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The Great Benefits of Amaranth
The great benefits of called Amaranth is an ancient crop, consumed by the Aztecs and other civilizations can consume its leaves and seeds. It is considered a pseudocereal because their properties are very similar to those of a cereal, but it has marked differences that give a high-carbohydrate value between 50% and 60%.
It has more iron than spinach leaves contain a high level of fiber, vitamin A and C, calcium and magnesium, although it should be boiled before consumption, since the leaves have high levels of oxalates and nitrates, which reduce absorption of some nutrients.
Amaranth seeds have a protein level, almost double that of most cereals. Contains lysine, an amino acid found in no or limited proportions in the other cereals, which greatly increases the protein quality of amaranth.
Amaranth contains between 5% and 8% of healthy fats, among which stands squalene, a type of fat found only in whales and sharks.
Properties of Raw Spinach
This plant was back in 1930 as marketed in the United States through a cartoon (Popeye the Sailor), who acquired amazing strength through its use since it has many qualities, so in here dedicate this space to describe the properties of raw spinach.
Iron-rich, nutritious spinach peaked at the height of the Depression in the United States, where people need to eat foods rich in vitamins cheap because supply was not the proper reach of the popular class.
Beyond its history and famous cartoon that represented for years (even today), spinach are very good to combat the symptoms of anemia due to its high iron content, as well as to assist in recovery for impaired lymphatic.