hi I'm Natalie from positively Primal and we are going to ferment pumpkin seeds you'll need organic unsalted unroasted raw pumpkin seeds I use a 32 ounce mason jar but I'm making a lot of pumpkin seed molds for foster dogs so decide what size you want to use with this mason jar I'm gonna put approximately 2 and 1/2 cups we're gonna leave a little space for expansion this really isn't needed with pumpkin seeds as it would be with something like an almond the next thing we're gonna put in is filtered water and you want to fill it about halfway I make my own homemade raw goat's milk kefir and I let it separate them to curds and whey and I collect my own way you can store way in the fridge for about 6 months so I just write the date on the bottom that I created the way and I keep it in the fridge for fermentation like we're doing with pumpkin seeds or vegetables I use about a cup of whey and I pour it on top if you don't have access to way there are a couple other hacks that you can do you would fill it to the very top of the pumpkin seeds with a filtered water and then you would take an acidic medium you can use something like lemons or even limes and you want to use about 2 tablespoons or you can use raw unfiltered apple cider vinegar and if you don't have either of those you can use salt it does not remove phytic acid as much as the acids from some research into grains and legumes fermentation is the best way to remove phytic acid from seeds and pumpkin seeds are very high in fighting acid we want to get that off before we give it to our dogs you would let it soak for a minimum of 7 hours to 12 hours and follow the same process that we're going to do with the way we're going to move forward with the fermentation the benefit of the fermentation is that the lactobacillus is better at removing the phytic acid at pre digests the enzymes making the nutrients more bioavailable and it basically does all the work for your dog you need to leave it in a warm place if it's winter where you are just wrap a towel make sure that it is a warm which helps release the phytic acid you don't want it in the refrigerator or you don't want it in a very cool home now we just need to put something on top and let it sit I typically get a coffee filter and just put a rubber band about it and I put it into the cabinet and let it ferment and if it is wintertime in your house is cool you might want to just grab a towel and wrap it around to keep it warmer through the night and then just go ahead and let it sit in summertime you just put it on your counter you do not want to put it in your refrigerator that will stop the fermentation process it doesn't need to be hot it should be around 70 to 80 degrees Fahrenheit I already set one aside last night with the two and a half cups of raw organic pumpkin seeds a cup and a half filtered water and one cup of raw goat Mount kefir way and I didn't follow my own advice then I filled it to the top so it's spilling over remember to do that give it some room because they will expand you can do this next part over the think if you've seen my sprouting videos I collect the water from my sprouts I use that nutrient-dense water for my houseplants my herbs and in my vegetable garden and I can tell you I've already seen quite a bit of improvement in my houseplants using the sprouted water way is also really great for your plants you can just dump this over the sink and so whatever works for you need to get a spoon it's so tight like I said I didn't follow my own advice that I've hacked up too tight you need to leave I've been at the top so it has a space to expand almost like a our cheese ISA and that's completely normal anyway so we have the seeds over a container which I am capturing for my plants otherwise feel free to do the service thing again you prefer to use filtered water um I use the no chlorine or fluoride big berkey water and you really want to get a good rinsing we're rinsing all that phytic acid that was removed from the fermentation process here's my captured water for my plants so we're gonna have another bowl to place that in at this point you can feed your dogs these rinse seeds now this won't last more than a week in the refrigerator it will go rancid as you can see I made a very large bats I make them for foster dogs in our rescue where I'll want to do these for the three week series and they won't stay in the refrigerator for three weeks so what I do is I blend them up in my Vitamix and I add a couple things that will increase that bioavailability and if there is any phytic acid left I'm going to counter it with some of the foods that I'm going to be mixing in there we're going to take the three cups of seeds and throw them in the Vitamix now you could just blend it like this like I said I'm gonna do the ultimate biohacker approach to making these gel molds I'm going to use this is raw goat mount keeper that I have made at home and it's about two cups and remember I have about three cups of raw pumpkin seeds so we're gonna pour that tire amount in a little bit of vitamin C will help any loss of iron so the vitamin C counters that in melon B's experiment with dogs increasing vitamin D made them stronger regardless of diet in the amount of phytic acid not study those that were on a diet high and phytic acid excreted a lot of calcium vitamin D and re adding calcium mitigates those issues while we did remove the phytic acid through the fermentation process being extra conscientious and throwing some Rocky Mount calcium also balances the high phosphorus content in pumpkin seeds vitamin C mitigates the reduction of iron and perhaps other mineral losses from phytic acid now we're going to blend this and pour it into gel molds to freeze and use as necessary since I'm going to be doing in two and a half weeks dewormer I will be keeping this in the freezer and then I'll take the mold the day that I need them so they soften up and they're a little more palatable at this point you can add other things that you need for your dog that won't contradict what you have in here so you don't want to use anti microbials or antibacterials in here so I wouldn't be putting coconut oil but you could put some ghee you could also add colostrum probiotics I use SBS oh I'll baste organisms for some dogs so whatever you want to add in that doesn't contradict the main ingredients and the purpose of this that would be fine to do so at this point all right we're gonna blend this up and I pour our mold these are all human grade ingredients it actually tastes pretty good this is a really great nutrient-dense way to get diversity into your dog's diet that's bioavailable easy for them to assimilate and add some really great nutrients that are lacking in some kibble and raw diet such as manganese and vitamin E this is a complete vitamin E complex it's not just your alpha tocopherol but your alpha beta Delta and gamma tocopheryl this makes it more bioavailable and easier to 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