I love 'em! They're my favorite hot vegetable, just microwaved in the bag with butter and salt added, but the recipe looks good because what isn't better with bacon?
Sprouts are hard to digest because our bodies can’t produce the enzymes needed to break down some of the chemical components they contain. Sprouts contain high amounts of cellulose which is difficult for the normal human digestive system to process. As a result, a lot of the original sprout arrives in the colon where it is digested by gut bacteria.
The body also struggles to break down a sugar called raffinose, which is found in other brassica veggies such as cabbage, broccoli and cauliflower. Raffinose is broken down by an enzyme called alpha-galactosidase. But because we don’t make that enzyme in the gut, the raffinose ends up moving along to the large intestine, which is where the party starts.