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Can vegans stomach the unpalatable truth about quinoa?
The Guardian ^
| 16 Jan 2013
| Joanna Blytheman
Posted on 01/17/2013 12:38:00 AM PST by Cronos
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To: RFEngineer
I’ll say it how I damn well want to say it.
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posted on
01/17/2013 4:27:01 AM PST
by
bicyclerepair
( >-> Zombies eat brains. >-> 50% of FL is safe.)
To: Alas Babylon!
> ... It’s expensive, so I don’t buy it anymore.
It’s probably like the Chia seeds that my wife tried a few years ago.
The first time she bought them they were about a dollar a pound.
A year later $4 per pound, then 6 months later $9 per pound.
She stopped when they got to double digits.
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posted on
01/17/2013 4:31:32 AM PST
by
BuffaloJack
(Children, pets, and slaves get taken care of. Free Men take care of themselves.)
To: bicyclerepair
“Ill say it how I damn well want to say it.”
I wonder what you are talking about?
To: muawiyah
We have had 4 ‘ of rain in the last few days and it continues
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posted on
01/17/2013 4:37:10 AM PST
by
bert
((K.E. N.P. N.C. +12 .....The fairest Deduction to be reduced is the Standard Deduction)
To: muawiyah
We have had 4”’ of rain in the last few days and it continues
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posted on
01/17/2013 4:37:29 AM PST
by
bert
((K.E. N.P. N.C. +12 .....The fairest Deduction to be reduced is the Standard Deduction)
To: piasa
Eat more Possum. They do feel pain but who cares?
To: JoeProBono
Some farming entrepreneurs should start growing it in the US and Canada. I suspect it is a short season crop so it could be grown anywhere canola (rape seed) or buckwheat is grown, and make much higher profits.
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posted on
01/17/2013 5:04:58 AM PST
by
RadiationRomeo
(Step into my mind and glimpse the madness that is me)
To: Cronos
Costco here in Southern California offers a ready made bowl of salad made with it, similar to a pasta salad with green peppers and cucumber,etc. — expensive at $12 per lg serving bowl and good. But after doing that once, I’m all caught up with quinoa for life.
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posted on
01/17/2013 5:29:39 AM PST
by
Moonmad27
("I'm not bad, I'm just drawn that way." Jessica Rabbit)
To: Cronos
Embarrassingly, for those who portray it as a progressive alternative to planet-destroying meat, soya production is now one of the two main causes of deforestation in South America, along with cattle ranching, where vast expanses of forest and grassland have been felled to make way for huge plantations.Ha! Few things in this world annoy me more than these vegetarians who who don't eat meat out of some religious duty to the environment. I've got a bunch of grand nieces and their effete husbands who worship at the altar of mother earth.
To: nickcarraway
I would consider the use of ethanol in cars, burning about a third of our corn and a lot of sugar based ethanol, to be the greater sin. We’re exporting far less food, so global prices for all grains - including quinoa - are up.
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posted on
01/17/2013 5:46:09 AM PST
by
tbw2
To: JoeProBono
With such a profit margin, there’s no need to destroy South American rainforests - grow it here! If it likes cold mountainous regions, somewhere in the Rockies should work.
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posted on
01/17/2013 5:49:48 AM PST
by
tbw2
To: Cronos
Quinoa is a nutritious alternative for Celiacs. The number of diagnosed Celiacs has quadrupled in the last 10 years. Doctors have a greater understanding of and are getting better at diagnosing the disease rather than pigeonholing everyone with IBS. I suspect this may have more to do with the Quinoa demand than vegetarianism.
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posted on
01/17/2013 5:57:25 AM PST
by
liberalh8ter
(If Barack has a memory like a steel trap, why can't he remember what the Constitution says?)
To: old and tired
The thing is moderation — it’s good to eat a lot of veggies, yes, but some meat is important for a balanced diet.
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posted on
01/17/2013 6:15:19 AM PST
by
Cronos
(Middle English prest, priest, Old English pruost, Late Latin presbyter, Latin presbuteros)
To: piasa
Vegans - let them eat kudzu.
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posted on
01/17/2013 6:21:39 AM PST
by
Noumenon
(One individual with courage, determination and a rifle can change the course of history.)
To: liberalh8ter
Not only that but it turns out most people have difficulties with gluten. I stopped eating gluten 2.5 years ago and the smallest amount of wheat now would make me sick. It’s like a poison that most people keep taking. It causes leaky gut and that hurts our immune systems etc.
However, I do not eat quinoa. I try to stay away from grains, but when I do eat any it will be rice, tapioca, teff.
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posted on
01/17/2013 6:27:39 AM PST
by
Yaelle
To: freekitty; BunnySlippers
I’m with the bunny and the kitty.
Also from my own observation: Vegans have an eating disorder; we are carnivores and have the teeth to prove it. Often the vegan 20 something females pop synthetic hormone birth control pills yet by abstaining from meat, feel superior and healthier than the rest of us. Go figure ... liberals lack logic.
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posted on
01/17/2013 6:35:17 AM PST
by
stonehouse01
(Equal rights for unborn women)
To: old and tired
“..worship at the altar of mother earth...”
Yes - and soy is chemically similar to synthetic estrogen - it is NOT healthier than cows milk - no wonder we have an epidemic of confused/homosexual males - their mothers were giving them soy milk formula as babies/toddlers thinking they were being healthier and they were actually giving their sons an estrogenlike compound to ingest.
Liberals lack logic.
PS - I have similar sounding neices - at least my 20 something daughters did not jump on that bandwagon.
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posted on
01/17/2013 6:45:13 AM PST
by
stonehouse01
(Equal rights for unborn women)
To: Cronos
"government healthy eating advice to "base your meals on starchy foods". Stupid, harmful advice.
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posted on
01/17/2013 7:04:14 AM PST
by
CatherineofAragon
(Support Christian white males---the architects of the jewel known as Western Civilization)
To: stonehouse01
PS - I have similar sounding neices - at least my 20 something daughters did not jump on that bandwagon.Mine probably did for a brief period in their late teens/early 20's. Thank God they outgrew it quickly when they met and finally married some real men, not those nancy pants my nieces keep bringing home. My sons never bought into it though.
To: Cronos
My wife made some using beef broth and veggies, with salsa on top. Yummy. A lot like cous cous. Or pastina. A nice side dish.
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posted on
01/17/2013 7:13:26 AM PST
by
jdsteel
(Give me freedom, not more government.)
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