Troubleshooting Sprouting Grains - Including fun questions about my bowel movements! :)

I've been experimenting with Sprouting Grains, and since this is such a niche food-thing, I have trouble finding advice and troubleshooting. I am a little concerned that some sprouted farro I ate last night gave me some diarrhea/nausea (TMI sorry) and this is the only place I could think to find solid advice. I will break down my process:

-1 month ago: obtained locally grown, fresh Farro from a Grain farm I work markets for
-Took home and sprouted in a big bowl in the pantry. Took about 3 days, soaked once overnight and then rinsed/strained twice a day. Sprouts were a lot longer than internet pictures show (some up to 1/4 of an inch). Smelled for sourness, found nothing suspicious, put in the fridge.
-Some I cooked up and ate within a day, I made some curry, that was a few weeks ago and had no problem
-The rest of the Farro, I dehydrated in 2 batches for about 12 hours at I believe 112 degrees F? Whatever online instructions said was proper
-That was about 2-3 weeks ago. I planned to immediately grind it into flour, but I got covid and put that on hold. So I put the dehydrated sprouted Farro in jars in my fridge, where they have sat for a couple of weeks.

-Now brings us to yesterday. I made a mushroom/broccoli casserole from my Moosewood cookbook. Subbed millet for my sprouted Farro. One jar seemed fine, so I cooked it up and baked it with sauteed veggies. Ate it, was delicious.
-The other jar of Farro in my fridge smelled a little sour, so I didn't use it.
-Ate at about 8:30pm. Woke up at 6am and emptied my bowels. Have gone twice since and its not even 10:30am. Feeling ever-so-slightly nauseous.

Now, I have recently realized I have digestive issues as it is. And I did eat a fast food sandwich w/ fries 2 nights ago (feel free to judge me, I had a stressful day at work and I eat fast food maybe 3 times a year) I have no idea if the sprouted Farro is what caused it, or if it was the out-of-pocket ingestion of fried food. I generally believe in trusting my own senses, and everything I used looked, smelled, and felt fine, and I figure dehydrated sprouted grains in the fridge shouldn't go bad very quickly.

My plan was to eat the meal again at lunch and see what happens. If anyone has experience with sprouting and dehydrating grains, I'd love to hear it, cause literally no one in my life has done this.

TIA

Hi Rachel,
I have zero experience with sprouted grains (dehydrated or otherwise), but I have a lot of experience with gut issues. This is partly to bump this thread, and partly to comment on the eating fast food 2 nights prior. I have eaten my share of fast food, and I've had my share of it make me sick. I have had bad food poisoning twice, and lesser poisoning several times over the years. In all my cases, I was feeling bad within 8 hours. Most times within a couple hours. My friend google says there are a variety of things that can delay for more than 2 days, but in my personal experience I've never had that. The opinion of a a random person on the internet who has not had any medical training beyond first aid says you can rule that out.

Personally I would try it again and see what happens, in order to be certain. However, I would never suggest someone else do something that might make them sick :)

Hi Rachel,
I haven't got any direct experience to share with sprouted grains, but will put in my 2p worth regardless!
First I hope you're feeling better. If I were you and suspect the sprouts, then I would not eat more of them but dispose of them (see https://permies.com/t/152718/composting/Thoughts-flour for some ideas of creative flour disposal). It may well be something else that has made you poorly. it is the season for norovirus, your system may well not be fully recovered from Covid, it could have been something else you ate.
The good news is that the grain sprouting was successful, and that you found the result tasty. My suspicion is that leaving the dehydrated sprouts in the fridge may have caused a problem. The humidity changes from opening and closing the door cause condensation on cold surfaces., That is why eggs are not refrigerated before purchase (or at all in my household): the condensation can lead to bacterial growth through the shells. I suspect that is what has happened in your case, especially if the other batch (treated identically) smelt dubious. They may have been better off if kept in an airtight container somewhere coolish like a cupboard rather than in the fridge.
Have some bland foods like rice pudding and drink plenty of fluids for a day or so until your digestion is happy again.
Thanks for sharing your experiments and I hope the next time is a better experience for you. I had to look up Farro, also known as emmer wheat.

The information that Matt and Nancy have shared is very good information.

As far as I know, I have never had food poisoning.  One time I did have a bad case of diarrhea from an unknown cause though my husband and I only ate food at home and he ate the food I ate which did not give him diarrhea. He was not affected by whatever it was.

Our suspicions are that sometimes foods may affect you or your spouse differently due to unknown health conditions.

I hope you get to feeling better.

just a quick note, pardon me if it were aready mentioned; Activated Charcoal will help clean up the stomach after such issues and absorb much of the poison.