Should microgreens be a part of my diet? One of the most important questions I have ever asked myself. Up until several years ago I did not even realize that I knew what a microgreen was. To be fair I had seen them but, I did not know what they were called. I would go to dinner at a nice restaurant and see this tiny plant on my food and honestly more often than not I would move it aside and eat my meal. I did not realize that a nutrient rich powerhouse was sitting right on my plate, and I had just pushed it away with my fork.
Fast forward and now I can not believe that I did not realize the massive source of essential nutrients that were right in front of me in this tiny little plant. Microgreens have been served in restaurants since the early 1980’s. The first known restaurant to serve them was in San Francisco, California. But, outside of an occasional meal at a nice restaurant most people have not heard or seen micros. They just are not as popular as sprouts, which most people have heard of. However, microgreens are more nutritious than sprouts and also have more fiber. That is why we are informing as many people as we can as to how amazing microgreens truly are and how they can help you enjoy a better quality of life!
So, how did I answer the question of if I needed to add microgreens to my diet? Well, the answer came from necessity more then anything else. Autoimmune diseases run in my family and several of my family members were not getting the relief that they needed to have a good quality of life. I am not a doctor, however I knew that I was not healthy and none of the suggestions that my doctors were giving me helped so it was time that I became an advocate for myself and my family. This made me start wondering what natural options are there out there to treat diseases like autoimmune and others? I did not really get an answer to this question but, on thing I did keep seeing is that a healthy diet is always something that was suggested. I have always tried to eat healthy but, little did I know that there was so much more that I could be doing to make sure that I was getting all the vitamins, minerals, and antioxidants that my body needed.
As I started digging deeper into different ways of getting those essential vitamins, minerals, and antioxidants I discovered microgreens. At first it seemed too easy that eating these tiny little plants could make such a major difference in my diet. But, a few weeks after I started adding them to my meals I started to see huge health benefits. Not only did my inflamation reduce drastically, I noticed that I was using the bathroom daily (I have always suffered from serious constipation), those aches and pains when I woke up or was in one position too long started to become less painful, my skin started to change color to a more pink hue, apparently I started to have a glow as everyone around me noticed and started asking me what I was doing differently, I was started losing a few pounds (I was not even trying), my hair was not nearly as brittle and even my hairdresser commented that it grew faster out faster then it ever had, and I even noticed that it was easier to fall and stay asleep.
The journey that I have been on incorporating microgreens as part of my regular diet has led me to sing from the rooftops. YES microgreens should be part of everyone's diet. If you find that you just can not stomach the fresh microgreens whole then I definitely suggest chopping them up as you would parsley. Use as a garish when you are done cooking your meal and chances are that you will not even realize that they are in your food.
Still having a hard time stomaching the thought of little veggies on your food or have a texture issue that keeps this from working for you. No problem there, we have got you! Arizona Artisan Microgreens offers dried microgreen seasonings that you garnish your food with just like salt or pepper. The reason we have a dried seasoning line is because I have a family member who has severe texture issues. It has been a lifelong battle for them to be able to consume vegetables. Forget them being able to get the vitamins, antioxidants, and nutrients that they needed from fresh foods. They would take a multi vitamin but, we knew that we could do better. I mean, we had answered so many of our own health issues and wanted to make sure that we could do the same for our family members. So, once we realized that we could dry microgreens at a very low heat and they are still considered a raw vegetable and maintain most of the nutrients, minerals, and antioxidants as a fresh micro. We knew we had developed a product that would not only help our family members, but would also others who did not consume enough vegetables.
There are so many others out there who struggle to consume the necessary vegetables to be healthy. If you are currently restricting calories, microgreens are a fantastic choice for you! If you are restricting calories to lose weight or become healthier, you will love microgreens! You get more vitamins, minerals and antioxidants with very low calories and amazing taste as opposed to eating the mature vegetable counterpart.
This also makes microgreens a fantastic choice for gastric bypass or bariatric surgery. When you are limited in the amount of food that you can eat it is very important to make sure that you are prioritizing foods that will give you the vitamins and nutrients that you body needs and wants.
At Arizona Artisan Microgreens we are so happy that we have found a natural, clean, nutritious solution to our health problems. In doing so we are also happy that we can help others. If you need more information about microgreens be sure to read Microgreen Nutritional Benefits which goes into deeper detail of the vitamins, minerals, and antioxidants found in microgreens.
