What is quinoa?

I can see how quinoa is like oats by it self it is a bit bland but the texture isn't much different then oatmeal, and I think you can do a lot more with quinoa, and it's got the protein and amino acids, I prefer quinoa to oats. And how are you going to get a well-balanced diet with very little animal products? What's wrong with animal products?

Read about the China Study for reference. It is the biggest nutrition study to date, spanning decades of research and using hundreds of thousands of people. Basically, the consumption of animal products correlates directly with the onset of disease. The researchers tracked dozens of communities for decades- what they ate, their habits, the diseases they developed, why they died, etc . The more meat, cheese, etc you use, the more disease you see, especially cancer and heart disease, the 2 biggest killers here in the West. Everyone keeps wondering why cancer and heart disease are so prevalent. Especially cancer (I think most people have figured out that heart disease is related primarily to diet). A hundred years ago, cancer was a rare disease and meat consumption was a "Sunday" event. Then a few decades ago, the dairy and meat industries started lobbying the government and what-do-you-know: The Food Pyramid was born. They fanned the obsession everyone today seems to have with protein consumption. Now cancer is everywhere- doctors estimate that EVERYONE will develop cancer at least 5 times in their lives. Some people's immune systems will fight it off without them ever knowing and some won't. Today's steak is not what your great grandma used to serve either. If you want to know more, there are a lot of nutrition documentaries on Netflix. Food Matters and Forks Over Knives to name a few.

"They have westernised their diets because they have more profits and more income," says Mejia, an agronomist. "Ten years ago they had only an Andean diet in front of them. They had no choice. But now they do and they want rice, noodles, candies, coke, they want everything!"

Quinoa is a seed high in protein and with lots of amino acids that our bodies need. However, the demand for quinoa has caused such a increase in price in the South American countries where it grows, that the local people who have depended on it for nutrition for hundreds if not thousands of years can no longer afford it. Honestly, it is just the new "fad" food. There are lots of other seeds and grains that are healthy for you. Just like oatmeal, a lot of people have difficulty with the texture of quinoa. The flavor itself is bland- you have to dress it up just like with oatmeal. Just stick with oats, that's my advice. Eat a well-balanced diet with as little animal products as possible. Read about The China Study for reference, if you haven't already. Diminish the suffering in the world- every choice you make has an impact somewhere, whether for good or for bad.

I won't buy it anymore after reading this article. I have plenty of other foods I can eat instead. I don't need to mock the authors of the article.

http://m.guardiannews.com/commentisfree/2013/jan/16/vegans-stomach-unpalatable-truth-quinoa