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Sprouted Pumpkin Seeds

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Sprouted Pumpkin Seeds

Did you know my sprouted, organic pumpkin seeds are the best selling product at Nate's Raw Harvest?   Sprouted pumpkin seeds are one of the most nutritious snacks you can have.  Pumpkin seeds are a concentrated source of protein, containing around 7 grams per ounce!  They also contain high amounts of iron, zinc, and magnesium.  If you're one that doesn't eat red meat, or any at all, then the protein and iron in pumpkin seeds make it an easy choice Zinc is important to your body for building the immune system, sleep regulation, mood, your senses of taste and smell,...

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Sprouted Almonds

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Sprouted Almonds

The growing popularity of soaking and sprouting has led many health-conscious consumers looking for Sprouted Almonds.  While soaking and sprouting nuts certainly has numerous benefits, such as easier digestion, more bioavailable nutrients, and better taste, it's still important for consumers to be aware of the KIND of sprouted nut they are purchasing in order to make the best use of their money.  Almonds are no exception. The majority of the world's almonds come from California, Spain, Italy, and Uzbekistan.  California almonds are smaller and rounder while almonds from Spain, Italy, and Uzbekistan are larger and flatter.  Uzbekistani almonds tend to...

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Probiotics and Lacto-Fermentation: Maintaining Healthy Bacteria

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Probiotics and Lacto-Fermentation: Maintaining Healthy Bacteria

Probiotics are the beneficial bacteria that live within our digestive tract.  They are essential to our health by playing a key role in our immune system, our ability to digest and absorb nutrients from food, deal with toxins, our cognitive abilities, our skin, weight control, food cravings,  hormone signals, etc.  The benefits are huge and seemingly endless!  They are literally essential to good health. The following are ways of destroying or compromising your beneficial bacteria: Taking anti-biotics Undergoing anesthesia Eating commercial beef raised with antibiotics Frequently eating foods high in sugars or processed flours Frequently eating wheat products Frequently consuming...

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Sprouted Nuts

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Sprouted Nuts

When it comes to nuts and seeds most people are unaware that eating them completely raw is not the best way to consume them from a health and nutrition standpoint.  Pre-soaking or sprouting nuts is needed.  This is because all nuts and seeds contain phytic acid and enzyme inhibitors.  While phytic acid is naturally occuring and part of the nut it is actually not digestable by humans.  In fact, when phytic acid is consumed it begins to bind with calcium, iron, magnesium, and other minerals.  Because the body cannot digest phytic acid it simply flushes it out right along with...

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Toxic Baby: Pesticides and Our Future

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Toxic Baby:  Pesticides and Our Future

For anyone with children, anyone that plans on having children, anyone that has cancer or wants to avoid getting cancer, for anyone on the fence about whether they should eat organic foods, or why genetically modified foods (GMOs) are bad for you then please watch this video from TED Talks. The points made here are one of the reasons why I started Nate's Raw Harvest and to make organic, raw, sprouted nuts, seeds, and snacks. We owe it to ourselves, our children, and our world to reduce our use of pesticides and other toxins.

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