Can you ferment seeds? Yes you can!
When I started my health journey and found this stunningly charming TED talk by Bonnie Bassler about How Bacteria "Talk" (video cuts below). It was as if something clicked within me! A whole new chapter on what a human being really is opened up. I kind of saw a nexus to my bird feeders outside. If I place seeds - one sort of birds come to the table, another group of birds come if I feed fruits, a third group if I feed meat and so on. The same is it with what I eat, it feeds a certain group of bacteria, fungus viruses etc. And with the fact how much older bacteria is in mind, bacteria 3.2-3.5 billion years v.s humans 300,000 years, I started to feel that I'm kind of secondary here !😄
Shure, everybody knows that if you eat bad or contaminated foods you get sick. But to what degree can you actually build up a healthy strong microbiome, that not only effects you body positively, but also builds up your mind and a positive harmonious mood?!
Did you hear that (in the second video above); "The bacteria makes our vitamins" -so here's my "bird feeder-thoughts" so to say, its not ME eating, it's the microbiome eating what I put in my mouth! And I started to seek knowledge about what I need to put in my mouth to be in a feeling of a good health! A passion grew to understand more! And I understood that Health is more about how to "farm" the good bacteria rather than kill or avoid the bad bacteria!
You've probably heard about anti-nutrients in vegetables, and phytic acid in nuts and seeds is one of them. It can disturb our micribiome and decrease the absorbtion of nutrients in our guts, therefore the name ANTI-nutrients. But to soak your nuts or seeds, with a splash of apple cider vinegar, can minimize the phytic acid contents. Make shure that it's not a pasteurized apple cider vinegar though, choose one that is "alive", "with mother", the pasteurization kills the working bacteria and leaves only the taste of vinegar.
The plant protect their seeds, kind of just as all creatures protects their offspring. The phytic acid protects the seeds against bacteria in the soil, that gladly would eat it. It also hinders the seed to start to grow, unless its really soaked properly in water, so a "short rain" on dry land won't do, if the seeds start to grow in too dry land, it will of course die. The ground must be substantially wet, so the phytic acid is washed out. First when the seed "can be shure" there is enough water to grow a root strong enough to make a plant, then the seed is activated and can grow.
Here you can follow how much fermentation reduces phytic acid (source link below):
So, becoming somewhat like a health nerd, I also read about black seed oil and how amazing health benefith it's supposed to have. Quite recently I got the idea, I mean I use to add cumin seeds when I'm making sauerkraut, why not black seeds?! So I ordered, but lol I ordered wrong, and got black sesame seeds instead. Well, a ordered anew and got my nigella sativa (black seeds). And when I had prepared my sauerkraut I made the same misstake again and addes the black sesame seeds. Sh💥t, well.. it's just an experiment to try out the taste, so I poured in the black cumin seeds (nigella sativa) as well 😅. You can see in the photo above, that the amount of seeds is almost more than cabbage.
I had this jar with air tight lid in room temperature for about two weeks, and in the fridge unopened for another two weeks. And I was So Surprised when I tasted it, it was So Good!!
Another tip is to ferment nuts and seeds by pouring kefir wey or the brine from your fermented vegetables over them, so that the wey or brine cover the nuts or seeds.
I warmly recommend: Healing the Digestive System - Dr.Campbell-McBride:
Nigella sativa (aka Black Seed) Research:https://greenmedinfo.com/substance/nigella-sativa-aka-black-seed
Black Sesame Seed Research: https://greenmedinfo.com/substance/sesame-seed-black
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