&portionamount=200.000

Mung bean sprouts offer health benefits by boosting your vitamin intake. Their vitamin C content strengthens several tissues - including your cartilage and skin - and fights cellular aging by acting as an antioxidant. Vitamin K supports healthy blood clotting and nourishes your bone tissue. Each 1-cup serving of mung bean sprouts provides 13.7 milligrams of vitamin C and 34.3 micrograms of vitamin K. This makes up 15 percent of the daily recommended vitamin C intake for men and 18 percent for women, as well as 38 percent and 27 percent of the recommended daily vitamin K intakes for women and men, respectively. *Source https://www.livestrong.com/article/408757-health-benefits-of-mung-bean-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...