Does anyone know the GI of sprouted seeds?!
Question: Does anyone know the GI of sprouted seeds?
Answers:
Here is a list of many types of various sprouts. Click on any one of them and you will find their glycemic load. Unfortunately neither almond, sunflower nor buckwheat sprouts are listed specifically, but you might be able to get an idea by looking at what is there.
Hope that helps!
http://nutritiondata.self.com/foods-spro…
Sprouting converts a grain into a vegetable, so I would imagine it greatly changes the GI.
Starch is broken down within germinating seeds. For example, sprouted wheat has a very low level of starch. Sprouting creates a much more nutritious food source though.
Most seeds have enzymes that make them hard to digest but sprouting inactivates these enzymes.
http://pubs.ext.vt.edu/424/424-060/424-0…