Effects: Long-term consumption of quinoa can help prevent various metabolic diseases and maintain good health.

Quinoa has a high protein content and 83% unsaturated fatty acids in the fat it contains, and it is also a low-fructose, low-glucose food that can play a beneficial role in the process of glucose-lipid metabolism.

Quinoa's holistic nutritional and dietary fiber properties determine its health benefits. Studies have shown that quinoa is rich in vitamins, polyphenols, flavonoids, saponins and phytosterols that have a variety of health benefits.

Quinoa is higher in calcium and protein compared to other common staples; the protein content in quinoa averages 16 percent (and can be as high as 22 percent), compared to 20 percent in beef and a quarter of the protein in rice.

Secondly, quinoa is rich in nine essential amino acids and contains lysine, which is generally lacking in grains. In addition, the dietary fiber content of quinoa is 7%, which is higher than the average grain.

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Eating method

1, quinoa can be made with other staple food into a mixture of rice, such as quinoa brown rice;

2, quinoa can be combined with other materials made of porridge, such as quinoa dates pumpkin porridge, quinoa millet porridge, etc.;

3, quinoa and a variety of fruits made of Juice drinks, such as: quinoa apple juice, quinoa watermelon juice, etc.;

4, can be made into quinoa tea: quinoa fried golden yellow, in the cup into 1 ~ 2 spoons, with 60 ℃ ~ 80 ℃ water to drink.

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