Why are sprouts healthy? From what I understand, plants get their nutrients from the soil. Most instructions for sprouting seeds require only a few water rinses. Where does the nutrtion come from?

Thanks,
Renee

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Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 12/22/2006 01:21AM by ReneeK.

Are you implying that nuts and seeds do not have nutrients. They are packed with nutrients to grow a new plant. Even when you are growing seeds in a soil, for the first few days while the roots are forming, the young plant is getting nutrients not from the soil but from the reserve of nutrients in the seed or nut itself. The nutrients in the seeds are dormant until activated by water and soaking.
Sprouting release the nutrients and make them easily digestible.

They are healthy because they will not decay or slow down your digestion. Sometimes its what you're NOT eating.

-David Z. Mason

djatchi Wrote:
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> Are you implying that nuts and seeds do not have
> nutrients. They are packed with nutrients to grow
> a new plant. Even when you are growing seeds in a
> soil, for the first few days while the roots are
> forming, the young plant is getting nutrients not
> from the soil but from the reserve of nutrients in
> the seed or nut itself. The nutrients in the seeds
> are dormant until activated by water and soaking.
>
> Sprouting release the nutrients and make them
> easily digestible.

I wasn't talking about the nut or seed part, just the sprout.

Thanks to you and David for the info.

Renee

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Proud to be a tandem breastfeeding, cosleeping, mei tai wearing, natural/homebirthing, cloth diapering, never spanking, non-circumcising mama to two wonderful little leeches. Baby Boy '04, Baby girl '06. :-)

ReneeK Wrote:
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> I wasn't talking about the nut or seed part, just
> the sprout.
>
> Thanks to you and David for the info.
>
> Renee
>
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The nutrients in the seed or nut are transfered to the sprout, the mother is feeding the baby.

Oh, okay. Cool. :-)