Sprouted Grains
June 27th, 2008A balanced diet is always recommended by your physician. The importance of balanced diet is studied by all of us in school grades. However, gradually we tend to forget all these things and prefer junk food and colas instead. Slowly and progressively everybody has started realizing its importance and many people have already started implementing them in their daily diet. A balanced diet includes all the necessary carbohydrates proteins, fats, starch, fibres etc.
A high fibre diet is excellent for diabetic patients. As a nutritionist who is expert in her field, Gillian McKeith usually recommends that this type of food be consumed often. Fibre rich food is best if you are suffering from constipation. A fibre rich food can be obtained from variety of sources like whole grains, beans, green leafy vegetables and plenty of fruits. Pulses like split peas and black-eyed peas also constitute a fibre rich diet. There are a variety of sprouted grains that can serve as fibre diet that are explained below.
Alfalfa sprouts- are a rich nutritional sprout, mostly referred as the king of all sprouts. It acts great on salads and spreads, sandwiches and serves good for alternative garnishing also.
Bean sprouts- are a sweet, crunchy and small bean that tastes like raw peas. These sprouts make an amazing energy salad. These sprouts provide plenty of vitamin C and phosphorus.
Aduki Bean sprouts- are a rich source of vitamin C. these splendid dark red sprouts are perfect for stir fries, casseroles and vegetarian pates.
Mixed sprouts for perfect diet- An ideal combination of 5 colourful beans of chickpea sprouts, brown and green lentils, mung bean and aduki bean gives flamboyance to soups, salads, risottos and stir fries. Makes a delicious and superb veggie dips with fresh herbs, spices and avocado.
