Comments on: Raw Liver Safety :: Soaking Seeds :: Too much Vitamin D

By: ActiveCell Power

ActiveCell Power — Sun, 26 Sep 2010 17:45:22 +0000

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By: Camille

Camille — Wed, 15 Jul 2009 16:44:09 +0000

Hi Anna May,

I’ve been trying to find a NT way of handling sesame seeds! Can you elaborate on your methods described above? Do you soak the sesame seeds in an acid medium? Do you dry them before you roast? How do you roast them? Is this just for taste or does it break down phytates? How do you grind them? I use a coffee grinder for my flax seeds… would that be OK for the sesame seeds? To what texture do you grind them? How long do they last once roasted and ground? Do you store in the refrigerator?

Does anyone else have any information on sesame seeds that might help me?

Thanks.

By: Margaret Frison

Margaret Frison — Thu, 10 Jul 2008 20:02:33 +0000

Sally,
I read in your NT book that tahini made from ground sesame seeds is ok because the hulls have been removed which contain significant amounts of ocalic acid, phytates and enzyme inhibitors.

Organic tahini made from hulled, roasted sesame seeds is very expensive. What do you think of the following: soaking the seeds with salt water as you recommend for nuts - dry roasting in the oven and then grinding into butter via the Champion Juicer (w/ nut butter blank).

By: Abby Eagle

Abby Eagle — Fri, 06 Jun 2008 09:09:15 +0000

RE: “Answer: I have been told by several experts in this field that freezing for 14 days does the trick for parasites. Also, the FDA requires that sushi fish be frozen (not sure what the time period is) to get rid of parasites–they deem it safe after a period of freezing, which is significant because raw fish can be a serious source of parasites.”

You miss a significant piece of information - temperature.

To kill parasites and their eggs the fish or meat needs to be frozen at a constant temperature of less than -20C or -4F for 7 days. You should put a thermometer in the freezer and check it at different times of the day and over a period of days as the freezer temp can vary markedly. My freezer fluctuates between -12C and -18C. At lower temperatures less time is required but at higher temperatures longer time is required. Please check the US dept agriculture or FDA website for more info. Eating raw fish and meat should not be done without sufficient information. Kind regards Abby Eagle

By: Anna May

Anna May — Fri, 29 Feb 2008 15:42:46 +0000

All very helpful information in this Q & A column! I would like to point out that hemp seed, too, is said to lack tripsyn inhibitors, phytic acid, etc. (I’m not pretending to know much about these substances.) However, I looked up traditional uses of hemp and I don’t see - maybe I missed it - that they ate much of this as a food a long time ago. Instead, any consumption was as a medicine or the resinous bracts used as an intoxicant.

I am wondering if we should reject hemp seed as a food (it is marvellously nutritious) purely because it was never traditionally used that way…my broader question is: can something be good for us modern people without it having been known to trad. societies? My own instinct is to believe that it can be.