How To Render Seeds & Plants More Digestible, Get More Amino Acids From Vegetables & Everything You Need To Know About Sprouts & Sprouting With Doug Evans.

Ben Greenfield

Feb 29, 2024

Episode description

Picture this: nestled within a tiny seed lies the blueprint for life itself, quietly waiting for the right moment to burst forth. Add a splash of water and a hint of sunlight, and these unassuming seeds awaken, transforming into vibrant sprouts teeming with life and health benefits.

Today, I'm exploring the captivating world of sprouting with Doug Evans, the mastermind behind The Sprouting Company. If you're interested in uncovering the remarkable benefits of sprouts and how they can revolutionize your health and well-being, you won't want to miss this episode.

Doug, an early pioneer in the natural food industry, wrote The Sprout Book, which I read during the COVID-19 quarantine. This book teaches you how to easily grow sprouts, microgreens, grasses, and much more. It also helps you discover the vast health benefits of sprouts, including improving the digestive process, increasing metabolic rate, boosting enzymatic activity, preventing anemia, aiding in weight loss, regulating cholesterol, reducing blood pressure, preventing neural tube defects, enhancing skin health, improving vision, supporting the immune system, and increasing usable energy reserves.

Doug's mission extends beyond providing sprouts; he's a beacon of knowledge on their nutritional benefits, making healthy eating and self-sufficiency in food production accessible to all. In this show, you'll explore topics like the best seeds for sprouting, the optimal daily intake of sprouts, the potential health risks associated with sprouting, proper storage methods, the best sprout recipes, and much more.

Oh, and if you're looking for additional information on sprouting, I suggest checking out our first podcast together: “How To Tap into the Power of the Planet’s Most Nutritious Foods: Sprouts, Shoots, Microgreens & More With Doug Evans.” You can also visit The Sprouting Company by clicking here (use code BEN to save 10%).

For the full show notes, visit: https://bengreenfieldlife.com/sproutingpodcast

Episode Sponsors:

Mary Ruth’s Organics: Use code MROBENG20 (valid on both maryruthorganics.com and Amazon).

Episode description

For the full show notes, visit: https://bengreenfieldlife.com/sproutingpodcast

Episode Sponsors:

Mary Ruth’s Organics: Use code MROBENG20 (valid on both maryruthorganics.com and Amazon).

Mindsip insights from this episode:

Verify broccoli seed quality for sulforaphane benefits

Third-party lab testing revealed that some broccoli seeds sold online for their health benefits contained zero of the precursor to sulforaphane.

#sulforaphane

#testing

Use home-grown sprouts as salad base

Instead of adding a few sprouts as a garnish, you can use a full jar of home-grown sprouts as the entire base for a salad.

#nutrition

#sprout

Sprout lentils to boost fiber and antioxidants

When you sprout a lentil, you can double its antioxidant levels, triple its vitamin C, and quadruple its soluble and insoluble fiber content.

#fiber

#sprout

Soak and sprout seeds to reduce anti-nutrients

The process of soaking and sprouting a seed reduces its anti-nutrients like lectins and phytic acid, contrary to the belief that sprouting concentrates them.

#nutrition

#sprout

Detoxify lung pollutants with sulforaphane from sprouts

The sulforaphane in sprouts can help detoxify and excrete air pollutants like benzene from the lungs by activating the NRF2 pathway.

#detox

#sulforaphane

Freeze sprouts to enhance sulforaphane absorption

Freezing sprouts before blending them in a smoothie can increase the bioavailability of the cancer-fighting compound sulforaphane.

#bioavailability

#sulforaphane

Leverage plant anti-nutrients for beneficial stress response

The so-called anti-nutrients in plants can create a beneficial hermetic stress effect, triggering the production of heat shock proteins similar to a sauna or cold plunge.