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Amaranth: The Carb for Weight-Loss and Complete Nutrition

By on August 31, 2009 in amaranth, DIET

Amaranth is a nutrient-rich ancient grain from Mexico that has three times the calcium of milk. Interested yet? You should be. But that’s not all. Amaranth is also gluten-free and an excellent food of choice for those who are on a diet and want to feel full and satisfied. Because of its great calorie-to-nutrient ratio, [...]

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Quinoa: the Golden Supercrop

By on August 21, 2009 in DIET, Quinoa

If you’re concerned about your protein intake, and you want a tasty alternative to your stock carbohydrates like pasta and rice, it’s about time you add quinoa (pronounced keen-wa, from the Quechua language) to your protein nutrition. This pseudocereal is related to the beet and the tumbleweed (did you even know those two were related?), [...]

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