Sunday, 8 March 2009
Friday, 6 March 2009
Wednesday, 4 March 2009
Quinoa, the healthiest food
Quinoa (pronounced keenwah) is one of the most complete seeds and one of the healthiest foods you can find on earth from the point of view of nutrition. Coming back from the times of Incas, quinoa is still nowadays cultivated in South America, mainly in the Andes region.
It is extremely rich in protein and has fewer carbohydrates than normal cereals, full of group B vitamins, minerals. It contains all the amino acids that the body need to build muscle.
Only 60 gr. of quinoa provide: 95% of the daily amount of iron that our body needs. 12% of calcium. Also Vitamin C, E, group B, folic acid. Magnesium, phosphorus, potassium and essential fats. In addition, its fiber helps prevent cardiovascular disease.
To add to all its qualities is the fact that the soil where quinoa is cultivated doesn’t receive harmful fertilizers or other chemicals, so the product that we eat is completely free of any substance that can affect adversely our health.
It is extremely rich in protein and has fewer carbohydrates than normal cereals, full of group B vitamins, minerals. It contains all the amino acids that the body need to build muscle.
Only 60 gr. of quinoa provide: 95% of the daily amount of iron that our body needs. 12% of calcium. Also Vitamin C, E, group B, folic acid. Magnesium, phosphorus, potassium and essential fats. In addition, its fiber helps prevent cardiovascular disease.
To add to all its qualities is the fact that the soil where quinoa is cultivated doesn’t receive harmful fertilizers or other chemicals, so the product that we eat is completely free of any substance that can affect adversely our health.
Monday, 2 March 2009
About Healthy Food
I have always been interested in healthy food and exercise. However, since I got pregnant I started to look into it more seriously; after I had my baby I had two goals in mind:
- Eat as healthyly as I could to provide the best start in life for my newborn, maternity milk full of vitamins, natural defences and antibodies.
- Go back to my previous shape.
I have managed my first goal and I am well in my way to achieve my second one, and all my hours, days, weeks and months of study not only have achieved that but also to accumulate a huge amount of knowledge that I would love to share with you.
In this blog I intend to share all that knowledge and little by little each day share with you, articles on nutrition, healthy recipes, book reviews and bits and pieces, that, hopefully will help each of us become healthier day by day.
Please, visit us often and feel free to comment, we welcome your feedback, your suggestions to make this blog a contribution to all our community, if you would like to see any subject reflected in an article, let us know, we will be happy to do some research for you.
- Eat as healthyly as I could to provide the best start in life for my newborn, maternity milk full of vitamins, natural defences and antibodies.
- Go back to my previous shape.
I have managed my first goal and I am well in my way to achieve my second one, and all my hours, days, weeks and months of study not only have achieved that but also to accumulate a huge amount of knowledge that I would love to share with you.
In this blog I intend to share all that knowledge and little by little each day share with you, articles on nutrition, healthy recipes, book reviews and bits and pieces, that, hopefully will help each of us become healthier day by day.
Please, visit us often and feel free to comment, we welcome your feedback, your suggestions to make this blog a contribution to all our community, if you would like to see any subject reflected in an article, let us know, we will be happy to do some research for you.
Sunday, 1 March 2009
Header Photo Credit
Photo Credit: auntieP
We couldn't find a place in the header to include a link with a credit to the photographer, so we decided to include it here.
The header photo we are presently using in this blog is by auntiep. You can check this and more photos of this great photographer following the link provided.
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