“Why do you have to soak beans for a day?” It sure does seem like a pain when you’re hungry to be working on tomorrow’s dinner, after all, but the fact is that soaking beans for a day makes healthier beans and they actually cook more quickly. Beans have a substance called phytic acid which…
Monthly Archives: June 2010
Soaking grains for nutrition?
“Should you soak grains for nutrition?” someone at our charter school asked me. “Yes, absolutely.” Grains contain phytic acid which inhibit your absorption of iron, zinc, calcium, and magnesium. If you rely on grains (and legumes and nuts) for these minerals, it is absolutely to your benefit to soak them before eating them. Here is…
Do marcona almonds have phytic acid?
“Do marcona almonds phytic acid in them?” I was asked recently. “Yes,” I answered, not actually having a specific study on marcona almonds. There actually is not a huge literature on phytic acid in nuts and seeds, as there is for grains. I assume the biggest reason for the lack of research is that most…
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Amanda Rose, Ph.D., is a political scientist and author of "Rebuild from Depression," on the link between nutrient deficiencies and depression. Her own zinc deficiency led to a keen interest in phytic acid, a component in grains, legumes, nuts, and seeds that inhibits our digestion of zinc and other minerals. A thorough examination of kitchen remedies for phytic acid is in the Phytic Acid White Paper. -
