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Default Eating raw bean sprouts safely ?

> On Apr 17, 2:40*pm, Chemo > wrote:
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> > On Apr 17, 11:22*am, "John H. Gohde" > wrote:

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> > > On Apr 17, 12:50*pm, "andy ston" > wrote:

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> > > > Recently seeing someone sprout some mung beans in a jar at home, we thought
> > > > we would have a go. But we have just seen printed on a Waitrose packet of
> > > > already sprouted beans, that they are not to be eaten raw.

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> > > > Yet we are told from other popular sources, that when raw they contain the
> > > > most nutrients.

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> > > > As far as we understand it, most health problems are likely to come from
> > > > fields where fecal matter is used as fertilizer.

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> > > > We have found all the dried mung beans that we can see sold from
> > > > Supermarkets and Health food shops in our area in North London (U.K..) are
> > > > coming from China.

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> > > > Is there a period of time that if we kept the dried beans for, any bacteria
> > > > such as e-coli and salmonella etc etc would not survive this dry
> > > > environment, and thus would be safe to sprout eat raw.

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> > > > If not, is there anything else we can to with the dried beans to eat raw
> > > > sprouts them safely? * Thanks.

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> > > There is absolutely nothing wrong with eating cooked bean sprouts,
> > > such as the way they do in Chinese food.

>
> > The OP wasn't interested in cooked sprouts but rather raw...oh, you
> > musta missed that, huh?

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> No Problem'O!
>
> There is absolutely nothing wrong with eating cooked bean sprouts,
> such as the way they do in Chinese food.
>
> LOL *Cooking stir-fried Chinese food works for moi. *




As far as receiving the benefits of eating raw, I get that from
juicing.

Gee, I guess that I believe in drinking raw, E-coli or no.