By Dr Sirisha Potluri MD
Soak the seeds for 24 hours, then drain the water. Keep the seeds in the jars and keep them in the pantry or under the kitchen cabinets. Twice a day wash the seeds morning and evening and drain the water. Once you start seeing sprouts, put them near the light for the sprouts to grow good. Make sure you wash them twice a day until you get the size of the sprouts you want. I made them in the colander too, washing them twice a day and covering with a wet towel.
Sharing a few pictures of how we make sprouts at our home.
we can use sprouts in salads, sandwiches, on top of Dosa, in rice rolls, wraps, etc.
Broccoli sprouts, germinated seeds of Brocolli may improve survival rates of bladder cancer patients, help protect skin cells from sun damage, and potentially boost liver detoxification. They also have among the highest concentrations of sulforaphane, a dietary component of cruciferous vegetables that have been shown to benefit autism and suppress the ability of breast cancer stem cells to form tumors.
Cancer cells can use epigenetics against us by silencing tumor-suppressor genes that could otherwise stop cancer in its tracks.
Three hours after eating a cup of broccoli sprouts, the enzyme that cancers use to help silence our defenses is suppressed in our bloodstream to an extent equal to or greater than the chemotherapy agent specifically designed for that purpose, without the toxic side effects.
Cancerous stem cells may be why breast cancer can return, even up to 25 years after being fought off successfully the first time. When people are told that they are cancer-free, it may mean their tumors are gone, but if their stem cells are cancerous, the tumors still might reappear many years later. Johns Hopkins University researchers asked women scheduled for breast reduction surgery to drink broccoli-sprout juice an hour before their procedure. After dissecting their breast tissue post-surgery, the researchers found evidence of significant sulforaphane buildup. In other words, we now know that the cancer-fighting nutrients in broccoli sprouts do find their way to the right place when we swallow them.