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Phytic Acid: The Antinutrient in Your Wheat That Likes to Moonlight as a Good Guy

Phytic Acid: The Antinutrient in Your Wheat That Likes to Moonlight as a Good Guy

Posted by | Nov 11, 2019 | |

Phytic acid binds to minerals and keeps them from being absorbed. If you have an iron, zinc, magnesium, or manganese deficiency, phytic acid might be part of your problem, but long fermentation We use a long-fermentation process breaks down phytic acid and gluten proteins, resulting in a healthy, easier-to-digest, delicious bread that has all the vitamins and minerals naturally found in wheat bioavailable.

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Hydration and Sourdough Whole Wheat Bread

Hydration and Sourdough Whole Wheat Bread

Posted by | Mar 5, 2021 | , |

Whole grains come packed with enzymes and good bacteria, both of which will accelerate the bulk rise. To mitigate the negative side effects of the grain and to release the full nutritional value contained therein, you may need to retard your long ferment in the fridge. This will help to break down gluten into a more digestible form of protein, dissolve phytic acid to make vitamins and minerals more bioavailable, and allow the yeast and bacteria time to consume many of the sugars and starches, which will promote a lower glycemic response to the bread.

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Probiotics & Prebiotics: Why You Need Both in Sourdough

Probiotics & Prebiotics: Why You Need Both in Sourdough

Posted by | Nov 25, 2019 | |

The sourdough fermentation process uses friendly bacteria to make the bread rise and break down the gluten, which results in many of the gluten intolerant being able to eat this bread without a negative result. In addition the phytic acid is mitigated so that you can actually absorb the minerals and vitamins from wheat. Then the baked bread “fertilizes” the good bacteria in your gut, provides nutrition to your colon, and leads to a healthy digestive system.

Basically, prebiotics is a type of fiber that feeds the probiotics in your digestive system, releasing more nutrients into your body.

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