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Re:Quinoa should be taking over the world. This is why it isn’t by pqqqqq on Thursday July 11, 2013 @05:42PM (#6029429)
It contains a good amount of all of the essential amino acids (ie the amino acids that your body cannot produce adequately itself). It also has calcium and iron. It's a pretty awesome nutritional food.

EDIT: to emphasize, the key advantage of quinoa is that it has a lot of all of the essential amino acids, which is very very rare among plants. I believe the only other plant with all essential amino acids is soy.

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Re:Quinoa should be taking over the world. This is why it isn’t by lena on Thursday July 11, 2013 @07:22PM (#6029937)
It's not very rare at all. It's rare if you compare it to grains, and while quinoa is not a grain, it is usually used instead of a grain. Many beans (e.g. white and black) and vegetables have a complete amino acid profile.
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Re:Quinoa should be taking over the world. This is why it isn’t by mjn on Thursday July 11, 2013 @07:56PM (#6030062)
Even potatoes have a complete animo acid profile. Not in the most optimal ratio, but 10 potatoes/day gets you enough of all the essential amino acids. In fact you can live exclusively on potatoes if you add in a source of Vitamin A (like carrots).
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Re:Quinoa should be taking over the world. This is why it isn’t by oftenwrong on Thursday July 11, 2013 @06:02PM (#6029552)
There are other plants that provide the "complete" protein profile. For example, hemp seeds do.
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