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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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Is Gluten-Free the Way to Be?

By on December 4, 2007 in DIET, wheat

Over the past few months I’ve noticed an influx of companies starting to develop food products geared towards those with gluten intolerance, which comes from a gastrointestinal condition called Celiac disease. Gluten is a natural protein that exists in grains such as wheat, barley, oats and rye. Celiac disease brings about many symptoms related to [...]

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