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Article: Quinoa is hard to pronounce, but packed with protein
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- Daily Breeze
- Article date:
- February 19, 2007
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When it comes to whole grains, I thought I had heard of them all.
Barley, millet, bulgur, wheat. Cracked wheat, wheat berries, rolled
oats, oat groats. Amaranth, for goodness sakes.
And then there was quinoa.
"What in the world is queen-oh-ah?" I asked my dietitian friend
who suggested I try it.
"It's pronounced keen-wah," she replied.
Turns out quinoa is a nutritional powerhouse, packed with such
high levels of nutrients it makes other grains green with envy. It's
the rare plant food (similar to soy beans), that provides a complete
protein -- one that contains all essential amino acids, the building
blocks of protein in our bodies.
Quinoa is roughly 16 percent protein, compared to 8 percent ...