using acid water and more ?'s

[Guest guest]

Hello

I have only just got the nourishing nutrition book and was wondering

if you could use the acid water, from an alkaline water ioniser, to

soak grains etc instead of the whey, lemon juice, vinegar; all of

which I am sensitive to. I have been doing this for some time, but

now I am wondering if I am doing the wrong thing.

Also, when you soak the grains, do you drain the liquid off and then

put more water in and then cook. I have been doing this, but cooking

the grains in alkaline water. Sally only mentions to do this for one

of the recipes. I do notice that even if I soak buckwheat in normal

water the water turns out to be quite syrupy after a few hours. Am I

washing away the goodness of the grains?

One last question. I have a fermented powder consisting of different

grasses and grains that is fermented with strains of beneficial

yeasts and acidophilus. I have soaked my nuts in this and then

drained them and then added more powder and then slowly dried them

in the oven. The drying took about 24hours. Am I still getting the

benefit from the ferments or would I have killed them. I don't want

to be wasting the powder or just eating dead yeasts as my body is

very sensitive at the moment.

Cheers

nat