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WM BARR . =ABSOLUTE TRASH

What is your most important seed in your diet? We never talk seeds, the powerhouse of nutrition.





Posted - February 21, 2019
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  • 34283
    Probably the wheat seed. Something has to make my bread.
      February 21, 2019 10:26 AM MST
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  • 46117
    Oh boy.   The gluten issue is a big one with many people.  But I think wheat is amazing.  

    I have wheatberries.   This is what grows wheat, I guess.  (??)   I know it grows wheatgrass and I cannot believe I don't know this, but I am not sure if this produces wheat.  I don't think so.  I think they are separate.  Anywhoooo a wheat grain and a wheat berry are similar enough for me to tell you they are both loaded with nutrition and if you merely set the seeds in filtered water overnight and maybe drain and let it sit for a day or two, the seeds sprout and at this state, they are super packed with nutrients and many use them in this state because it gives a noticeable amount of energy not available in cooked foods.


      February 21, 2019 10:29 AM MST
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  • 44619
    Wheat berries are wheat seeds and grow wheat plants. Wheat grass is the young shoots of them. Go here to find out first hand and compare to a few other foods.

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wheatgrass
      February 21, 2019 12:21 PM MST
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  • 5835
    Women should avoid swallowing watermelon seeds.
      February 21, 2019 10:38 AM MST
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  • 44619
    They taste better when chewed.
      February 21, 2019 11:25 AM MST
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  • 46117
    No.  That is NOT how we are born.
      February 21, 2019 12:07 PM MST
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  • 7939
    The ones that grow coffee, which I thought may not have fit the question until I reverse-image-searched your second image. lol Yeah, if that counts in your book, coffee counts in mine. 
      February 21, 2019 11:45 AM MST
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  • 46117
    It's a nut.  It is a seed.   I think.  Isn't that how you grow them?  Sure.  It's a seed.  Good answer.

    OH by the way, hemp seeds are really nutritious This post was edited by WM BARR . =ABSOLUTE TRASH at February 21, 2019 1:40 PM MST
      February 21, 2019 12:07 PM MST
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  • 44619
      February 21, 2019 12:24 PM MST
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  • 17596
    coffee arabica are coffee seeds
      February 21, 2019 11:35 PM MST
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  • Pumpkin seeds....I wish I could bring them in by the barrel full. 
      February 21, 2019 12:54 PM MST
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  • 4624
    I couldn't say which is the most important,
    because I focus on variety
    to nourish the diversity of good bacteria in my gut biome.

    I boycott chia and quinoa because their commercial production is causing the poverty and destruction of the native tribes who used to depend on them for their staple diets.

    Nuts: cahew, almond, pecan, walnut, peanut, brazil, pistachio, hazel and macadamia
    Cereals, (wHole or wholemeal): rice. oats, barley, wheat, corn
    Pulses: soy, chick pea, split pea, aduki, red kidney, green & brown lentil, berlotti, butter beans
    Seeds: pine, pumpkin, sunflower, sesame, poppy

    And let's not forget that every vegetable and fruit grows from seed.

    And for those who eat animals or their products,
    the animals depended for their lives on plants that grew from seeds
      February 21, 2019 1:32 PM MST
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  • 5835
    I boycott quinoa because nobody knows how to pronounce it.
      February 22, 2019 4:42 AM MST
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  • 14795
    I think it's so important too suck'seed in life ,it was in'grained in me as a child when I had to Millet for everyone....:( 
      February 21, 2019 1:43 PM MST
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  • 23577


    Pop-Tarts




    (just kidding)

    :)


    I don't eat seeds in any amount nearing even a small amount that would be nutritionally good for me.
      February 21, 2019 1:44 PM MST
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  • 17596
    I eat 1/4 cup sesame seeds most days.  They are full of good stuff.  Lots of copper and potassium.  People seem to forget about those delicious little seeds. This post was edited by Thriftymaid at February 21, 2019 11:31 PM MST
      February 21, 2019 11:19 PM MST
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  • 46117
    They do have a very strong and pleasant flavor.
      February 21, 2019 11:22 PM MST
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  • i put chia seeds on anything i can because they help me to go poo 

    one time one i made chia seed brownies, i brought them to work and everyone was pooing!!!!
      February 22, 2019 5:20 AM MST
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  • 6098
    I use pumpkin, sunflower, toasted sesame, and pine nuts (are they seeds?). 
      February 22, 2019 5:57 AM MST
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