By Kreg Weiss, B HKin • August 18th, 2009

Almonds and other nuts and seeds are more easily digestible if soaked overnight with a bit of salt. This soaking breaks down the anti-digestive enzyme coating and allows your body optimal absorption of the vitamins found in the nuts and seeds.   Nuts and seeds contain small amounts of phytic acid, which is an anti-digestive enzyme found in the skin of the nut or seed. These enzymes are there because it prevents the seeds and nuts from sprouting prematurely in nature, and also encourages nut-loving animals like squirrels to get a variety of food in their diet.

The little bit of salt helps de-activate the enzyme inhibitors. This is actually an ancient, ancestral method that was used by people in Central America. They first soaked nuts and seeds in seawater before dehydrating them.

Your stomach acids are concentrated after your nightly sleep and are efficient at absorbing the easily digestible plant-based proteins found in nuts. This protein in the morning helps stabilize your blood sugar for the rest of the day.

Almonds also contain Vitamin E, magnesium, potassium and monounsaturated fat which is a good fat that helps lower cholesterol. ...

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Kreg is a co-founder of My Yoga Online and certified Hatha Yoga Teacher. Several years ago, Kreg discovered yoga while teaching health and fitness. Yoga dramatically transformed Kreg's approach to teaching health and...