Did you know by choosing bread made with sprouted grains you can help boost your immunity? It has become more important than ever to make diet choices which ensure ourselves and our loved ones stay healthy. While many variables determine what kind of immune response a person might have, there are some things we can control, such as what we eat. By choosing to eat fully sprouted Manna Bread as part of a well balanced plant-based diet, boosting the immune system can be delicious! Here are three reasons to choose organic, fully sprouted bread:
- Increased Nutrient Absorption: Strong immunity is largely correlated to the health of the gut. Choosing foods which can be digested well are imperative to make sure all the nutrients that are eaten are actually absorbed by the body. German researchers found that the sprouting process of wheat decreases gluten proteins and increases folate. This happens because sprouting grains removes the protective phytic acid and breaks down gluten by predigesting them. Phytic acid and gluten are known to inhibit nutrient absorption and are present in most grains when they are in their unsprouted state. Sprouted grains are also higher in nutrients such as: vitamin C, zinc, iron, magnesium, and easily assimilated plant-based proteins.
- Healthy Prebiotics: Sprouting grains helps to increase the amount of soluble fiber which is essentially food for the good bacteria in your gut. Although, simply soaking grains may not be enough. Longer germination times, like our unique three day sprouting process that is used to make our fully sprouted Manna Bread, leads to a substantial increase of total dietary ?ber, with soluble ?ber tripling and insoluble ?ber decreasing by 50%. The more good bacteria that can thrive helps to attain a healthier bacterial balance in our bodies which in turn allows the food we eat to become more nutritionally bio-available.
- Reduced Inflammation: Eating sprouted whole grains that our bodies are able to digest well helps to decrease inflammation. Inflammation is just the body’s way of reacting to stress, whether physical or psychological. An example of physical stress coming from what we eat is hard to digest foods, such as unsprouted grains. Choosing easily digested sprouted grains creates less unnecessary strain on the body, and allows the systems of the body to operate optimally.
