Traditional Preparation Methods Improve Grains' Nutritive Value

Soaking or Germinating Grains The most basic method of preparing grains is prolonged soaking in water, followed by cooking. This combinatio...

How to Eat Grains

Our story begins in East Africa in 1935, with two Bantu tribes called the Kikuyu and the Wakamba. Their traditional diets were mostly veget...

Real Food VII: Lentils

Lentils are a healthy food that comes with a few caveats. They have more protein and less carbohydrate than any other legume besides soybean...

Leptin

I've been puzzled by an interesting question lately. Why is it that certain cultures are able to eat large amounts of carbohydrate and ...