Quinoa or Quinua (Chenopodium quinoa), also rice-announce, Inkakorn, rice spinach or Peru rice mentioned and belonged to the family of the fox tail plants (Amaranthaceae).

Use

The mineral material-rich sheets become as vegetables or salad verzehrt. The mustard-grain-large seeds have a grain-similar composition, therefore become Quinoa, just as Amarant, when glow-free "pseudo grain marks ". The content of protein and minerals (particularly magnesium and iron) unite exceed even usual varieties of grain. On the other hand Quinoa does not contain a Vitamin A or C and only little fat in the seeds; the fatty acids are too insatiated over 50%. It can be used well instead of rice.

Cultivation

Quinoa originates from South America, where it is common for 6000 years with Amarant (or with the local designation Kiwicha) a Hauptnahrungsmittel. It was particularly cultivated in the Hochebenen of the Anden (over 4000 m NN). There the two plants for humans were indispensable, since corn could not be cultivated as only replacement in these heights no more. During the Spanish conquest courses and wars against the Inkas and Aztecs in 16. Century (see Francisco Pizarro and Hernando Cortez) was forbidden the cultivation of Quinoa and Amarant and placed even under death penalty. Thus the peoples should be weakened. As ""classified food remained unchristian thereby under Europe in 20. Century inside almost unknown.

According to FAO 2004 world-wide about 51,000 t Quinoa were harvested.

Today the cultivation of these is promoted "pseudo grain "in the framework by development projects to Peru and Bolivia, since the plants are undemanding at soil and water and were recognized as a healthy alternative food. Particularly for under (glow incompatibility) suffering humans form it an adequate grain replacement.

Aspects of health

Quinoa reaches the protection from parasits by tasting bitter Saponine, which are in the seed bowl. These can provoke the intestinal mucosa and damage blood cells, whereby all genes and pollutants can the intestine wall cross and in the blood arrive.

Commercial Quinoa is peeled or washed and thereby entbittert. Unknown is however, which gets over number at Saponinen this procedure. By heating up can be made innocuous into for instance a third of the Saponine possibly remained.

Since the digesting system did not develop with infants yet, the effects of the Saponine are particularly problematic with them. Therefore the German society for nutrition (DGE) advises against with children under two years Quinoa products, because despite the cleaning it cannot be excluded that still traces are contained by Saponinen. These restrictions do not apply to older children and to adults, yet Quinoa under flowing hot water should be washed. Because also for adults they can become dangerous in case of an intestine inflammation, perhaps because they arrive in the blood, can damage the liver and destroy the red blood corpuscles.

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• Food encyclopedia
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