Buckwheat is rightfully considered one of the most valuable cereal crops. It is rich in easily digestible proteins, carbohydrates, contains B vitamins, as well as vitamins C, A, E and P. It contains many trace elements necessary for the body – potassium, calcium, phosphorus, iron, zinc, molybdenum, selenium. Buckwheat porridge is very tasty and nutritious both by itself and as a side dish for meat or fish. Therefore, one should not be surprised at the popularity of buckwheat. However, not everyone knows that buckwheat sprouts are also very useful.
Using buckwheat seedlings
How buckwheat sprouts are obtained
Buckwheat sprouts can only be obtained from fresh (so-called “green”) cereals, which are cleaned from dark shell films so carefully that delicate embryos are not damaged. The unground groats sold in stores are unsuitable for this purpose, since it underwent heat treatment, and the embryos in it died.
To get buckwheat seedlings, you need to purchase seeds at the pharmacy
Sort raw cereals, pour a thin layer into some container with a flat bottom and pour water at room temperature. After swelling, drain the water, and rinse the cereals several times under running water to remove mucus. Over the next 24 hours, it is recommended to gently stir the grains 2-3 times so that they dry out evenly on all sides. Sprouted buckwheat is stored in the refrigerator.
In a number of sources, it is recommended to disinfect them with a weak solution of potassium permanganate before eating seedlings, and then rinse them several times in water. But there are also recommendations to disinfect the grain just before germination. Do what you think is right.
What is the use of sprouted buckwheat
Sprouts are an absolutely unique type of food. After all, they are a living organism with a maximum concentration of nutrients. In addition, they are very rich in enzymes. But in foods processed at high temperatures, enzymes are practically absent, and their lack leads to the fact that our digestive system does not work at full strength, worse assimilating the nutrients that enter the body. In addition, sprouts hold the record for the content of antioxidants that neutralize the action of free radicals that cause cancer.
Therefore, eating even a very small amount of buckwheat sprouts has a beneficial effect on human health. Well, buckwheat sprouts are especially useful for the prevention and treatment of diseases of the cardiovascular system such as atherosclerosis, hypertension, coronary heart disease. This product is also effective in the treatment of diarrhea. Buckwheat sprouts are recommended for use in diabetes mellitus, after surgeries and childbirth. In addition, with their use, many infectious diseases (for example, measles, scarlet fever, tonsillitis) are milder and heal faster.
In addition, in this case, such infectious diseases are much less likely to give complications to the organs of the cardiovascular system.
Sprouted buckwheat reduces intraocular pressure in glaucoma. It also strengthens the walls of blood vessels, which is very useful for the prevention or mitigation of the symptoms of varicose veins, hemorrhoids, thrombophlebitis, nosebleeds.
The listed facts alone would be enough to understand how useful buckwheat sprouts are. But this list is far from complete! Sprouted buckwheat also helps with a number of liver, stomach and kidney diseases, diabetes mellitus, obesity, chronic bronchitis, thyroid dysfunction. There is evidence that it has a sedative effect on stress and neurosis.
Doctors also advise including buckwheat sprouts in the diet for people who have received a large dose of radiation. Buckwheat sprouts can also be consumed by pregnant women, since these products relieve the manifestations of toxicosis.
The oil made from buckwheat sprouts makes the skin firm, elastic, velvety, and gives it a healthy color.
Buckwheat seedlings can be obtained all year round. And this is very important in the conditions of the Russian climate, especially in those regions of the country where not only long and harsh winters, but also periods of polar nights. After all, then a person especially needs nutrients! Spending very little time and effort, you can provide yourself and your loved ones with an inexhaustible source of vitamins, trace elements, enzymes and antioxidants, which are easily digestible and effective.
The body should be accustomed to such food gradually. First, you need to consume no more than 1 teaspoon of sprouted seeds per day – at breakfast, lunch or dinner. Then the amount can be increased, but not exceeding 70 grams per day. It is better not to use buckwheat sprouts at night.
Buckwheat sprouts recipes
Sprouted buckwheat is either consumed separately from other products, or added to salads or other cold snacks. It can be mixed with chopped vegetables, fruits, herbs or dried apricots, raisins. Sprouted buckwheat mixed with honey works very effectively. The main thing is not to expose the germinated seeds to heating.
There are many recipes for dishes that use sprouted buckwheat. For example, it can be poured over with milk, mixed with a pear. These sprouts are very popular with vegetarian food advocates. Well, many fans of the so-called “raw food diet” generally cannot imagine life without sprouted buckwheat grains.
It should be noted that frequent use of sprouts can harm, for example, those people who have a peptic ulcer.
