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5. Why Activate?
The process of activating your nuts makes it so that the minerals in them are more easily absorbed by your body. When you soak seeds and nuts in water, two things happen: leaching of protease inhibitors (molecules that stop digestion) into the water and activating of the germination process, so the amount of starch and fiber reduces, while the protein and vitamin content come up.