If that is so then that is a good reason to only eat them in small amounts. They are a very concentrated form of food so you really don't need much. How much almond milk does one need for a bowl of oatmeal or cereal. Eaten with other foods the inhibitors would be diluted.
I learned the same way to go easy on the trail mix. <smile> But I do love good raw cashews, very hard to find though, most of them are not kept cold enough and develop a nasty after taste, even the organic ones. Garnet On Mon, 2004-11-15 at 19:18, Tad Winiecki wrote: > I learned recently why eating lots of raw nuts has sometimes given me a > stomachache. They contain enzyme inhibitors that prevent their digestion. > I would think that would apply to the almond milk if uncooked. > > Nancy > > http://www.westonaprice.org/nutrition_greats/howell.html > > Grains, nuts, legumes and seeds are rich in enzymes, as well as other > nutrients, but they also contain enzyme inhibitors. Unless deactivated, > these enzyme inhibitors can put an even greater strain on the digestive > system than cooked foods. Sprouting, soaking in warm acidic water, sour > leavening, culturing and fermenting-all processes used in traditional > societies-deactivate enzyme inhibitors, thus making nutrients in grains, > nuts and seeds more readily available. > > > > -- > The Silver List is a moderated forum for discussing Colloidal Silver. > > Instructions for unsubscribing are posted at: http://silverlist.org > > To post, address your message to: silver-list@eskimo.com > Silver List archive: http://escribe.com/health/thesilverlist/index.html > > Address Off-Topic messages to: silver-off-topic-l...@eskimo.com > OT Archive: http://escribe.com/health/silverofftopiclist/index.html > > List maintainer: Mike Devour <mdev...@eskimo.com> >
