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Great Reasons to Grow Sprouts

Here is a list of ten great reasons to grow sprouts for eating, written by Sproutman® Steve Meyerowitz.

"Sprouts? Are they garnish, or are they food? Many who don't know much about sprouts put them in the same category as parsley, a garnish that you put on your food but not much of a food in itself. That's not my view."

Here are MY TOP TEN Reasons for Growing Sprouts:

1. ECONOMICS Seeds can multiply 7-15 times their weight. At $4.00/lb. for seed, that yields 26 cents for a pound of fresh sprouted indoor-grown organic greens!
2. NUTRITION Sprouts are baby plants in their prime. They have a greater concentration of proteins, vitamins and minerals, enzymes, RNA, DNA, bio-flavinoids, T-cells, etc., than at any other point in the plant's life even when compared with the mature vegetable!
3. ORGANICS No pesticides, synthetic fertilizers or fumigants. No chemicals. No foolin!
4. AVAILABILITY From Florida to Alaska; in January or July, enjoy live food anytime, anywhere, even on a boat or when hiking a mountain trail.
5. SPACE & TIME It's Easy! Just add water! No soil. No bugs. No green thumb required. No special lights. One pound grows in only 9 inches of space and takes 1 minute of care per day.
6. FRESHNESS Eaten when picked. No loss of nutrients sitting in warehouses or grocer's shelves.
7. DIGESTIBILITY As baby plants, their delicate cell walls easily release elemental nutrients. Abundant enzymes make them easy to digest even for those with weak digestion.
8. VERSATILITY More varieties of salad greens than on the supermarket shelves. Including buckwheat lettuce, baby sunflower, garlic chives, Chinese cabbage, purple turnip, curly kale, daikon radish, crimson clover, golden alfalfa and more... Your salads will literally come alive!
9. MENUS & MEALS Make sprout breads from sprouted wheat, rye, or barley. Snacks from sprouted peanuts, hummus dip from sprouted garbanzo, cooked vegetable side dish made from sprouted green peas, Chinese sautes from mung, adzuki and lentils, even sprouted wheat pizza!
10. ECOLOGY No airplanes or fuel/oil consumed to deliver this food to you. No petroleum based pesticides or synthetic fertilizers.

Sproutman® Steve Meyerowitz is a health crusader and author of 10 books including Power Juices Super Drinks, Wheatgrass Nature's Finest Medicine, Juice Fasting and Detoxification, and Food Combining and Digestion. His most recent book is "The Organic Food Guide: How to Shop Smarter and Eat Healthier." He has been featured on PBS, the Home Shopping Network, TV Food Network, and in Better Nutrition, Prevention, Organic Gardening and Flower & Garden Magazines. His sprouting inventions, such as the "Hemp Sprout Bag" are sold nationwide. You can visit him at http://www.Sproutman.com

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