Definitely 100% agree with black heart that grains are Ital. They comprise about 1/3 of my diet, too. My favourites are barley, quinoa, then I also like wheat & rice.
However, reasoningtime raise a good point about phytic acid. I see the way JAH created everything as perfect, so I agree with blackheart on that one that grains don't have "too much this or too little that". However, I would like to share my experience with nuts in particular.
I mentioned a while ago that I began having white spots on my nails. Anyway, to cut a long story short, I read about soaking nuts in order to remove phytic acid (this is the enzyme inhibitor that effectively lets them pass through the gut of an animal unscaved so that it can germinate out the other end). Once removed, the nuts begin to sprout, and immediately become more digestable.
Now all of the white spots on my nails are completely gone, and I started soaking my oats, too for porridge, and all of my previous digestive troubles have vanished.
So I definitely do think that there is something to soaking. "removing the phytic acid" is just a scientific way of putting what happens instinctively with animals. The seeds pass through them undigested so that they can germinate. Soak them, and they sprout, and no longer they pass through un digested.
Well, I can only speak from experience and I can tell you that since soaking the nuts and oats the difference is HUGE. No white spots on nails, no digestive troubles anymore.
All the best,
Joe
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