The Sprouting Book [antikvár]

PrefaceSprouts, while inexpensive and easy to grow, afford one of the most concentrated but truly natural sources of vitamins, minerals, enzymes, and amino acids (protein) known. They are also biogenicaliveand capable of transferring their life energy to your body.Biogenic foods are foods that when planted will create new hfe. All raw, unsprouted seeds, beans, grains, and nuts are biogenic. When they are sprouted and eaten, they provide the body with a form of living energya composite of vital food factors not yet isolated by scientists, but proven to be of value in nature's laboratory of day-to-day life.Other important foods, such as fresh vegetables and fruits (before cooking), are considered bioactive. That is, while they are rich in organic vitamins, minerals, proteins, and living enzymes, and can contribute to improved well-being, they are not capable of creating new life.At the other extreme are processed, denatured, and cooked foods, on which I feel modern people have become altogether too dependent. In the Living Food Lifestyle, I suggest that these foods be eaten infrequently or avoided altogether.Some thirty-five years ago, I began my search for a food or combination of natural ingredients that could regenerate and rejuvenate my own ailing body. For years I had suffered with poor digestion, which finally resulted in colitis, a form of intestinal irritation and bleeding. In addition, arthritis was beginning to stiffen my joints and my hair was turning grey.I found what I was looking for, and much morean edible plant food that would grow indoors in any climate and mature