Sprouts?

[Diggie's Friend]

Hydroponic type sprouter and organic broccoli seeds kit.

https://sproutpeople.org/broccoli-sprout-kit/

Do not use a chia pet for this; it will pull up compounds not made to support a food source, nor a good yield.

[ScrappyDo]

I've ordered sprouting seeds! So far broccoli, red cabbage, arugula, cress, radish, and kale. What about sprouting black chia seeds and black sesame seeds? (I don't feed her the seeds normally...sometimes she gets a few). What else would be good?

[Diggie's Friend]

Sounds good as far as what you have gotten so far; I wouldn't sprout them all at once, but select a few to try.

Chia and sesame seeds are both very high in oxalate content from their hulls, yet the seed hulls of sesame and chia are too small to be hulled.

The chia oil has the highest Omega 3 to Omega 6 ratio of any plant source available.

I see it as an essential nutrient source like adding a vitamin source to the diet; it balances the high amount of omega 6 in other seed sources.

[Diggie's Friend]

https://www.economicvoice.com/super-...ning/50025138/

When you posted on raw broccoli sprouts, which back some years were tried in the diet and liked, I recall there was some issue as to why we pulled them from the diet. Today I found it again; it is the same old issue of the negative effect a high concentration of goitrogens have upon rats. Raw broccoli sprouts are very high in goitrogens, which not only have been found to be anti cancerous, but also once broken down in the body can promote cancers also. This like soy that does the same in rats, goitrogens are a double edged sword when it comes to their impact on the health of rodents.

For this reason, feeding this source no more than once a week as a vegetables option is advised.