Alfalfa Sprouts
Alfalfa, meaning “best food” in its literal sense, was revered as the "Father of all Foods" in ancient Arab culture. Alfalfa sprouts are a health powerhouse, offering benefits as an anti-arthritic, anti-asthmatic, deodorant, diuretic, and nerving. Notably rich in trace minerals and elements like calcium, potassium, magnesium, iron, and phosphorous when cultivated on the land, alfalfa, combined with chlorophyll and organic salts, appears to balance the body's salt system and act as a natural diuretic. In essence, alfalfa lives up to its name, embodying a nutritional powerhouse with diverse positive impacts on health.
Baby Onion Sprouts
- Sunflower has 4% protein. Compare that to spinach - 3%, romaine lettuce - 1.5%, iceberg lettuce - 0.8%, and milk - 3.3%
- Sunflower sprouts are rich in fat. This sunflower oil is our finest source of omega-6; germination of the sunflower sprout micellizes the fatty acids into an easily digestible, water-soluble form, saving our body the trouble of breaking it down and simultaneously protecting us against the perils of rancidity. This is a great bonus for a sprout that is already popular for its crispness and nutty flavour
Alfalfa & Radish Sprouts
- Radish sprouts have 29 times more vitamin C than milk (29 mg vs 1 mg) and 4 times the vitamin A (391 IU vs 126)
- These spicy sprouts have 10 times more calcium than a potato (51 mg vs 5 mg) and contain more vitamin C than pineapple
- If you examine what is happening during germination, it looks like a vitamin factory. While mature radishes contain 10 IU/100g of pro-vitamin, the radish sprouts contain 391 IU-39 times more! No wonder sprout lovers say you can feel the vitamins
Pea Shoots
Similar to enjoying freshly picked pea pods from the garden, young pea shoots offer concentrated nutrition and blood-cleansing properties. These sprouts, like all others, are rich in fibre, and their appealing, frilly leaves make them ideal for garnishing, wraps, and salads. Remarkably, pea sprouts boast an impressive protein content of 26%.
Broccoli Sprouts
- Cancer protection compound is abundant in broccoli sprouts
- Johns Hopkins Scientists have found a new and highly concentrated source of sulforaphane, a compound they identified in 1992. It helps mobilize the body's natural cancer-fighting resources and reduces the risk of developing cancer
- "Three-day-old broccoli sprouts consistently contain 20 to 50 times the amount of chemo-protective compounds found in mature broccoli heads and may offer a simple, dietary means of chemically reducing cancer risk," says Paul Talalay, M.D., J.J. Abel Distinguished Service Professor of Pharmacology
- Talalay's research team fed extracts of the sprouts to groups of 20 female rats for five days and exposed them and a control group that had not received the extracts to a carcinogen, dimethylbenzanthracene. The rats that received the extracts developed fewer tumors, and those that did get tumors had smaller growths that took longer to develop