Guest guest Posted January 18, 2004 Report Share Posted January 18, 2004 Okay, My two cents worth says that you are going to have a lot of nutritional value in the sprouts and very little medicinal value. The medicinal value will come with aging as the plant matures. The plants have to fix the necessary ingredients in order to have the medicinal properties which it won't have while still a sprout but will later as the plant flowers or matures. Don Q. - windflower song herbal remedies Sunday, January 18, 2004 12:11 PM Herbal Remedies - sprouts I love to add sprouts of all sorts to salads. They are alive, full of enzymes and nutrition, and delicious. I have a few questions about sprouts to ask the group... Powdered fenugreek is supposed to be great for blood sugar levels, to control diabetes. If you sprout the fenugreek seed, and eat it in a salad, does it lose its glycemic controlling properties? (The sprouts, by the way, are especially delicious, tasting a bit like sweet, fresh peas.) Milk thistle seed is supposed to be great for the liver. If you sprout these seeds, do they lose their beneficial hepatic properties? (they tawte kinda nutty) ---Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Ain't no bugs here!Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com).Version: 6.0.561 / Virus Database: 353 - Release 1/13/04 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 18, 2004 Report Share Posted January 18, 2004 Thank you for replying Don. That makes sense about plant parts (like the poppy) for medicinal value. Do you think sprouting seeds devalues the medicinal content of the seed itself? as in milk thistle and fennugreek, where the seed itself has the medicinal content? Would the seed use up its alkaloids or whatever beneficial compound that is in them, to sprout? Or would they still be there? Anywhere on the web one could go to find the answer? windflowerDon Quai <mysticalherbalist wrote: My two cents worth says that you are going to have a lot of nutritional value in the sprouts and very little medicinal value. The medicinal value will come with aging as the plant matures. The plants have to fix the necessary ingredients in order to have the medicinal properties which it won't have while still a sprout but will later as the plant flowers or matures. Don Q. Hotjobs: Enter the "Signing Bonus" Sweepstakes Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 18, 2004 Report Share Posted January 18, 2004 Well I think that in order to answer that one, we would need to understand much more about the seeds, their constituents and the effects of sprouting on them. Yes, I am sure that somewhere on the net we should be able to find some information that will allow us to come to some understanding. Now, just soaking the seed to deactivate the enzyme inhibitors should not hurt the medicinal properties. But I don't know that for a fact. Actually turning the seed into a sprout, well now, that seed is no longer a seed and is now a plant. The plant has a different quality that the seed does. I believe that what isn't used by the sprout for food gets returned back to nature to be regenerated again. So I believe that the medicinal value of the seed will be lost in sprouting but not in soaking. You have to remember that all qualities of seeds are stored there by the plant for self propagation. Therefore, these substances must be used in getting the seed to plant stage. Then the plant will have its own values but will create the same seeds as the parent barring any outside interference. Ah, I love this. Good brain exercise. Nothing like it. HTH, Don Q. - windflower song herbal remedies Sunday, January 18, 2004 2:41 PM Re: Herbal Remedies - sprouts Thank you for replying Don. That makes sense about plant parts (like the poppy) for medicinal value. Do you think sprouting seeds devalues the medicinal content of the seed itself? as in milk thistle and fennugreek, where the seed itself has the medicinal content? Would the seed use up its alkaloids or whatever beneficial compound that is in them, to sprout? Or would they still be there? Anywhere on the web one could go to find the answer? windflower ---Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Ain't no bugs here!Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com).Version: 6.0.561 / Virus Database: 353 - Release 1/13/04 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 18, 2004 Report Share Posted January 18, 2004 Don, Since we are not to eat anything that isn't sprouted, if you are taking one of these seeds for their medicinal properties, is this not a good thing, then??? Carrie Ann >Okay, > >My two cents worth says that you are going to have a lot of nutritional >value in the sprouts and very little medicinal value. The medicinal value >will come with aging as the plant matures. The plants have to fix the >necessary ingredients in order to have the medicinal properties which it >won't have while still a sprout but will later as the plant flowers or >matures. > >Don Q. _______________ Get a FREE online virus check for your PC here, from McAfee. http://clinic.mcafee.com/clinic/ibuy/campaign.asp?cid=3963 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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