Sprouts and Digestion

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Sprouts and Digestion

Sprouts are ideal for improving the digestive system as they are rich in vitamins, minerals and live active enzymes. Poor digestion may result in a build-up of mucus. The mucus can accumulate in the lungs causing shortness of breath, asthma and coughs. Sprouts play a role in the breakdown of fats, proteins and starches, enabling easier digestion.

If you do not eat sufficient alkaline-forming foods, such as sprouts and fresh fruit and veggies, you may create an acid environment in the stomach. This leads to a lack of oxygen, causing the cells to break down and die. Excess acid can degrade the cell tissues and cause arthritis.

Too much acid, can cause stomach ulcers, heartburn, bloating, bad breath, general aches and pains.

Soya Sprouts

The small mung soya bean is the most nutritious of all the beans. One tbsp of soya bean sprouts gives you half the vitamin C you need daily. Combining several different kinds of sprouts, provide an abundant source of vitamins B, C and E. minerals and amino acids.

Some sprouts are rich in nitrilosides, which are concentrated largely in immature shoots. In cultures where foods containing nitrilosides are eaten regularly, degenerative diseases were found by researches to be virtually unknown.

Nitrilosides are abundant in mung beans, during the sprouting stage.