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Think of having to make use of your emergency food storage and eating for a very prolonged interval of time foods that have been dehydrated and freeze-dried. To a substantial extent such foods mimic in taste, texture, and nutritional content foods that we have become used to eating on a normal everyday basis. Dehydrated and freeze-dried foods are particularly functional inventions, and should be integrated in every food storage program, one of the core reasons being their lengthy shelf lives. These products are low maintenance and necessitate less rotation than the majority of all other types of emergency food storage foods. But, when it comes to having something fresh and easily digestible, many of the above-mentioned food selections are found wanting. Surviving in an emergency situation is one thing, thriving is another.

Most individuals comprehend that a regimen rich in fresh fruits and vegetables is healthy, and that foods packaged with preservatives are less so. It should also be ordinary knowledge that eating foods that we grow ourselves that are not treated with the -cides (herbicides, pesticides, insecticides) are healthier and more wholesome as well. So what of a calamity that occurs in the dead of winter when the growing season in many climates has obviously passed? You’ll be thankful to know that without a greenhouse or a plot of land, and in the brief space of a few days you can still have living, wholesome food that in some cases is more wholesome than totally grown and harvested garden vegetables.

Used in conjunction with dehydrated and freeze-dried foods, sprouts are an valuable part of every emergency food storage program. They enhance your existing food storage by their enzymatic action, gently helping your body to better break down, digest, and use the components of the other factors in your diet. Sprouts are also jam packed with vitamins, minerals, amino acids, protein, and antioxidants. Want an energy drink? Forget Red Bull or Rock Star and other artificial stimulants! Juice up some fresh homegrown wheatgrass! Coca-Cola, Pepsi, et. al may entice by producing vitamin fortified drinks, but the real fortification comes with sprouts whose vitamin content multiplies by factors of up to four or more over the vitamin content of the seedling itself, and far surpasses the amounts found in mature fruits and vegetables, too. You get several of the b-vitamins and a gravy portion of C.

Sprouts are about 95% water. As they grow they get edema. Not really, but they retain water well, which is a good thing. That means that they can satisfy a hearty appetite with much less cost than most any other food type. The mantra here isn’t: “Less filling! Tastes great!” but rather: “More filling! Tastes great!” Sprouts are just pennies per serving. Precise budgeters will be keen on the prudence of participating in a food plan so reasonably priced for their families! Sprouts take only between 4 and 6 days to grow to ready-eating, and require minimal effort, care, or space maintain. It is simple to set up your brown thumb in the kitchen and turn it green in a hurry.

One of the primary causes of disease from a holistic point of view is a regimen that is too acidic. Most Americans are guilty of having such a nutritional regime. It is said that acidity causes mucous to form, the mucous then gives rise to inflammation, and the inflammatory process in the body eliminates the homeostatic balance initiating the disease process. Sprouts are an alkalyzer, and can be used to neutralize the high level of acidity in the blood stream to lessen the causes (and thus the symptoms) of inflammation and impede the disease process in its tracks. Broccoli sprouts are claimed to be powerful cancer fighters because of their high content of antioxidants. In any case, sprouts are the perfect solution for storing as an substitute to fresh vegetables which categorically will not store for any lengthy period whatsoever. So break into your freeze-dried and dehydrated, but only so long as it takes for you to make a nice sprout salad. Eat up!