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  2. Ancient grains - Wikipedia

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    Wild cereals and other wild grasses in northern Israel. Ancient grains is a marketing term used to describe a category of grains and pseudocereals that are purported to have been minimally changed by selective breeding over recent millennia, as opposed to more widespread cereals such as corn, rice and modern varieties of wheat, which are the product of thousands of years of selective breeding.

  3. Nutrition in classical antiquity - Wikipedia

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    The major civilizations are those of the Mediterranean region, ancient Greece, ancient Rome, and southwest Asia. Nutrition consisted of simple fresh or preserved whole foods that were either locally grown or transported from neighboring areas during times of crisis. Physicians and philosophers studied the effect of food on the human body and ...

  4. Pleistocene human diet - Wikipedia

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    There are numerous difficulties in detecting and understanding the ancient diet of human ancestors. The Paleolithic begins around 2.6 million years ago and ends only around 12,000 years ago with the onset of the Holocene and Neolithic. The enormous time scale, variable environments inhabited by human ancestors and issues with preservation ...

  5. Amaranth grain - Wikipedia

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    The yield of grain amaranth is comparable to that of rice or maize. The grain was a staple food of the Aztecs and an integral part of Aztec religious ceremonies . The cultivation of amaranth was banned by the conquistadores upon their conquest of the Aztec nation.

  6. Good Carbs and Bad Carbs - AOL

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    For women, this means no more than 100 calories per day of added sugars (6 teaspoons) and for men no more than 150 calories per day (9 teaspoons). ... Good carbs: Whole grains and fiber. When it ...

  7. Table of food nutrients - Wikipedia

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    Download as PDF; Printable version; ... Carb Fiber Fat Sat_fat Cows' milk, whole: 1 qt. 976: 660: 32: 48: 0: 40: 36 ... and grains A-O Food Measure Grams Calories ...

  8. 9 Grains That Are Surprisingly High in Protein - AOL

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    Farro is an ancient grain that has a lovely, soft and chewy texture, Hadley says. One cup cooked farro contains 6.5 grams of protein and six grams of fiber , as well as B-vitamins, red blood cell ...

  9. Pseudocereal - Wikipedia

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    Quinoa, a common pseudocereal. A pseudocereal or pseudograin is one of any non-grasses that are used in much the same way as cereals (true cereals are grasses).Pseudocereals can be further distinguished from other non-cereal staple crops (such as potatoes) by their being processed like a cereal: their seed can be ground into flour and otherwise used as a cereal.