>I'm no authority, but I did call up an author (Steve Meyerowitz -
>the "Sproutman")....snip.......the following scoop is based on
>the original researcher's comments to him:

>(1) The alfalfa used in the studies was only partially sprouted.
...snip

>(2) The animal subjects were fed inordinate amounts of these "sprouts"
>in a compressed/dehydrated format. ....snip....

>(3) The ill effects are "lupus-like symptoms". NOT LUPUS.
>Furthermore, these symptoms go away when one stops this abusive sprout
>habit. (I don't recall if these "lupus-like" symptoms occurred only
>in lab animals, or if they also occurred in humans "abusing" sprouts.
>I think I recall him saying that the occurrences in humans were not
>solely attributable to the sprouts in the diet.)
....snip....

>[BTW, the Sproutman advocated only eating seed sprouts.

Truly fascinating, Roy...I do my own sprouting, too, and am fairly fanatic
about washing out the unsprouted seeds--dunno if that is an instintive
distaste or a caution or a trained fastidiousness--whatever , I don't sprout
stuff often, but I particularly love Sproutman's buckwheat and radish rose
sprouts in sandwiches and salads--oops, gave my dietary perfidity away,
didn't I? (Well, I'm "thinking on it", as we say here in the deep south).

Jaffe Bros. (P.O. Box 636; Valley Center, CA 92082 carry's organic seed,
too, but large quantity (2#), as well as organic beans, dried fruits,grains,
nuts---. I have lost my Sproutman address, ***HINT***!!!

Pat