Comments on: Easy Sprouting

By: May

May — Wed, 19 Oct 2011 18:35:57 +0000

Welcome to sprouting Sarah!

Your sprouts shouldn’t smell yucky, so I would discard them and start again. Unlike lentils, broccoli and alfalfa need to be well rinsed and throughly drained every 8-12 hours – or they do get smelly, I know I’ve had the same problem. Since lentils are so easy and with the Easy Sprouter don’t need rinseing and draining, you might like to give them a try. Good luck!

Joyfully, May

By: sarah

sarah — Wed, 19 Oct 2011 18:14:59 +0000

i am new to sprouting and am ready to harvest my first batch! however, the sprouts look amazingly fresh, no mushy ones at all, but they smell horrible! i am using a broccoli/alfalfa blend…any thoughts? should i eat them?

By: May

May — Thu, 01 Jul 2010 19:41:48 +0000

Thanks Celeste!

As with most foods, there are differing views on sprouts! My suggestion would be to start with the commonly sprouted beans, such as mung beans.

For detailed information on what you can sprout, see http://www.sproutpeople.com/. They do include soya beans, with a note that some people find them difficult to digest, so not the place to start!

Many foods contain small amounts of poisons, so it’s good to rotate the types of sprout you eat.

Cooking sprouts would unfortunately destroy the valuable enzymes they contain.

It’s a good idea to introduce any new food in small quantities first to see how it agrees with you.

Thanks for opening up this discussion Celeste!

Joyfully
May

By: Celeste Varley

Celeste Varley — Thu, 01 Jul 2010 16:32:16 +0000

Here’s where I got information on sprouted seeds, grains, etc.

http://www.westonaprice.org/faq/785-faq-grains-seeds-nuts-beans.html

Here are two questions directly relating to sprouting taken from the articles at this link:

Q. Please tell me if I should consume sprouted soybeans and other beans?

A. We don’t recommend soybean sprouts as the toxins are still there and soybean sprouts were not consumed in Asia. They used mung beans for sprouting. Sprouting increases some nutrients but also some toxins (which protect the sprouts from animals eating them). Also remember that in traditional societies, the grains and legumes that were sprouted were then cooked.

Q. What are the irritating substances found in sprouts? Do micro-greens contain any problems?

A. The worst one is canavanine, in alfalfa sprouts–you will find disagreement about this on the internet, but it really is not a good thing. Most sprouts should be cooked or steamed before being eaten–that will get rid of a lot of problematic components.

With all good wishes, Celeste