Fermentation and Balance

We don't know if there's life anywhere other than Planet Earth. We think there's life on Mars but we haven't even proven it yet. To have life, you need 1) Microorganisms and 2) Water and carbohydrates.

Each microorganism produces a different vitamin and mineral, and when you allow then to ferment in their natural medium, they produce ingredients in a balanced form. If it is the ingredient you lack, it's likely that you may absorb it. When you take a vitamin from a food store, it's very likely you will not absorb it, because you don't have the rest. There's nothing that balances. For instance - doctors tell you to absorb calcium, you need magnesium. To absorb magnesium, you need vitamin D. It needs to be in a balanced form; otherwise you're not going to absorb it.

When you play scrabble, you like to get easy letters and vowels to be able to form an easy word. But you got to be smart to be able to write. Many people have the letters but they cannot form a word because they don't have the B vitamins, B vitamins are needed for the brain. Lack of B-12 vitamins will give you dementia. So you need the balance to be able to work it out. And when you do--when we have 25 or so amino acids - and when you have a fermentation -- you have a balance of most of the amino acids available. Your body then chooses to form a protein. You don't force your body to accept a protein.

So, we think of different proteins being bad for you because your body does not have the necessary ingredients to break it up, and once it goes into your blood, your blood gets confused. Your blood does not have water, salt, acid and alcohol to break down the protein. (And in other bad proteins like Mad Cow, prions or zeta proteins do not get broken down in your blood.) A protein, can turn out to be good nutrition, has amino acids, if you ferment it outside your body, break it up, then accept it in your blood. If you take it as it is, which is the case with most of us (because we have already damaged villi) the whole protein gets absorbed

Antioxidents and more!

You want varieties of anti-oxidants. You want the right proportion for them to work. Blueberries have almost all the varieties but it does not have them in high numbers.
As oxidizing agents, free oxygen radicals need anti-oxidant to neutralize the radicals so they don't turn into bad fat and cancer.

Before they form a seed, every plant forms 4 different kinds of protein at specific levels for each different grain. These proteins were meant to be stored and used by the plant in the future for propagation. These proteins are not regular proteins. They are stored proteins. The need to be sprouted to undo the proteins to amino acids so the amino acids can be consumed for their own use.

Humans have to either sprout a grain or ferment in an acidic environment to undo storage protein. Otherwise gluten can be reason for damage to the intestinal villi and the reason for almost all our diseases.

A lion can not eat grass to survive. Lion needs a converted storage protein. Otherwise it cannot survive. Zebra eats grass. Lion eats Zebra. Humans need to eat a protein that has been converted from a storage protein. Otherwise they need to eat sprouted or fermented grains.

What some people are saying about Bezian Bread

Found today on Yelp website!

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Caricature of Jack Bezian done by David Hudnut for Jack's upcoming website. For more of David's work go to www.hudnutart.com

Press Release from Weston A. Price Santa Monica

Date: Monday, 9 July, 7 pm to about 8:30
Title: Traditional Sourdough Breads
Speaker: Jack Bezian, Owner, Bezian Bakery

If you visit the Farmer's Market on Wednesday in Santa Monica, or Sunday in Hollywood, you've seen Bezian Bakery's incredible array of breads and rolls. Now meet the baker! A passionate advocate of traditional, sourdough, whole grain breads, he will discuss the history and value of traditional breadmaking. Freshly baked bread will also be available for you to taste – and the chapter will provide the butter to slather on top!

Meeting will take place in Community Room upstairs at Wild Oats on the corner of Wilshire and 5th Street

Price and timechange for Jack's workshop

The date remains the same......

Thursday, July 19.

The time has moved to 7:00-9:00PM

The cost has dropped to:

$20.00 if signed up by July 12.

$25.00 afterwards.

Fermentation for Life - Coming this July

Fermentation for Life
A Fermentation Workshop with Jack Bezian


This is Jack’s first workshop/talk ever in Los Angeles!

Based on comprehensive experimentation and over 40 years of baking experience, Jack will cover the basics of fermentation, how it can enhance your health and ways to make simple beverages. Wild, wooly, informative and inspiring.....you won’t want to miss it.

Thursday evening 6:30-9:30PM
July 19, 2007
OmWorks
5319 Packard St.
Los Angeles, CA 90019
$35.00 if signed up by July 5
$40.00 if signed up between July 6 – July 18
$45.00 walk-in

To register – contact OmWorks at 323 938-1776 or e-mail info@omworks.us.
All checks to be made out to Jack Bezian and either given to him at Farmer’s Market or mailed to OmWorks at 5319 Packard St, Los Angeles, CA 90019. All envelopes must be postmarked by July 5 for $35.00 rate.


Cancellation Policy


Full refund given minus $5.00 processing fee if cancelled by July 12!
No refund if cancelled after this date.

www.omworks.us