Microgreens

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Our Mission is to Make Healthy Habits Easy

Food is our best medicine and micro-greens happen to be one of nature's most potent super-foods! Both nutritious and delicious, microgreens are the easiest way to maintain your salad greens supply year round indoors, no matter the weather or pest problems that exist outside! And we have a great home grow kit available!

Micro-greens are an older sibling to sprouts. They take between 7-25 days to grow depending on the variety you choose. Unlike sprouts, they develop their first juvenile green leaves and are grown in a seed raising medium. Scientific studies tell us they can have up to 40 times the nutrient density of their fully mature version...simply amazing!

Don't worry if you are not a green thumb, our home grow kit has clear instructions and will enable you to tend your own living food in no time. Keep them close by to your food preparation area, to harvest when you get hungry! It's a great feeling to be a part of the natural growing cycle and that's what we want you to become involved with. If you have children, this is such a fun way for kids to get excited about healthy food and experiment with texture and flavour.

Microgreens are Superfood

Health Benefits

You maybe wondering what all the fuss is about micro-greens? Well they maybe small, but they pack a big nutrient rich punch! Nature knows we need a helping hand when it comes to staying healthy. These young, baby plants called micro-greens have much greater nutrient density than their mature versions.

Research Studies

In an American study, the University of Maryland College of Agriculture and Natural Resources, joined forces with the United States Dept. of Agriculture to produce some very convincing statistics about the nutrient content of some varieties of micro-greens . They examined nutrients such as Vitamin C, E, K and beta carotene found in 25 different types of micro-greens including cilantro, broccoli, red cabbage, radish, green basil and rocket to name a few. They were surprised to say the least, when they discovered how incredibly nutrient rich micro-greens proved to be - from 4 to 40 times the levels of antioxidants than their mature counterparts. You can read more here: https://agnr.umd.edu/news/mighty-microgreens

If you are looking for a full spectrum break down of what they discovered, the following research paper documents this study in much greater detail: https://www.researchgate.net/publication/267354000_Microgreens_Assessment_of_Nutrient_Concentrations

Sulforaphane

Infact the presence of those nutrients are just the tip of the iceberg. At Wild Banksia, we have chosen to grow a lot of varieties of the cruciferae family. Such members are: Broccoli, red cabbage, radish, rocket, red mustard and red russian kale. The reason is, we know this family of plants holds yet another particularly beneficial compound known as Sulforaphane. This amazing substance stimulates our antioxidant levels, revs up our immune response and reduces our inflammatory response...pretty useful attributes!

Micro-greens are one of the most useful additions to our diet and could be considered one of the most powerful disease preventatives we can adopt as an easy healthy habit.
What can Sulforaphane do for us?

Help reduce blood sugar levels.
Slow down cellular aging.
Boost brain function.
Assist balance mood swings, anxiety and depression.
It has potent anti-cancer fighting properties.
Boosts our immune response.
Reduce inflammation.
Assist prevent heart disease and regulate blood viscosity.
Encourage detoxification and regular bowel movements.

This compound has all eyes on it now due to it's vast range of health promoting properties and no doubt there will be much more to discover yet of the incredible benefits it can bring to our health.

Read more about Sulforaphane here: https://beyondmicrogreens.com/blogs/news/15-health-benefits-of-sulforaphane

Or if you prefer a more in-depth scientific analysis: https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5225737/

One thing is for sure however, adding micro-greens daily to your meals either fresh or dried could be the easiest habit you could adopt, to help prevent disease. Why is it easy? Their taste and texture is so complementary to just about any meal! (Maybe not dessert :)) Although in saying that, broccoli microgreens do not have a strong flavour and can easily be added to a sweet smoothie without a negative savoury taste. How good is that!

We now have dried broccoli powder available also,. Half a teaspoon per day is a great amount to have consistently. It is equivalent of approx. 1 cup of fresh microgreens.