Your sprouted seed crackers sound great.  Please post recipes!!

Re omega 6:omega 3--only walnuts and flax seed are okay re omega 3.  Flax
seed is actually high in it.  Walnuts are just not too low.

     - Sheryl


In a message dated 10/9/2001 8:28:08 PM Eastern Daylight Time,
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> I read the recent link about sunflower seeds with great interested.  I've
> been experimenting with "living foods" in conjunction with the rules of
> paleo
> eating.  So, I've been adding things like sprouted, dehydrated seed crackers
> to my diet.  Many of the bases of the "cookies" and  "crackers"  I make are
> sunflower seeds and flax.  While all the ingredients I use are paleo
> friendly, I'm wondering if eating whole, soaked and sprouted seeds
> (sunflower, flax) and nuts ( mostly almonds, walnut, pine nuts) can upset
> the
> Omega 3:6 ratio we try so hard to keep in balance by eating Paleo....  What
> percentage of nuts and seeds did Paleo people here in the Northeast include
> in their diet? If I eat grass fed everything, will the seeds and nuts upset
> the applecart, so to speak....?
>
> I have a few Native American cookbooks.  While the recipes call for
> sunflower
> butter or oil dribbled on just about everything, I question how prevalent
> these foodstuffs were in  the daily fare of hunter gatherer tribes, as
> opposed to the more agricultural ones.
>
> Cheers,
>
> Judy Genova, cavegirl
>