Alvarado St. Bakery makes their breads, bagels, buns, pizzas, and tortillas from sprouted whole wheat as opposed to flour. They take whole, organic wheat berries and soak them in filtered water until they “sprout” and begin to grow. This concept of baking dates back to biblical times when sprouted grains were used. This process naturally makes starchy grains easily digestible and more readily assimilated by the body.

Alvarado St. Bakery would never knowingly use GMO ingredients. (genetically modified) They are in support of the growing movement here in the U.S. that wants the government to insist that foods be clearly labeled if they are GMOs. (Products are not allowed to be labeled as such now.)

Our daughter and s-i-l gave me a great book for part of my Mother’s Day gift. It’s called The Organic Food Shopper’s Guide by Jeff Cox, published this year. Talk about an eye opener, I’ve read a little about genetically modified food crops (GMO), but this book goes into detail. Now, I’m really concerned about what kind of weird foods we might be eating. It’s very concerning to think that we might be eating foods that could be damaging to our health.

• In 2001, a genetically modified corn crop contained a gene which produced “aprotinin” which is a “trypsin inhibitor,” known to cause pancreatic disease in animals. (Pollen can spread and turn non-GMO plants offspring into GMO plants.)
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• Another genetically altered corn crop produced a glycoprotein found on the surface of two strains of HIV and “simian immunodeficiency virus.” When this gets into the human blood stream, it kills white blood cells. The U.S. ordered this crop destroyed, but it had contaminated another 155 acres of corn which also had to be destroyed. (My question is how many other crops were contaminated?)

• In the U.S., genetically modified foods are not allowed to be labeled!

I’ve just started reading this book, so I will probably be sharing more info later.

Ezekiel Bread makes great toast and is so unbelievably healthy. We like to toast it and top with Smart Balance and organic preserves. Yummy! We have been eating it for a couple of years now, and even our son likes the Sesame. It is so nutritious that I try to eat it often to help my FIBROMYALGIA:

• It’s completely ORGANIC!
• It’s sprouted 100% whole grain bread.
• It’s made from wheat, barley, beans, lentils, millet & spelt which make a complete protein. That’s why Ezekiel was able to live eating only this bread with water for over a year. (from the Bible, Ezekiel 4:19)
• The protein quality is very high, so high that it is 84 % as good as the highest known source of protein.
  
• It has a total of 18 naturally balanced amino acids, all from vegetable sources.
• It does not contain any white flour.
  

I know from experience that I can have a slice of toasted Ezekiel Bread and a cup of green tea for breakfast and it satisfies me and I don’t get hungry for a while. I even use it to make my favorite peanut butter sandwich.

This bread is in the frozen food section. We buy it at Central Market, but it can also be found in the grocery section at health food stores. It comes in three varieties, our favorites being the Cinnamon Raisin and also the Sesame Seed.

If you’d like to make your own Ezekiel bread, click here.