My wife and I have been trying to reduce/improve our carb intake. She recently brought home some Ezekiel brand cereal that is made of “sprouted grain.”
We’ve done a little googling, but a lot of the info we’ve found on-line impresses us as heavy on the claims, but light on the data. Do any of you have strong opinions/support for whether cereal/bread made with “sprouted grain” is any better/different than that made w/ whole grains?
One thing we noticed is this stuff really fills you up. Generally, after eating a bowl of cereal, I find I’m hungry again pretty quickly. But after a bowl of this stuff, I often find myself eating my lunch much later in the day, or even not finishing all I brought. So if it encourages me to eat less… Of course, my fear is akin to Kramer’s experience w/ the “no fat” yogurt…
it does alter the carb/protein ratio, depending on how long you let the sprout grow before drying and milling. this is basically the same as “malting” barley for beer production.
I’m pretty much content trying to reduce refined flour, and looking for whole grains and fiber. And - as I’ve said before - my palate is not terribly refined. If there was a nutritious and tasty "people kibble, I’d eat it 3x a day every day!
I’m very fortunate to have a metabolism that allows me to pay limited attention to my diet. But if there is an alternative for a staple in our diets - like bread and cereal - that is better for us, we want to give it serious consideration. Like when we switched out milk for almond milk.
Not quite - malt is sprouted grain where the sprouting is terminated by heating early on. I’d say it’s *a *sprouted grain, but not *all *sprouted grains are malt.
I saw a loaf in the freezer, so I will be trying it as soon as the loaf-in-progress is finished.
I have never had much of a weight problem. For me it has always been, I know what is good for me and what is not so good. And I know I tend to eat too much of everything. Basically I should eat more fruits and veggies and fewer sweets, and should exercise more. But my weight stays pretty constant, and most people would describe me as tall and thin.
My wife lacks my constitution/tapeworm. She pays more attention than I to the “science” of nutrition. Not looking for a magic bullet, but just seeing if we’d benefit from increasing/reducing the protein/carbs/whatever in our diets. It can be so frustrating, because you can read so much contradictory info. And you have to balance it against how much $/effort you are going to invest to support a particular diet.
