Live grains versus dehydrated live grains

[Susiphotos]

Hello
I've been told that dehydrated live grains are nutritionally inferior to live grains that have never been dehydrated. Is this true?

[AlexP]

Hmm, that's certainly possible in my opinion. The drying process does damage the grains somewhat significantly. The grains can recover mostly, but many times dried grains do act a little different and have trouble growing as well long term. If the drying is significantly damaging to them, its possible they could completely lose some bacteria or yeast strains but still keep the core strains. I suppose it depends on how they were dried and how long before they were rehydrated to determine any permanent damage. I do think it is best to get live grains whenever possible.