Why Sprouting? Raw Food Diet Guide

If you are on the raw food diet, it is most likely that you are asking yourself, "why sprouting?" Sprouting if very important to the raw food diet since food is sun-dried and is not cooked over 105 degrees Fahrenheit. Similar to myself, I started the raw food diet to get optimum health and lose some unwanted pounds but was not sure what sprouting was and why it was necessary. All I knew was that I was losing pounds and felt healthier than ever, so if I needed to sprout my food to get these results I would continue to do it.

Being the truth seeker than I am, I started to research the reason for sprouting from many resources either written or voiced. The results are amazing! At first I thought it was just a process to get the nuts softer and to sprout the legumes so that they can be eaten. The process is much more than originally thought though.

First of all, one needs to know that sprouting begins with germination. As an aspiring gardener I can firmly tell you that germination is the process of all fruits and vegetables either done through sprouting, in the garden soil or the pre-stage of the foods purchased in the grocery store. Most beans, seeds and nuts can be germinated.

In my house I love to germinate and sprout foods since it is so much fun to watch and then eat. To germinate a bean, seed or nut one will need a jar, bowl or sprouting jar from a local health foods store. In my house we prefer to use a canning jar that used to contain some of my grandmother's homemade dill beans. It is just a normal canning jar with a metal screw rim. It is nothing fancy although there are options out there that are more intricate.