Sprouts The Miracle Food
The Complete Guide to Sprouting
by Steve Meyerowitz
ISBN: 1-878736-04-3
Sproutman Publications, July, 1999
Paperback 224 pages
Let the Sproutman show you the joys of indoor organic gardening. Learn how to grow delicious baby greens and mini-vegetables -- just one week from seed to salad. This guide can make anyone a self sufficient gardener of sprouts that are bursting with concentrated nutrition. Includes the most comprehensive nutrition charts on sprouts in print, plus common questions and answers, Seed Resource section, illustrations, photo's and charts.
About the author: Steve Meyerowitz, suffering from a lifetime of allergies and asthma, began a journey to better health in 1975. Becoming disappointed with orthodox medicine, he used diet and fasting to restore his health. In 1980, he founded The Sprout House, a "non" cooking school in New York City.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
INTRODUCTION
Regaining My Health
My Apartment Garden Fed Hundreds
World's Most Economical and Nutritious Food
Small Investment
The Agriculture of Tomorrow is Here Today
SPROUT IT!
Vertical Germination Of Seeds
Multiple Generations
Why Not A Jar
Advantages Of A Vertical Sprouter
THE TECHNIQUE
Create Your Own Sprouter
5 Easy Steps to Health!
Wash Seeds and Baskets
Soaking Seed
How To Rinse
Three Methods of Rinsing
How to Drain
How to Harvest
When to Harvest
Number of Days To Maturity
Harvest Times For Chlorophyll Sprouts
Which Seeds To Sprout?
How To Set Up Your Kitchen
Hydroponic Vs. Soil Grown
GROWING GRAINS and BEANS
How to Use A Sprout Bag
The Jar vs. The Sprout Bag
The Sprout Bag for Gelatinous Seeds
Other Uses For Your Sprout Bag
AFTER THEY'VE GROWN
Life Expectancy
Refrigeration
About Light
Cleaning Seed Hulls
Cleaning Sick Sprouts
Fear of Mold
Hydrogen Peroxide For Prevention of Mold
SEEDS
Over 30 Varieties - Their Tastes and Growing Times
Wheatgrass
Gelatinous Seeds
On Growing Garlic and Onion
Getting Organic Seeds
Characteristics of Good Sprouting Seed
Storage of Seeds
NUTRITION
The Miracle of Germination
Protein Content of Sprouts + Other Vegetarian Foods
Protein Comparison Of Lettuce and Sprouts
Trace Mineral Content of Sprouts and Seeds
Mineral Content of Fresh Sprouted Beans Vs. Other Vegetarian Foods
Vitamin Content of Sprouts
Sprouts Are More Than Nutrients
Energy Content of Sprouts vs. Other Vegetarian Foods
Radish Sprouts vs. Mature Radish Vegetable
Digesting Sprouted Beans
NATURAL TOXINS IN BEANS
Do Natural Toxins in Beans Help or Hurt?
Anti-Oxidants and Anti-Carcinogens
EARTH and WATER
Pesticides
The 12 Most Infamous Agricultural Chemicals
Foods Containing The Highest Pesticide Residues
Using Pure Water for You and Sprouts
How To Choose A Water Purifying Device
Mechanical Purifiers and Filters
Distillers
COMPOSTING
Building A Composter
Growing Soil-Free Buckwheat, Sunflower, Wheatgrass
How To Use Wheatgrass
MIXING N' MATCHING SEEDS
Liquid Kelp - Nature's Finest Fertilizer
Sprouting Gelatinous Seeds
Commercial Sprouters
Automatic Sprouters
Questions and Answers with Sproutman
Review of Technique
SPROUTING SEED CHART
RESOURCES
BIBLIOGRAPHY
INDEX
