Vibe Alive

Before eating your nuts and seeds, do you soak them first? Whether you follow a raw food diet or not you may want to start. Sprouting is a mini miracle when it comes to boosting the health benefits of nuts and seeds.

Here are 3 reasons why…

1. Enzyme inhibitors can be removed simply by soaking

Soaking nuts and seeds (especially those that are higher in protein) will “disarm” their natural enzyme inhibitors which improves their power to be digested and opens up their full array of nutrients.

As a protective mechanism, nuts and seeds have enzyme inhibitors to keep them dormant until they are in properly moisturized surroundings. That’s why squirrels bury chestnuts into the soil for a few days before coming back to eat them. They know that doing so will “awaken” the full nutrient spectrum of their food.

2. Soaking leads to greater amino acid bioavailability

It has been shown that soaking higher-protein nuts and seeds can increase the bioavailability of their amino acids by up to 30%! If you’re a vegan and want to increase your protein consumption, then just soaking your nuts and seeds can make a big difference as to what your body will absorb.

3. Turn Raw Into Living Simply By Soaking

As I mentioned in the first point above, enzyme inhibitors render nuts and seeds dormant. Even if they’re raw it doesn’t necessarily mean that these foods are LIVING.

However, since soaking disarms the enzyme inhibitors that keep these raw nuts and seeds dormant, it allows them to become water-rich and alive.
There is a slight difference between raw foods and living foods. Unsoaked nuts and seeds are raw but not alive. Soaking them will change that and help you to reap their full benefits.

You don’t have to soak all nuts and seeds. Only those that have a higher protein content. The ones I usually recommend soaking include:

- almonds
- pumpkin seeds
- sunflower seeds

Walnuts, pecans, cashews, and pine nuts are generally higher in fat and don’t need to be soaked. Doing so will only make them soggy and mushy but if you choose to soak them you can and then dehydrate them until they are dry and crunchy again.
So let’s bring some life back into Nature’s powerful Super Foods!