Food For Life Sprouted Corn Tortillas
INGREDIENTS: Organic Sprouted Whole Kernel Corn, Filtered Water, Sea salt, Lime.
Healthy Mexican food? YES! Perhaps none of you thought it was possible to have a truly healthy Mexican feast due to tortillas and tortilla chips often being fried (usually in canola oil; learn why canola oil is bad in my post of ingredients to avoid). However, fear not, as there is a healthy alternative - Food For Life's Sprouted Corn Tortillas. I have been using this product for the past few weeks and can say with absolute certainty that the taste will make you believe you're discovering corn tortillas/tortilla chips for the first time. They taste incredibly fresh and once you start eating them, you'll never go back to regular corn tortillas again; I promise you. There's a reason they taste so fresh. This is what Food For Life has to say about their corn tortillas - "Different than most corn tortillas today, these unique tortillas are made from freashly sprouted 100% organic whole kernel corn. We use no corn meal or corn flour".
The only downside is they are in the frozen section of whole foods, so you have to defrost them or thaw them. Also, if you want tortilla chips, you'll have to cut them and then bake them before using them as tortilla chips. This downside is minor and well worth the extra five to ten minutes it would take to prepare. So you probably want to know why sprouted grains are so much more healthy than regular grains. I'll let the people from Food For Life say it as they say it better than I ever could:
"The process of germination changes the composition of grain and seeds in numerous ways. Sprouting increases vitamin content. Sprouting neutralizes phytic acid – a substance present in grains – that inhibits absorption of nutrients and more important Sprouting neutralizes or "predigests" if you will, grains through enzymatic activity. The enzymes produced during our natural sprouting process "in effect" breaks down amino acid protein bonds to promote digestibility of the entire grain.
Sprouted grain bread has numerous advantages over "enriched" wheat flour breads. These breads are made from the endosperm of the wheat kernel (the inside portion), which contains primarily carbohydrates and few vitamins and minerals. The milling of grain into white flour requires the removal of the bran and the germ. This results in the loss of natural fiber, bran and 22 vitamins and minerals. To compensate, five vitamins and minerals (thiamine, riboflavin, niacin, iron and folic acid) are added back in, "enriching" the flour. Sometimes calcium is added back as well".
The best part about this is they are only $2.99 at Whole Foods, and sometimes go on sale for 2/$5, or $2.50 each; both the regular and sale prices reflect what you would roughly pay for a bag of tortilla chips. So the next time you crave Mexican food, embrace your cravings with some Food For Life Sprouted Grain Tortillas. I swear by them, and s should you.
Eat healthy, stay happy!
-Ben
