Activated NUTS and SEEDS

Fermented/Dehydrated WALNUTS, ALMONDS, PECANS and PEPITAS
From 2DIE4, the food alchemists of Byron Bay, Australia

WHY Activated NUTS and SEEDS ???
WHY INDEED!!!

The 60’s/70’s movement into raw and whole foods contained major blunders in our search for healthier diets. Sadly omitted from that wildly developing new cuisine was the ancient art of fermentation, for, with the wise application of this bounteous craft, nutrients such as proteins, carbs and malts, which are otherwise toxic or allergenic, are enzymatically converted to a pre-digested state, leaving that food detoxed, nutritionally enhanced, eminently digestible (pre-digested), far far tastier, and naturally preserved. Free of anti-nutrients too.
You see, modern friendly science is proving that in all raw and dried foods, especially seeds such as grains, beans, pulses and nuts, there abound several different naturally-occurring chemicals, broadly termed “anti- nutrients”, which are not intended for human consumption. These anti-nutrients, such as phytic acid, oligosaccharides, oxalic acid, tannins and several others, are part of a plant’s own immune system, and as such, have various functions – eg., some acting as natural preservatives, preventing the harvested food from rotting quickly by thwarting bacterial devourment; others protecting the seed’s ability to germinate, and so on.

Those seeds and grains want to survive and become trees and wheat!

When consumed, as we continually and unwittingly do in raw and ill-prepared foods, these natural plant sentinels are toxic to us, and wreak havoc upon numerous body functions. Just as phytic acid prevents bacterial digestion of plants, so too does it impair our own ability to digest the very foods that contain those phytates. Moreover, anti-nutrients also bind with virtually the whole chain of minerals and render these crucial nutrients inaccessible to the human system – hence the term “anti-nutrients”.
Fermentation = equals activation, de-toxing, pre-digestion and full nutrient enhancement.

The Greek word for fermentation αλχημεία, the process we have applied to 2die4 Live Food’s nuts, means alchemy.

Note: Gluten in wheat is a marvelous vegetarian 2-part protein that has been falsely demonized. Once a bread or pizza dough is allowed to ferment for at least 6 hours (as was common practice until the 1950’s), the significant enzyme activity generated converts not only the gluten but also the maltose, carbs and other elements into their beneficial, digestible alter-egos. And since 99% of modern-day bread and other wheat products are made at breakneck speed, we have the illusion of a gluten-allergy epidemic on our hands.

We have lost the connection with sloooow! Sloooow nourishes. Speed kills - in the kitchen too.

We are not born “gluten-intolerant”, we are quite naturally intolerant of any and all ill-prepared proteins - like gluten, and like the powerful proteins in nuts. We are in fact allergic to the galloping haste of modern life and to the absolute rush of essential food production processes.

HOW Activated ???

2de4 Live Foods ACTIVATED nuts and seeds have been long soaked in a uniquely developed natural solution, where the proliferating lactic acid/enzyme environment sets about its brilliant work. A simple procedure, yet promoting such a profound change - the dormant seed has been both activated and de-toxed.
The nut swells; various beneficial bacilli which naturally inhabit the surfaces of all raw foods multiply.
Presto! Fermentation has begun.
Next, they are long-dried (dehydrated, not cooked) at very low temperatures.
This arrests (does not kill) this nutrient-enlivening transformation, which simply re-activates once the nut mixes with our saliva. 2die4’s ACTIVATED nuts and seeds are crunchy, similar to, but far more digestible and nutritious than the original; they’re alive, and not at all taxing on the body. Tastier too!

The BENEFITS of Activated FOODS

When activated foods are ingested, a healthy intestinal flora is promoted, the growth of harmful bacteria is thwarted, digestibility is greatly enhanced, and the nutrient contribution of foods is increased.
This alchemical transformation affects the body in myriad ways - in promoting good sleep, alleviating constipation, reducing cholesterol and blood sugar, activating the pancreas (diabetes), lowering blood pressure, alleviating asthma and allergic conditions, bolstering the immune systems, and much more.

Some of the most alive and health-promoting foods on this planet are fermented - powerfoods such as tempeh, long-fermented breads, kimchi, yoghurt, miso, olives, tamari, sauerkraut, umeboshi, wine, idli (from fermented rice flour).

Control-fermented foods are medicines of the highest calibre, both curative and preventative.
Nuts should always be stored cool, but as well as being vulnerable to heat, staleness, rancidity and fungal contamination, they contain several anti-nutrients – hence varied reasons for our inability to consume many raw nuts at one sitting. The digestion gets heavy. It is quite natural, even sensible, that after 6 raw walnuts, peanuts or almonds we say “enough!”

Activation of nuts and seeds via 2die4’s methods induces a totally different body response. They become noticeably lighter, tastier, more nourishing, free of bitterness, markedly more-ish, and in fact, as many of our very alive clients have spontaneously declared, “2die4”!!