What is quinoa? What are the benefits of eating it?

Quinoa originated in the Andes of South America. It is the main traditional food of Inca aborigines. It has a planting history of 5000-7000 years. Because of its rich and comprehensive nutritional value, it nurtured the Incas, and the ancient Incas called it "the mother of food". The color of quinoa seeds is mainly black, red, gray and white, among which black, red and gray seeds are smaller, but the taste is better. Quinoa was used as space food for astronauts by NASA in the1980s. The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) believes that quinoa is the only food that can meet the basic nutritional needs of human beings through a single plant, and formally recommends quinoa as the perfect nutritious food most suitable for human beings.

Benefits:

Quinoa contains high-quality or completely protein plant food. Endosperm accounts for 68% of seeds and has nutritional activity. Protein content is as high as 16%-22% (beef 20%). Its quality is equivalent to that of milk powder and meat, and it is rich in many kinds of amino acids, including 9 essential amino acids, which are suitable in proportion and easy to be absorbed, especially lysine, calcium, magnesium, phosphorus and potassium which are lacking in plants. It is rich in unsaturated fatty acids, flavonoids, B vitamins, vitamin E and many other beneficial compounds. Dietary fiber content is as high as 7. 1%, cholesterol is 0, and fat, calories (305kcal/ 100g) and sugar (GI value 35) are very low, which is almost the best among common foods.

Quinoa is a kind of food that is easy to cook and digest. It has a unique taste, with a faint nutty or ginseng fragrance. It has the functions of balancing nutrition supplement, enhancing body function, restoring physique, regulating immunity and endocrine, improving stress ability, preventing diseases, resisting cancer, losing weight, and assisting treatment. It is suitable for all kinds of people, especially for chronic diseases such as hyperglycemia, hypertension, hyperlipidemia and heart disease, as well as infants, pregnant women, children, students and the elderly. The long-term eating effect is obvious.

Quinoa meets human needs for food safety, health, nutrition and nature. After 2005, it has become a hot fashion health food in the world.

Price:

Unprocessed 10 yuan, processed more than 50, 60,,,

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