This is a must for any diet, especially an austerity one. When out-of season crops get too expensive to ship from South America, sprouting seeds and beans may prove to be a most excellent way to get those missing nutrients. Benefits: Usually take only 3-5 days to eat, Not sprayed with insecticides or chemicals, Lower food bill, Chock full of vitamins Some beans have practically no vitamins when dry, but when sprouted really are tremendously vita-filled. Soybeans when sprouted undergo the following changes: Vitamin C jumps to 700 mGrams, Vitamin B complexes jump, and B-1 Niacin and Pantothenic acid double. Biotin and Pyridoxine increase 150%, and B-2 and Folic acid reach a 500% increase. Oooo, healthier. Information taken from USDA Handbook No. 80 Composition of foods-soybeans. Dry Sprouted Protein 38 48 Fat 20 14 Carbohydrate 38 37 Vitamin A 90-IU 800-IU Thiamine B 1.2 1.6 Riboflavin B 0.35 1.5 Niacin B 2.4 7.0 Ascorbic Acid 0 100 (vitamin C) In percent or grams per 100 grams of dry weight. They are low in calories, Foods high in water (sprouts) are more easily digestible,

As an emergency food source they are invaluable, and even added to our normal daily diets, they provide much good nutrition and can thus lower our health bills and increase our wellness. Sprouts are cool because the seeds take up little space, need no refrigeration or other storage requirements, and do not spoil, and some have a very very long lifespan. I’ve found that a great many items found in our local supermarkets will readily sprout. Sunflower, wheat, rye, brown rice, nearly all beans including soy, just about any seed. You can sprout in commercially bought sprouters, glass jars, towels, sacks, flower pots, and even in baggies -- especially if you are camping or hiking long distances. And, when sprouted, seeds greatly increase in bulk. In essence, you have twice as much to put into your tummy than non-sprouted. They’ll make you feel fuller with less. Seeds are indeed responsible for our very civilization. Early man learned that they were storable food, and fostered agriculture, and thus communities. Sprouts are seeds on steroids. Kidding, but you get my drift…?