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Not sure what your point is. It's well established that soaking nuts and seeds so they begin to sprout is healthier. I realize that it's written with a marketin

• otterley 3y ago
  I'm trying to understand how the link you provided supports your claim. What is the supporting text, and how does the quote from Goop above relate?
  • freedomben 3y ago
    Sure it does: > "The desirable nutritional changes that occur during sprouting are mainly due to the breakdown of complex compounds into a more simple form, transformation into essential constituents and breakdown of nutritionally undesirable constituents. This is a reason why sprouts are also called pre-digested foods."[12]
    • schmichael 3y ago
      > pre-digested foods This implies that digestion does the same thing already and saves you a step?
      • freedomben 3y ago
        sort of. It's not really a binary yes or no on whether it's digested. Especially with seeds it's a little complicated because they have often evolved to survive digestion (especially where they spread by animals pooping them out in a physically different location than they originally grew). Some people can digest them better than others, but sprouting the seeds will cause them to morph from digestive-resistant seed form to nutrient-rich tiny plant, and make the nutrients more accessible to most people. It also (subjectively) improves the taste, which can be a nice bonus
• seattle_spring 3y ago
  Dehydrated cashews are definitely not going to sprout...
  • genter 3y ago
    No, but soaking is going to break down chemicals like phytic acid that lock up nutrients.
    • Aloisius 3y ago
      Looking at the literature, it appears there have been two studies on whether soaking nuts reduces phytic acid. Neither found an effect. Simply soaking whole nuts doesn't appear to do anything.
    • sitzkrieg 3y ago
      huge gains to be had in that gram of overpriced nuts, surely
    • seattle_spring 3y ago
      That sounds like a very Huberman-like statement. Is there any literature that shows this not only to be true, but to be effective enough to make even a minute change in your health outcomes? Regardless, I'm going to continue enjoying my store brand whole cashews and leave Alex's shriveled nuts soaked in pH-balanced super-water to someone else.
• dzhiurgis 3y ago
  Nothing in your link says healthier
  • freedomben 3y ago
    Healthier is highly subjective, but this sure sounds healthier to me: > "The desirable nutritional changes that occur during sprouting are mainly due to the breakdown of complex compounds into a more simple form, transformation into essential constituents and breakdown of nutritionally undesirable constituents. This is a reason why sprouts are also called pre-digested foods."[12] "The metabolic activity of resting seeds increases as soon as they are hydrated during soaking. Complex biochemical changes occur during hydration and subsequent sprouting. The reserve chemical constituents, such as protein, starch and lipids, are broken down by enzymes into simple compounds that are used to make new compounds." "Sprouting grains causes increased activities of hydrolytic enzymes, improvements in the contents of total proteins, fat, certain essential amino acids, total sugars, B-group vitamins, and a decrease in dry matter, starch and anti-nutrients. The increased contents of protein, fat, fibre and total ash are only apparent and attributable to the disappearance of starch. However, improvements in amino acid composition, B-group vitamins, sugars, protein and starch digestibilities, and decrease in phytates and protease inhibitors are the metabolic effects of the sprouting process."
• rozab 3y ago
  The cashews in question are visibly not sprouted.