03 Jul

Change Up Your Healthy Diet with Quinoa!

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If eating healthy is getting boring for you, it may be time to consider some new dishes.  One healthy food that you may not have yet tried is quinoa.  Quinoa is a small seed that is used like a grain in cooking.  It tastes great and is extremely good for you.

Nutritional experts regard quinoa as one of the top sources of vegetarian protein.  The fact that such a clean source of protein tastes so great has made quinoa very popular with the vegetarian community.  This “super food” gives your body just about everything that you need to live!  Quinoa is packed with protein, low-glycemic carbohydrates and also is a good source of healthy polyunsaturated fatty acids.  It is loaded with vitamins and minerals.  Iron, magnesium, phosphorous, manganese, potassium, niacin and thiamine are all found in abundance in quinoa.

Quinoa is so good for you that it has gained the attention of NASA.  They are studying quinoa for its potential to be used as a crop for extended manned space missions in the future.

Since you may never have heard of quinoa before, you might think that it is a newly cultivated food.  In actuality, quinoa has been cultivated for more than 5,000 years.  It was a staple for the Incas who regarded it as “the mother grain”.  It played a key role in both their food supply and society.  Soldiers carried “war balls” of quinoa and fat with them as they went to battle.  Many competitors regarded quinoa as the source of their incredible strength.

If you have yet tried cooking quinoa, why not expand your culinary horizons and give it a try today?  It works well in a wide variety of dishes from breakfast cereals to soups and stir fries.  You can even make your meat loaf and meat balls healthier by using quinoa instead of bread crumbs.  It is easy to find quinoa cooking tips on the internet.  There are many great quinoa recipes to try!

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