Grains: Then and Now

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Grains: Then and Now

 

While modern techniques for harvesting crops have made food

production much more efficient, they have also decreased the

nutritional value of our food. Older harvesting techniques helped

preserve and enhance the nutritional value of grain, for example.

 

After cutting mature grains in the field, farmers would gather the

stalks and loosely bind them upright in sheaves and let them stand

overnight before threshing them (removing the actual grain from the

grass stalks). This allowed the grains to germinate or sprout.

 

Germination initiates a chemical transformation in the seed grains

that naturally neutralizes the enzyme inhibitors the Creator put on

the seeds' exterior. During this process, the seeds are activated

and enriched, making all the nutrition within the seed available for

digestion. These germinated seeds of wheat and barley and the bread

made from them were extremely important in biblical times. This

living " staff of life " supplied easily digestible, life-giving

carbohydrates.

 

However, the people of the Bible ate significantly less food than we

do today, and they ate far fewer carbohydrates. For example, it was

common for people in biblical times to eat only one meal a day, and

the grains they did eat were healthy, sprouted, or germinated grains

with small amounts of hard-to-digest disaccharides and phytates. All

the health benefits of sprouted grains are available to you, if you

know where to look. Check your local health food store. Many carry

sprouted-grain products.

 

 

Jordan's Tip of the Day

From the author of The Maker's Diet

 

Baking Your Own

Do-it-yourself food is always best because you know exactly what

goes into it, but you might have a difficult time growing,

harvesting, sprouting, threshing, and grinding your own grains. You

can, however, bake your own sprouted breads at home. As people look

to alternatives to bleached white flour, sprouted flours have become

more popular in health food stores and on the Internet. Look for a

bag of your own today.

 

Jordan Rubin

makersdiet.com