The sprouts are rich in vitamins and have an excellent nutritional content . Useful for fighting free radicals and rejuvenating tissues, they are also known to strengthen the body . Let's find out better.

The advantages and nutritional properties of sprouts

The consumption of sprouts as food is said to provide more nutrients than any other food! In fact they have a high content of vitamins, mineral salts, proteins and many other beneficial substances such as enzymes, fiber, chlorophyll, etc ...

Furthermore, the efficiency of creation for this kind of food is one of the best because it takes little time for growth, little energy and few resources for its development from seed to sprout of food use.

Ten good reasons to eat the sprouts

1. excellent nutrients: the shoots contain high percentages of proteins, vitamins, mineral salts and other beneficial substances such as fiber and essential fatty acids. They also include detoxifying and anti-toxins.
2. vitamins: during the sprouting process they increase from 100% from the seed and even to 1400% compared to the tissues of the adult plant.
3. they do not lose their nutritional content: unlike the vegetables that, once harvested, gradually begin to lose nutritional power.
4. the proteins present can reach 35% and these vegetable proteins are better assimilated since they are supplied in the simple form of single amino acids. Some shoots contain all 8 essential amino acids (eg alpha-alpha).
5. the presence of metabolic enzymes, alive and vital, which serve to maintain our body healthy thanks to their functions of cell synthesis and transformation.
6. they are very satiating foods: this means that by eating them our sense of hunger is satisfied very quickly and this will allow a reduction in the amount of food consumption, thus helping in slimming diets without incurring the risk of shortages.
7. every moment of the year: easily cultivated at home in any season and in any place.
8. cheap and natural: just a bag of seeds to have many doses of shoots. Little time, little energy and few resources for maximum profit and excellent nutrient efficiency. Furthermore, self-production allows a better control of the product and, starting with the purchase of organic seeds, we will have a super-nourishing and organic food.
9. bioavailability: the nutrients are very well assimilable. For example, for trace elements or minerals, such as calcium and magnesium, a binding mechanism occurs between them and the amino acid proteins present in the seeds; this has allowed a better chelating balance and consequently improves the transport and metabolization of minerals in the body which are then useful for their various functions.
10. the shoots are alkalizing and this, according to some studies, allows a protection from numerous diseases and forms of malaise caused by an excessive acidification of the body.

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Composition and nutritional properties

The composition in general of a bud is subdivided into 85% of water, from 5% to 35% of proteins, then we find lipids, soluble sugars, vitamins, minerals and other nutritional and healthy substances.

• The energy content is very high, thanks to the presence of sugars in a simple state and therefore quick to metabolize and use even immediately by the body. Even if they are highly energetic they do not contain complex fats and the caloric intake of 100 grams of shoots is around 45 Kcal.
• The vegetable proteins of the sprouts allow to insert in our diet the correct percentages of daily proteins necessary without however associating us with fats as happens in the case of foods of animal origin. Moreover, as we have seen, they have few calories and obviously do not contain cholesterol, an excellent combination for a natural and healthy diet.
• The lipid part is in the form of glycerol and fatty acids which are thus more available than complex and therefore healthier fats.
• The vitamins present in the sprouts are an exceptional reserve and include all the B vitamins, the retinol (vitamin A), vitamin C (antioxidant and anti-aging) and many others depending on the individual sprout. The exceptionality of the sprouts is precisely the extremely high percentage of vitamins that increase even up to 400% compared to the non-sprouted seed and therefore become an excellent natural supplement.
• Mineral salts have high percentages in shoots and essentially we find sodium, iron, calcium, potassium and phosphorus. The other minerals are present in different percentages depending on the individual shoots.
• Many substances present in the sprouts, besides being nutritious, also have other healthy functions (for example, they are anticancer).
• An important example is certainly chlorophyll : this vegetable substance is very similar to the hemoglobin molecule and in fact it seems to help blood regeneration, the formation of red blood cells and a better oxygenation of the whole body. It also facilitates the absorption of vitamin A and promotes digestion. In the buds the presence of chlorophyll is given by exposure to the sun and therefore it is advised towards the end of the sprouting to leave the containers for at least 8 hours exposed to direct light.
• The presence of live and viable enzymes already prepared in the shoots makes it possible to integrate these precious elements that the organism usually has to produce autonomously with expenditure of forces and energy; since the shoots are a very rich source of enzymes we can draw from these foods without putting our body under stress and helping it in many metabolic and physiological processes.

There are also many other substances in the buds, substances that protect against some forms of cancer, leukemia or other diseases such as osteoporosis and other ailments. This function of prevention and this wealth of healthy nutrients makes the shoots of functional foods.

The benefits of sprouts

• to have a balanced diet rich in nutrients based on fresh vegetables, also self-produced
• tonic : in case of convalescence, tiredness, weakness and weakening also caused by nervous stress
• strengthen the body: to help strengthen the immune system
• to improve digestion and purification of the organism
• to relieve congestion and help oxygenate the organs
• to fight free radicals and rejuvenate tissues
• to alkalize the entire body safeguarding us from many diseases
• to help the functioning of thyroid, liver, kidneys and lungs
• in case of nutritional deficiencies of various kinds they are excellent natural supplements
• satisfaction in self-production: ease, speed, health and new flavors!