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Civilizations, throughout history, who include many bean meals in their diet tend to have a great longevity and health. Beans, in general, are very nutritious.
They are high in protein, vitamins, and minerals. And, there are so many varieties that you can never get bored with them.
There is one problem, though, and that is with the phytic acid that is on the outside of the bean. Phytic acid is a toxin that inhibits the absorption of nutrients. This can be removed by soaking the beans in three times the amount of water.
Soaking is also great for preparing the beans for sprouting if you want to sprout them. Sprouting will increase the protein content and contribute to fresh enzymes.
If you eat the raw bean sprout, you will get a vitamin C complex that is better than lemons in helping your body to have a stronger immune system. Studies have been done in the past in Europe with scurvy patients.
Those who had been fed sprouts recovered faster than those who had just the lemon juice. Maybe the lemon group would have fared better if they'd used the whole lemon.
When you sprout the beans, the amount of protein increases as the bean starch gets used up. They also become more digestible and higher in vitamins and minerals.
In fact, where they didn't previously have vitamin C, they now do. This makes them a very important addition to your diet if you want to be a lot healthier.
Use them to replace the meats, eggs, and dairy products that contribute to so much disease and suffering in people today. By eliminating all animal products and using beans instead, you will do your body a huge favor in immunity to disease, longer life, and greater general health.
The best beans to use to sprout for salads and snacking on them raw are the lentils, mung, and garbanzo. Really small beans will have a sweeter taste, where the larger beans can taste really strange.
You can at least sprout and cook any of the beans and they will be more digestible than regular cooked beans. They will even help people who tend to get gas problems to be able to handle the sprouted beans without symptoms.
Let the beans sprout only to about one fourth of an inch or less. You don't want them to be getting leaves on them, that's no fun.
It's possible to use the leaves if you sprout them too long. The leaves can be eaten and are very nutritious.
Learn how to soak and sprout the various types of beans, decide which ones taste good enough for a salad or for snacking. You'll be getting one of the best forms of vitamin C as well as a treasure of nutrients. Destry Masterson is a health and nutrition expert. She publishes articles for http://www.foodinsurance.com and recommends them for food storage.
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