| Water | 2.7 g | Calories | 570 kcal |
| Carbs | 135 g | Fat | 0 g |
| Sodium | 0.5 mg | Potassium | 1,125 mg |
| Vitamin A | 1600 IU | Thiamin B1 | 0.21 mg |
| Vitamin B2 | 0.21 mg | Niacin | 0.20 mg |
| Calcium | 165 mg | Iron | 6.5 mg |
| Vitamin B6 | 0.60 mg | Magnesium | 127 mg |
| Zinc | 2.3 mg | Copper | 0.3 mg |
| Sunflower Seeds | 1 Serving 1 oz | ||
| Calories | 160 | Calories from Fat | 120 |
| Total Fat | 1.4 g | Saturated Fat | 1.5 g |
| Trans Fat | 0 g | Cholesterol | 0 g |
| Sodium | 0 g | Total Carbohydrate | 5 g |
| Dietary Fiber | 3 g | Sugar | 1 g |
| Protein | 6 g | Calcium | 4 % |
| Iron | 10 % |
Once grains are ground to flour, vitamins, enzymes and natural oils begin to deteriorate and disappear. That's why I only use freshly ground grains.
Sourdough
is a leavening agent and a natural mold inhibitor. I use it in all of my breads. In the process of making sourdough bread, during
the rising time, bran in the flour is broken down, releasing nutrients into the dough. Furthermore, with sourdough bread, complex
carbohydrates are broken down into more-digestible simple sugars. This ancient method of causing dough to rise is achieved without
artificial additives. The dough ferments from bacteria that naturally occur when flour and water are mixed.
The natural fermentation
continues its useful effect inside the gut, aiding the process of digestion and facilitating the body's access to the nutrients in
the dough.
What Are Whole Grains?
Whole grain foods contain all three parts of the grain: the bran, the endosperm and germ.
Read between the lines!
Just because a product label "sounds" healthy doesn't mean it is. For example, "multigrain" only means that the product contains more than one grain, not that whole grains were used.
And "stone-ground" is a technique for grinding grains. Don't assume these terms mean that the product was made from a whole grain - it's still important to read the ingredient list.
Many biochemical researchers, nutritionists and herbalists believe that the body will never achieve maximum nutrition and an ultimate healthy state without whole foods. Vitamin supplements do not replace the nutritional value of whole foods because vitamins only resemble selected parts of a food.