Quinoa: Nutrition Facts & Health Benefits

Quinoa is a moderate calorie pseudocereal with excellent quantities of several vitamins & minerals. Quinoa is a moderate energy food. A cup (185 g) of it provides 222 Cal or 931 kJ of energy.
Quinoa is not a good source of protein. It weighs about 4.4% of the total weight of this food item. A cup provides about 8 g of protein.
It is a moderately good source of dietary fibre. It contains very less amount of sugars.
A few vitamins such as vitamin A, C, D, K and some B-vitamins are missing in quinoa.
Overall quinoa is one of the best food items available in the world and I would seriously recommend you to consume about a cup of it frequently.
Quinoa is an excellent source of several vitamins & minerals. In fact, it is one of the best sources of micronutrients that I have ever seen.
This food item is an excellent source of vitamins such as folate, thiamin and riboflavin.
Quinoa is an excellent source of minerals such as manganese, copper, magnesium, phosphorus, zinc & iron. Quinoa is also a moderately good source of selenium & potassium.

This video script is written and presented by Mr. Prashanth Cheruku, a qualified Food Engineer with an M.Tech degree from IIT Kharagpur. He has more than 10 years of experience in the field of food science and nutrition.
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