Re: Trip to the health food store/alfalfa

[Guest guest]

> I would never eat alfalfa or anything containing it. It has a

> toxic amino-acid called canavanine in it, not in levels that are

> considered dangerous, but alfalfa tastes nasty anyway, so why eat

> it? Alfalfa is Spanky's buddy, not yours. Alfalfa is for horses.

>

>

I eat alfalfa sprouts everyday (only a little--don't want to overdo

the phytoestrogens) and I find them DELICIOUS. Needless to say, they

are extremely nutritious. Here's an article that convinced me to

completely ignore the non-issue with canavanine:

http://rawfoods.com/articles/sproutmyths.html

We should probably be much more concerned with thousands of other

chemicals in plants, like the goitrogens in raw unfermented brassica,

which makes me nervous because it's so tempting to eat a lot of raw

kale, turnip greens, broccoli, etc.

mike parker

[Guest guest]

> I eat alfalfa sprouts everyday (only a little--don't want to overdo

> the phytoestrogens) and I find them DELICIOUS. Needless to say,

they

> are extremely nutritious. Here's an article that convinced me to

> completely ignore the non-issue with canavanine:

> http://rawfoods.com/articles/sproutmyths.html

> We should probably be much more concerned with thousands of other

> chemicals in plants, like the goitrogens in raw unfermented

brassica,

> which makes me nervous because it's so tempting to eat a lot of raw

> kale, turnip greens, broccoli, etc.

I eat clover sprouts because of the canvanine issue. I find the

taste to be pretty much exactlyt the same. Are alfalfa sprouts more

nutrient dense?

I only eat small amounts also, because I don't like them cooked, and

significant amounts of any sprouts that aren't cooked gives me an

ichy mouth.

Chris

[Guest guest]

> I eat clover sprouts because of the canvanine issue. I find the

> taste to be pretty much exactlyt the same. Are alfalfa sprouts

more

> nutrient dense?

>

> I only eat small amounts also, because I don't like them cooked,

and

> significant amounts of any sprouts that aren't cooked gives me an

> ichy mouth.

>

> Chris

i doubt there's any significant nutritional advantage to one or the

other. i eat both (and about a dozen other sprouts) based on the

variety principle. i would eat a few cups of alfalfa and clover

sprouts everyday if it weren't for the risk of too much

phytoestrogens. i cut way down at one point when i learned about

this, and i was very sad. i remember how sad i was when i gave up

soy too! i still crave tofu, but i'm enjoying my raw beef too much

to notice.

mike parker

[Guest guest]

Well then yours and my tastes differ radically, because

I find neither alfalfa, nor raw kale, raw turnip greens

or raw broccoli tempting. Since no traditional culture

has ever used alfalfa as a human food, and since I've never

seen any convincing argument that they are beneficial, I

would never eat them or recommend them to anyone else.

> > I would never eat alfalfa or anything containing it. It has a

> > toxic amino-acid called canavanine in it, not in levels that are

> > considered dangerous, but alfalfa tastes nasty anyway, so why eat

> > it? Alfalfa is Spanky's buddy, not yours. Alfalfa is for horses.

> >

> >

>

> I eat alfalfa sprouts everyday (only a little--don't want to overdo

> the phytoestrogens) and I find them DELICIOUS. Needless to say,

they

> are extremely nutritious. Here's an article that convinced me to

> completely ignore the non-issue with canavanine:

> http://rawfoods.com/articles/sproutmyths.html

> We should probably be much more concerned with thousands of other

> chemicals in plants, like the goitrogens in raw unfermented

brassica,

> which makes me nervous because it's so tempting to eat a lot of raw

> kale, turnip greens, broccoli, etc.

>

> mike parker

[Guest guest]

> I would never eat alfalfa or anything containing it. It has a

> toxic amino-acid called canavanine in it

---->i believe that's only in the sprout, but not the mature plant.

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