Activated Almonds are a fantastic snack! Especially when you're in a rush to get back to the park to train your next client and you can't take something that will require a plate or a glass!
First things first. What are activated almonds?
They are almonds that have been soaked in filtered water for at least 24 hours, then dehydrated in the oven on a very low temp (under 70) for 8 - 10 hours.
I can hear a lot of people now "WOW 10 hours!!! What a waste of time!!! I just eat them raw from the packet. Why would I bother doing all that?"
Basically, unless you are activating your nuts, seeds and grains (soaking then dehydrating them) the nuts, seeds and grains you're consuming are acting as anti-nutrients. This basically means that they are stealing from you not giving to you like they should!
A common miss conception that is running around is that plain raw almonds are good to consume. Many people don't understand the importance of activating your nuts, seeds and grains before consuming them for this to be a healthy choice.
It's easy to see why soaking your nuts and seeds is a good idea once you understand the job that each seed or nut has.
A seed or nuts job is to protect it's self until the conditions are just right that it can start to create new life! Until then it protects it's self in phytates. These phytates are enzyme inhibitors and will block the absorption of many valuable nutrients and minerals such as calcium, magnesium, zinc, and iron.
Activating (soaking) them will diminish the effects of phytates thus enabling the nut, seed or grain to give you nutrients that you need to be non-nutrient deficient.
De-hydrating them will arrest the growth and life process so that once you consume them this process will be re activated and off-load it's valuable nutrition to you once you have consumed it!
Give it ago. You add so much taste to each bite once you have activated your nuts and seeds that once you have done it once you will never want to consume another un-activated nut or seed again! This is proof enough that it's good for my body!
great blog shane :) Got some soaking now :) hope I dont burn this lot like the last haha, wish me luck.
ReplyDeleteChloe x
Nice read J.C, interesting concept on pregerminating the nuts. Found heaps of info and plenty of good ead on the net, here's just one I thought you might like
ReplyDeletehttp://naturalbias.com/a-hidden-danger-with-nuts-grains-and-seeds/
One more thing, how do you go with keeping the nuts, after activating them? How long do they last? Does it shorten there shelf life?
ReplyDeleteHey Browney!
ReplyDeleteThanks mate, that link was great!
As far as I know the shelf life is normal. I have not had any of mine shorten there expiry.
I guess use your best sense. The sense of smell. If they smell bad, chuck me. Also if they look a little furry haha
They are so yummy that they are lucky to last the week in my house.
You had a go? Or will this be your first activation?? :)
Good luck man, thanks for the comments!
Haven't had a go yet, but next time I buy some I will.
ReplyDeleteHave you thought of adding anything to the water? Something like water soluble vitamins maybe, so the nuts might absorbe some of the vitamin
Awesome, let me know how it goes.
ReplyDeleteI personally wouldn't add anything to the water like water soluble vitamins. If it were designed to be any more of a whole food then it was then mother nature would have intended it that way.
Most of the time you can't get access to any good quality minerals or vitamins anyway. They are usually cheap synthetic ones that would be better left alone then added. Unless you can get a whole, pure source then the body would not benefit from it all that much. The more natural and whole the food the more bio-available it is to the body.
A lot of people waste there money on multi-vitamins and they are normally purchasing a source that is a cheap synthetic brand that is not bio-available in the body anyway and especially not with out saturated fats, cholesterol and sunlight.(which most people are deficient in from their fear of good quality fats)
If we ate a more balanced diet there would be no need for supplements. Plus most supplements give you such a big dose of, lets say Vit A that it would equate to eating 1kg of carrots in one sitting which is not all that possible or beneficial.
Hey Shane,
ReplyDeleteWas just going to have a go at my first batch and discovered that my over doesn't have a low setting (lowest is 125degrees). Are you using a normal oven? any suggestions?
Hey Brett,
ReplyDeleteI have two suggestions.
1) So the overn only turns on at 125?
My ovens first number setting is 125 but the oven turns ON before that I onlt turn it to where there are no numbers on the dile which is below
100 degrees.
2) buy a small portable one from a seconds outlet store. They are like pie warmers or soemthing, really small and cost you less running that then the oven if you're only doing nuts.
Let me know how you go? :)