Re: Sprouting for health and longevity

[Guest guest]

It always dismays me when I see that people have not read the files and

links. We have put a ton of time and effort into this so as not to go over

the same ground over and over again.

We have an extensive file on sprouting, how to do it, where to get supplies

etc etc etc. Look under Member's Recipes in the " links " section and then:

" All about Sprouting " . Please do not reinvent the wheel and read all the

files, links etc before posting.

on 11/13/2004 10:25 AM, freebird5005 at freebird5005@... wrote:

>

> Anyone here sprout? I've never tried this but after reading such as this:

>

> " Three-day-old broccoli sprouts consistently contain 20 to 50 times

> the amount of chemoprotective compounds found in mature broccoli

> heads, and may offer a simple, dietary means of chemically reducing

> cancer risk, " says Talalay, M.D., J.J. Abel Distinguished Service

> Professor of Pharmacology.

[Guest guest]

And Broccoli sprouts taste like it... :-)

I've been sprouting for years, it's pretty easy and you can't get any

fresher than home grown.

I find the plastic " sprout house " works well. I prefer milder sunflower

sprouts but have experimented with several. Alfalfa is nice too IMO.

http://www.sprouthouse.com/sprouters.htm

JR

-----Original Message-----

From: freebird5005 [mailto:freebird5005@...]

Sent: Saturday, November 13, 2004 9:26 AM

Subject: [ ] Sprouting for health and longevity

Anyone here sprout? I've never tried this but after reading such as this:

" Three-day-old broccoli sprouts consistently contain 20 to 50 times

the amount of chemoprotective compounds found in mature broccoli

heads, and may offer a simple, dietary means of chemically reducing

cancer risk, " says Talalay, M.D., J.J. Abel Distinguished Service

Professor of Pharmacology.

and this:

" Sulforaphane (SUL), an isothiocyanate found in broccoli and other

cruciferous vegetables, has been shown to induce phase II

detoxification enzymes, inhibit chemically induced mammary tumors in

rats, and more recently to induce cell cycle arrest and apoptosis in

cancer cells of the colon. Here, we provide evidence that SUL also

acts as a breast cancer anti-proliferative agent. "

This piques my interest about trying my hand at limited sprouting. I

found this:

http://www..com/seed/broccoli.html#anchor.sprouters.broccoli

It seems easy enough. Anyone else have experience with this they could

share, or more info??

Thanks