Quinoa: Underrated Grain

WholeFoods.com has a really cool "World's Healthiest Foods" database. In that database is a forgotten grain, quinoa. Quinoa is one of my favorite grains but for some reason I don't cook it enough. Recently, my friend and I were talking about the tasty unrefined grain so this weekend I bought some, then coincidentally read about them on this website.

http://www.whfoods.com/genpage.php?tname=foodspice&dbid=142

Quinoa is a light grain that reminds me of and fills me up like rice but does not feel as heavy. You can flavor it as easily as rice and it cooks in no time - just 20 minutes! It is high in protein, fiber, iron and magnesium.

Whole Foods touts quinoa's high magnesium content as beneficial for migraine sufferers. This is good news for migraine sufferers, because many experience worsening of headache symptoms when they eat foods from wheat grain sources.

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Posted by Juliette Aiyana, L.Ac.
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