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Flax Seeds Recipe

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Ingredients:  
Ingredients:  
Flax seeds
Apple cider vinegar or salt water
Directions:
Directions:
Add seeds to bowl and pour in apple cider vinegar or salt water to cover to a depth of 1/4 inch
Allow to soak for 18 hours
Preparation Time:
Preparation Time:
18 hours
Personal Notes:
Personal Notes:
Soaked refers to a soaking process that creates an enzymatic change within seeds. Dried seeds start out dormant, protecting themselves in nature from a potentially harsh winter.
In this state, which is raw, seeds are indigestible and high in phytic acid.
While health food enthusiasts tout the health benefits of eating raw nuts or seeds, they are misinformed. Our bodies can not access the seeds’ nutrition in their raw state, and the seeds wreak havoc on our digestive mechanism over time.
By soaking seeds in salt water, or an acidic medium, we are emulating or copying what happens in nature each spring. In spring, the soil becomes more acidic. This signals seeds to wake up and sprout, to no longer protect themselves, to send forth a shoot. Less protected from harsh, cold temperatures, means a reduction in phytic acid and less protection from our digestive mechanisms. Our bodies can easily digest a living vegetable instead of a dormant seed.

https://eatbeautiful.net/which-seeds-soaked-how-eating-digestion/

 

 

 

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