365: How To Grow Sprouts + Microgreens (To Support Liver Detox) w/ Doug Evans

The Healthy Skin Show

If you’ve wanted to start growing your own sprouts, this is for you! I learned how to grow sprouts after becoming fed up with the expensive packages from the store getting slimy a day or so after buying them.
I’ve continued to sprout different types of seeds and encourage clients to also do this, since sprouts (especially broccoli sprouts) are so good for your liver detoxification.
So if you think that sprouting is hard to learn – it’s not!
In fact, it’s so easy that my husband who doesn’t even eat sprouts helps me. It takes less than a minute to care for them, and they add so much nutritional value to your meals.
To help you learn more about how to grow sprouts in a jar, the difference between sprouts and microgreens, AND how to keep the mold and slime away, I’m joined by Doug Evans, who is considered to be an early pioneer in the natural food industry.
In 2002, he co-founded Organic Avenue, one of the first exclusively raw, organic, and plant-based retail chains in the country. He then founded Juicero, the first fresh, farm-to-glass automatic cold-press juicer. Doug is now the founder of The Sprouting Company and lives in the Mojave Desert at Wonder Valley Hot Springs. He wrote The Sprout Book to teach people about the power of sprouts and how to start sprouting.
So let’s dive in!
In This Episode:

• Why sprouts are so nutritious
• How to grow sprouts at home (to avoid the slimy store-bought ones)
• Difference between sprouts, shoots + microgreens
• Best method to grow sprouts (jar vs tray vs paper towel)
• Picking the right seeds to sprout to avoid glyphosate + low nutrients
• Food-borne illnesses + sprouts
• How to store sprouts so they last to avoid MOLD!
• Tips to add sprouts to your diet
• Beginner-friendly options to start your sprouting journey

Quotes
“For me, there's nothing better, fresher, healthier than consuming sprouts that you get to grow on your own.”
“So the sprouting seeds, you can have top shelf and bottom shelf. So just getting a seed from a bulk bin…in a grocery store. We don't know where it came from, we don't know how old it is, we don't know what it's been exposed to. So since we're using these seeds to grow food for you know ourselves and our family, we want to have the best.”
Links
Find Doug online | Instagram | Instagram | Tiktok
Get Doug’s book, The Sprout Book
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Capíttulos

1. Introduction (00:00:00)

2. Why sprouts are so nutritious (and good for liver detoxification) (00:01:14)

3. How to sprout at home (to avoid the slimy store-bought ones) (00:04:13)

4. Difference between sprouts, shoots + microgreens (00:07:18)

5. Best method to grow sprouts (jar vs tray vs paper towel) (00:11:10)

6. Picking the right seeds to sprout to avoid glyphosate + low nutrients (00:16:12)

7. Food-borne illnesses + sprouts (00:21:15)

8. How to store sprouts so they last to avoid MOLD! (00:22:45)

9. Tips to add sprouts to your diet (00:25:29)

10. Beginner-friendly options to start your sprouting journey (00:27:06)

11. Final thoughts (00:28:14)