The Complete Book of Alternative NutritionSelene Y. Craig, Jennifer Haigh, Sari Harrar and the Editors of PREVENTION Magazine Health Books
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| Oats
1 cup
12 hours
2-3 days
Use whole "sprouting" oats; can be made into breads.
Pumpkin
1 cup
8 hours
1 day
Don't actually sprout—just swell up; no hull to remove.
Sunflower
2 cups
8 hours
1-3 days
Remove hulls before soaking.
Wheat
1 cup
12 hours
2-3 days
Don't require hulling; can be made into breads. meat and sugars and dairy products and processed foods, you might start by eating meat six days a week instead of every day," he suggests. "Allowing yourself a transitional period makes the change easier, both physically psychologically."
Try it in the summer. |
the Editors of PREVENTION
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 Now imagine the smooth seed sprouting jagged spurs and becoming lodged in the tube.
That's what happens in a typical kidney stone attack, says Jean L. Fourcroy, M.D., Ph.D., editor of the Women in Urology newsletter and past president of the American Medical Women's Association and the National Council on Women's Health.
Bits of undissolved minerals can lie dormant in the kidneys for years without causing the slightest twinge. When one of the nasty little nuggets is finally evicted, your first clue is intense pain. |
Rebecca Wood
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 Select a plump, fresh-looking root, preferably not sprouting.
Powdered wasabi is available in both Asian markets and natural food stores in convenient tiny tins or envelopes. Note that if when reconstituted, the "wasabi" is bright green (rather than a greenish gray), it is powdered horseradish or daikon with green coloring.
See Cabbage Family; Herbs and Spices.
WATER
Pure water is critical for maintaining or regaining health. Human embryos are 95 percent water, newborns are about 75 percent water, and most elderly people are about 50 percent water. |
John Heinerman
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 To buy good onions, select only those that are firm bulbs with clean papery skins, avoiding any that are soft, wet, or sprouting. They should be stored in a dry, cool, well-ventilated place. When sliced, wrap them in plastic and refrigerate. Whole onions should keep for almost a month. There is nothing more foul-smelling than rotting onions!
Green onions (also called spring onions or scallions) are often used in Asian cooking. Wilder than many dry onions, they are also served raw in relish plates and salads. |
Mark Stengler, N.D.
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 Avoid dark spotted or sprouting bulbs. To maintain good health, try to eat the equivalent of one-half to one cup of chopped onions every day.
Raw onions contain higher amounts of the disease-fighting chemicals, but cooked onions are also healthful.
WHAT ARE THE SIDE EFFECTS?
Aside from getting burning, watering eyes when you chop them, some people experience digestive upset and heartburn from onions. If you have asthma, be wary of pickled onions, which may contain sulfites that can trigger asthma attacks.
Another side effect is "onion breath. |
Dr. Cass Ingram
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 He found that zooplankton, the smallest of all freshwater life forms, are "sprouting growths from their bellies and backs." These growths are essentially bizarre cancers, making up as much as 1/3 of their entire bodies. Zooplankton are a critical link in the food chain and are a clear indicator of what the future bears for humans. According to Omair "the tumors grow incredibly fast." He has discovered them on creatures as young as two weeks. |
Susun S. Weed
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 But more importantly, I want to avoid the staggering array of carcinogenic natural chemicals produced by sprouting plants trying to protect themselves.
SQUASH see Winter Squash
STINGING NETTLE [Urtica dioica)
Stinging nettle is one of my favorite anti-cancer foods. Nettle is the world's richest source of carotenes and chlorophyll, as well as an excellent source of folic acid and selenium. Nettle is a powerful ally for women choosing chemotherapy, as it protects the blood itself from the mutagenic changes (which can lead to leukemia) caused by the chemotherapeutic drugs. |
Rebecca Wood
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| Soaking nuts overnight initiates the sprouting process, making them even easier to digest. Once they've been soaked, drain the nuts and use as is or toast or roast them.
Buying Because of their high oil content, nuts are prone to rancidity. The most healthful—and tasty—purchase is nuts in their protective shell. In addition to offering protection from light, shells shield the kernel against fu-
WHEN YOU WANT NUTS—BUT NOT FAT—CHOOSE CHESTNUTS
NUT
GRAMS FAT PER 100 GJJAMS 1 I.HBIh POf.U. |
| Onions
Onions are dormant after harvest and so can be stored without sprouting for, in the case of sharp, yellow onions, 2 to 3 months. Sweet, moist, and/or red onions have a shorter shelf life and may be stored from 2 to 4 weeks. Hang onions in an aerated basket or bag in a cool (ideally, 30 to 40 degrees), dry, well-ventilated place. Do not store onions near potatoes, as onions absorb moisture, which causes potatoes to sprout and rot. Do not refrigerate onions. Once cut, onions oxidize and quickly lose their flavor.
Potatoes
Store new potatoes refrigerated for up to a week. |
Francois Couplan, Ph.D.
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 The small seeds can be used as food, especially for sprouting, but they are difficult to gather. The best method is to beat the ripe heads over a sheet spread on the ground, and winnow the resulting debris.
T. hybridum, alsike clover - originally from Eur. - may produce dermatitis in a few susceptible individuals.
Endangered species: T. amoenum - Calif'. andersonii spp. beadeyae - Nev. -lemmonii - Calif., Nev. -, polyodon - Calif. -, thompsonti - Wash. - and trichocalyx -Calif.
Ulex europaeus (E 4) Gorse Latin name of an undetermined shrub.
Originally from Eur. |
Michael Tierra, L.Ac, O.M.D.
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 Most seeds have a strong outer coating to preserve their precious nucleus for sprouting and growth. The yangness of the outer coat of some seeds is so protective and strong that certain seeds found in the burial chambers of ancient Egyptians have been able to sprout after thousands of years. Yet when this strong outer yang seed coat is subjected to yin moisture, its inner yin contents begin to germinate and display such strength as to literally break open the outer yang seed coat. |
Adrian Forsyth and Kenneth Miyata
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 There are moths with weirdly twisted wings, with hairlike tufts sprouting from the wings, and with large cuts apparently bitten into their wings. Some moths rest in strangely contorted positions, holding their abdomens in unusual asymmetrical poses. Some biologists might regard these as byproducts of random evolutionary processes, but certain of these eccentricities must have a disruptive effect on the aerodynamics of the moths that exhibit them and therefore must have some useful function. |
Rebecca Wood
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| RHUBARB
(Rheum rhaponticum)
Tightly furled, scarlet, primitive-looking rhubarb sprouting up out of the garden heralds spring—and with it, the springtime ritual of strawberry-rhubarb pie. Rhubarb is not ready to eat until its large reddish celerylike stalks are a foot in length and its forest green leaves are the size of elephant ears. Rhubarb root is a prized medicinal herb, but it's the tart, astringent stalk that we sweeten and use as a spring dessert. This old-fashioned food remains a local vegetable that is available only when it's in season. |
| People with delicate digestion may require a second step of partially sprouting beans (see Sprouts). This enables the beans' activated enzymes to more thoroughly "pre-digest" the complex carbohydrates. Sprout until the nascent sprouts just emerge and then cook as normal. I do not recommend the shortcut soaking method of boiling beans before soaking them because this prematurely kills their enzymes. Once soaked, strain, and rinse well. Next, add fresh water to cover the beans by two inches and boil furiously, without a lid, for ten minutes. |
| In the process of sprouting, seeds attain higher levels of protein, sugar, enzymes, hormones, vitamin C, and some B vitamins. Sprouts are low in fat and calories.
Use To make sprouts at home, use organic seeds from a natural food store or by mail order (see page 404) that are whole and preservative-free (seeds from a feed store are often chemically treated). Place in a wide-mouthed jar, add water to cover, cover the jar's mouth with a piece of cheesecloth, nylon, or fine mesh, and secure with a rubber band or screw-on jar ring. Soak overnight. |
Sheldon Saul Hendler and David Rorvik
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 In vitro, it was found to inhibit vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF)-induced endothelial sprouting and elongation and to have a significant inhibitory effect on VEGF-induced endothelial cell proliferation. In vivo, it was found to produce tumors that were less vascularized than tumors formed in mice treated with vehicle alone.
1, 25-dihydroxy vitamin D and its analogues have been found to be effective in the treatment of psoriasis when applied topically. Psoriasis is a cutaneous disorder involving abnormal cellular proliferation and differentiation. |
Earl L. Mindell, R.Ph., Ph.D.
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 The body tries to get blood to the area by actually sprouting new blood vessels to bypass the clogged ones. Unfortunately, they grow over the retina, causing blindness. Laser surgery and vitrectomy (where blood that has leaked into the eyeball is "vacuumed" out) are the only medical treatments available for diabetic retinopathy, and by the time these are needed, the disease is advanced. Good nutrition and the right supplements can do a great deal to keep things from going that far.
What Causes Irritated Eyes? |
Michael Tierra
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 Actually, it is just what they need to heal their liver, but it should be made milder by sprouting before cooking and by eating only small amounts. Wheat served in this way is very calming to the nerves.
Buckwheat Cream
There are two ways to make buckwheat cream: by using buckwheat flour or by using whole buckwheat groats that are then ground in a flour mill. 1) Heat 1 teaspoon of corn oil in a skillet without burning it. Keeping the flame low, add the flour, stirring constantly and rapidly with a wooden spoon so that the flour will not burn. After the flour is brown, allow it to cool. |
Francois Couplan, Ph.D.
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| North America and in Europe. Alfalfa sprouts are among the best of all salads because of their tender and juicy texture and delicate flavor.
The seeds can be gathered by beating the ripe inflorescences on top of a sheet spread out on the ground, and subsequently winnowing the result.
The seeds of other species can also be sprouted.
A few local species are used as food in Northeast Asia.
Melilotus (D 1) Melilot, Sweet Clover
Greek name of the plant from "meli," honey, and "lotos," a plant name. Introduced from Eurasia and naturalized throughout N.Am. M. |
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