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Quinoa: Powerful Health Benefits and Incredible Weight Loss Potential
by Richard Kingsley Posted: Wednesday, 6/8/2011
Quinoa has been utilized as a superfood in the South American Andes since, at the very least, 3,000 B.C. The Incas, who relied on the seed to keep their people and armies formidable, regarded it to be the "mother of all grains." This excellent superfood has been termed "the gold of the Incas." While it's commonly considered a grain, it is in fact the seed from the chenopodium plant, which is a relative of beats, spinach and chard.