Health

You've probably heard many times that breakfast is an important meal of the day. This article is about a nutrient-rich breakfast, focusing on grains and sprouted grains for better digestibility. At the end, we'll introduce you to our grain mix "Keimliebe" (Sprout Love), which consists of fiber-rich organic varieties. The importance of a nutrient-rich breakfast: Breakfast is […]

Introduction Broccoli sprouts are young seedlings of the broccoli plant, harvested a few days after germination. Like many other cruciferous vegetables, they contain the plant compound sulforaphane. Sulforaphane is a sulfur-containing breakdown product of glucosinolates and has been studied in nutritional and health research for years. In this article, we take a look at what distinguishes broccoli sprouts, their properties […]

Guest post by Beate Caglar (Mindful Nutrition): What's the truth behind the detox myth? We often read that the body doesn't need help detoxifying. Rather, it's supposedly capable of removing toxins and pollutants itself, and therefore there's nothing to detoxify. Is "detox" (the English word for detoxifying) then just a myth? Before the beginning of the age […]

Sulforaphane is a plant compound found in sprouts. It is a member of the Brassicaceae family, which includes all types of cabbage, such as broccoli and kale, as well as radishes and many others. Sulforaphane from broccoli sprouts has been investigated in experimental studies using tumor cells and animal models. These results come from studies such as […]