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Quinoa in Turkey
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14 Dec 2007 Fri 01:47 am |
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Quoting alameda: Quoting AEnigma III: Well I know about its properties but after 2 years drinking wheatgrass and eating seaweed and being rather too concerned about healthy food, I decided that variety is the spice of life where healthy eating is concerned 
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But of course dear AEnigma III There are many varieties of seaweed, what type did you eat? Ever try hiziki? Have you stuffed kumbu? Have you mixed spirulina in soups? |
Believe me Alameda I have tried them ALL!
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14 Dec 2007 Fri 01:57 am |
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Quoting AEnigma III: Quoting alameda: Quoting AEnigma III: Well I know about its properties but after 2 years drinking wheatgrass and eating seaweed and being rather too concerned about healthy food, I decided that variety is the spice of life where healthy eating is concerned
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But of course dear AEnigma III There are many varieties of seaweed, what type did you eat? Ever try hiziki? Have you stuffed kumbu? Have you mixed spirulina in soups? |
Believe me Alameda I have tried them ALL! |
Well you must be an interesting chef, not to mention adventerous....however, we still haven't determined it there is quinoa in Turkey.
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14 Dec 2007 Fri 12:34 pm |
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What the heck are you guys talking about...  Is it the same as chipotle?
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14 Dec 2007 Fri 07:19 pm |
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Quoting catwoman: What the heck are you guys talking about... Is it the same as chipotle? |
catwoman, if you look at my first message in this thread, there is a link to exactly what quinoa is. It is NOT chipotle, which is a pepper.
Quinoa is a complete protien, gluten free and the glycimic load produced by eating quinoa is less than eating rice, or other grains, thus it is an excellent food for vegetarians, those on a gluten free diet or anyone having blood sugar problems.
The fact it is high in lysine makes it good for anyone having problems with herpes virus because the virus attaches itself to the lysine which is not beneficial for the virus.....so you see, it's a great food.
AEnigma eats it, as do I. Blood sugar seems to be a problem in Turkey. I know more than a few with the problem.
Unlike wheat or rice (which are low in lysine), quinoa quinoa is being considered as a possible crop in NASA's Controlled Ecological Life Support System for long-duration manned spaceflights.[5]
Quinoa
Now about seaweed:
Since we found that free radicals are important in the apoptosis process in vitro, we tested the effect of free radical scavengers. Vitamin C provided in drinking water at 2 mg/ml for 10 days, protected the thymus from HU-induced involution. We also tested Dr. Ann Kennedy’s antioxidant-rich food supplement on HU- and radiation-induced lymphocyte loss. Mice fed this diet for 2 weeks were protected from lymphocyte deletion induced by radiation. Another promising countermeasure is seaweed polysaccharide extract. We tested a polysaccharide extract from the brown seaweed, Laminaria japonica (part of the Eastern diet for centuries), using a commercial product from NaturoDoc. When fed at 100 mg/mouse/day for 3 wk, this seaweed extract inhibited radiation-induced lymphocyte loss in the spleen. In collaboration with Dr. Marcelo Vazquez of Brookhaven National Laboratory, we investigated the long term effect of particle radiation on immune cells. At 6 month after various doses of particle radiation, few consistent cahnges were apparent in the populations of immune cells examined, except for a reduction in B cell numbers.
this extract is from this page from NASA:
seaweed
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14 Dec 2007 Fri 08:19 pm |
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The only thing I think seaweed is good for is a good body wrap...
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14 Dec 2007 Fri 08:19 pm |
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Quoting alameda: catwoman, if you look at my first message in this thread, there is a link to exactly what quinoa is. It is NOT chipotle, which is a pepper. |
Hahahahahah, I didn't know that chipotle is a pepper! I thought it was just a name of a place where you eat...
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14 Dec 2007 Fri 09:17 pm |
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Quoting teaschip1: The only thing I think seaweed is good for is a good body wrap... |
Well teaschip1....I'll take NASA's opinion over yours.
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14 Dec 2007 Fri 09:20 pm |
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Quoting teaschip1: The only thing I think seaweed is good for is a good body wrap... |
It is packed with vitamins and minerals Teas - and the crispy stuff is lovely
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14 Dec 2007 Fri 09:25 pm |
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wow
what a nice DIALOGUE!
im almost jealous 
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14 Dec 2007 Fri 09:25 pm |
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Quoting femme_fatal: wow
what a nice DIALOGUE!
im almost jealous |
You never did report back on your olive oil experiment.
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14 Dec 2007 Fri 09:27 pm |
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Quoting AEnigma III: Quoting femme_fatal: wow
what a nice DIALOGUE!
im almost jealous |
You never did report back on your olive oil experiment. |
its not like throwing a tooth into a coke 
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