Quinoa is the strongest interpretation
In the last issue of our grain name test, it seems that the results are still quite touching, some small partners said that there is no difficulty, but some small partners who do not have a long heart say that they only know one...
In particular, one of the grains looks like millet from a distance, and a closer look looks like a flattened millet, and many people don't know what it is called.
In fact, this is the "nutritional gold" that is now very hot - quinoa.
Quinoa is mainly found in Bolivia, Ecuador and Peru in South America. During the heyday of the Inca civilization, quinoa had become one of the main foods of the ancient Inca people, with a history of more than 5,000-7,000 years of consumption and cultivation.
"Quinoa is God's Food"
Legend has it that quinoa was God's food a long time ago.
One day, when the third prince of the sun god was hunting on the Andes mountain, he accidentally fell off the cliff, and an old local farmer found him, and at the risk of his own life, he rescued the third prince.
After the third prince returned to the palace, he told the sun god about his salvation, and in order to repay the grace of saving his son, the sun god gave the seed of quinoa to the old farmer, and since then quinoa has become the most important food for the Anean people.
"Super grain nutritious gold, boasting about quinoa is not modest!"
The nutritional value of quinoa is extremely high. Quinoa is a whole-protein food with a protein content of up to 14% to 22%, which is 2-3 times that of rice.
It is rich in 9 kinds of essential amino acids and has a balanced ratio, especially its lysine content is 2-3 times that of ordinary grains.
The fat content is 4 to 8% and most of them are unsaturated fatty acids.
Calcium, iron, zinc, manganese, magnesium, potassium and other minerals are high in content, and rich in a variety of B, E vitamins and so on.
Maybe these words are not so tempting for you to hear (yes, there are more nutritious foods, why should I eat quinoa)
Of course quinoa has a trick!
Quinoa is a low-calorie food with a GLYC glycemic value of only 35. (Know that the standard GI value for low-glycemic foods is 55), which means that eating quinoa is not easy to get fat!
Therefore, now quinoa also appears in light salads, which can enhance the feeling of fullness and is not easy to become fat, and quinoa is really a dream of many people "eating light and not fat".
"Quinoa is not wheat"
From the point of view of plant classification, quinoa and barley, wheat, oats ... These XX wheats are not a family at all.
Quinoa belongs to the Quinoa family, what is the ghost of the Quinoa family? Spinach you have eaten, it is a quinoa plant, spinach quinoa is a family.
The grains we eat every day, wheat, rice, corn, barley, sorghum, etc. basically belong to the grass family.
So the reason why quinoa is so powerful, its nutritional and edible value exceeds that of most grains, may be related to its unique quinoa family.
In addition, Quinoa also has a stunt, which comes with an "insect-proof suit"!
Quinoa contains saponins on the surface, and bugs hate this taste and smell, so quinoa has no pest worries at all. Naturally, we don't have to worry about pesticide residues, they are all super natural and healthy and pollution-free!
"Quinoa is alive"
Whether it's quinoa porridge or quinoa rice, you'll see small sprouts of quinoa growing. Don't underestimate these small germs, the germ of quinoa stores a lot of nutrients.
If the quinoa is soaked in water and does not germinate, it is likely to have lost its activity and its nutritional value has been greatly lost.
After reading this article, did you have a deeper understanding of quinoa?
The advantages of quinoa are too many, nutritious, low calorie, fullness, very natural... Looks like it's already a near-perfect food with no faults.
But if you have to pick out the shortcomings of quinoa, there is only one – too expensive! The price of quinoa in general is 20-30 yuan a catty, which is 7 times the price of rice, and there will be a loss of heartache when eating! (Of course, the local tycoon is casual)
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