Quinoa or bulgar? - which is healther?

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  • Need2Exerc1se
    Need2Exerc1se Posts: 13,575 Member
    nicfitnesszone wrote: »
    Grains are not created equal.

    Whole grains are healthy.
    Refined grains are less healthy.

    On a personal level, medical conditions and total diet determine how healthy a food is, but I would agree with this as a general statement. When it comes to carbs, I firmly believe fiber is king.
  • Justygirl77
    Justygirl77 Posts: 385 Member
    ceoverturf wrote: »
    Justygirl77 wrote: »
    ceoverturf wrote: »
    nicfitnesszone wrote: »
    Grains are not created equal.

    Whole grains are healthy.
    Refined grains are less healthy.

    Define "healthy"
    It's only healthy if your body doesn't react negatively to it.

    I tend to agree...I guess I'm wondering why refined grains would be less healthy if my body doesn't 'react negatively' to them.
    It's a matter of personal choice. I'm choosing to push foods that are refined or improperly processed further from my habits. The older you get, the more you realized how much you abused your body when you were younger. But as you get older, you don't rebound metabolically as well...your organs don't have the reserves to handle the abuse as much. You're more sensitive. It's a good thing, really. I'm teaching these habits to my children by example, and they like to mimic me. So they can have consistently good health for life.

  • nicfitnesszone
    nicfitnesszone Posts: 115 Member
    Nutritional content in my book.
  • cwolfman13
    cwolfman13 Posts: 41,864 Member
    edited May 2015
    DrawnToScale wrote: »
    jgnatca wrote: »
    The cattle that are "fattened" on grains these days are lean meat.

    People have been eating grains for at least four million years. We haven't been in an obesity crisis for 4 million years.

    Our obesity crisis started when we were all told to eat low fat, and eat "healthy whole grains". Eat less grain, and get thinner.

    cereals and grains have been the staple of the human diet for thousands of years...long before the obesity epidemic.

    epic fail of logic.

    Everyone started eating their oatmeal and obesity ensued...see how stupid that sounds?
  • nicfitnesszone
    nicfitnesszone Posts: 115 Member
    ceoverturf wrote: »
    Justygirl77 wrote: »
    ceoverturf wrote: »
    nicfitnesszone wrote: »
    Grains are not created equal.

    Whole grains are healthy.
    Refined grains are less healthy.

    Define "healthy"
    It's only healthy if your body doesn't react negatively to it.

    I tend to agree...I guess I'm wondering why refined grains would be less healthy if my body doesn't 'react negatively' to them.

    From nutritional stand point, MY body is getting less nutrition from refined grains. Hence, it is less healthy as opposed to whole grains. Further, I get blood sugar spike (I'm type 2 diabetic) to refined grains which is a negative response. Overall, refined grains is less healthy if not at all healthy for me. :)

  • DrawnToScale
    DrawnToScale Posts: 126 Member
    cwolfman13 wrote: »
    DrawnToScale wrote: »
    jgnatca wrote: »
    The cattle that are "fattened" on grains these days are lean meat.

    People have been eating grains for at least four million years. We haven't been in an obesity crisis for 4 million years.

    Our obesity crisis started when we were all told to eat low fat, and eat "healthy whole grains". Eat less grain, and get thinner.

    cereals and grains have been the staple of the human diet for thousands of years...long before the obesity epidemic.

    epic fail of logic.

    Everyone started eating their oatmeal and obesity ensued...see how stupid that sounds?

    cwolfman, free your mind. You're stuck in the 80s.
    https://youtu.be/da1vvigy5tQ
  • RodaRose
    RodaRose Posts: 9,562 Member
    Quinoa is not a grain -- botanically it is in the berry family.
    Bulgar is a grain.

    Both are good. :) Pinterest has lots of good recipes.
  • Need2Exerc1se
    Need2Exerc1se Posts: 13,575 Member
    RodaRose wrote: »
    Quinoa is not a grain -- botanically it is in the berry family.
    Bulgar is a grain.

    Both are good. :) Pinterest has lots of good recipes.

    A berry?
  • andrikosDE
    andrikosDE Posts: 383 Member
    Need2Exerc1se wrote: »
    RodaRose wrote: »
    Quinoa is not a grain -- botanically it is in the berry family.
    Bulgar is a grain.

    Both are good. :) Pinterest has lots of good recipes.

    A berry?

    It's berry good for you.

    A sad side effect of Quinoa's fashionable popularity explosion is that it drove its price to the stratosphere and the poor people of Peru/Bolivia/Ecuador who depended on it for hundreds of years for nutrition, can barely afford it.
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