Kinoa: Perbedaan antara revisi

Kinoa merupakan sumber pangan penting di [[peradaban Andes]] sebelum kolonialisasi.<ref name=Keen>{{cite book|last=Keen|first=Benjamin|title=A History of Latin America|year=2008|publisher=Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company|location=Boston, MA|isbn=978-0618783182|page=32|first2=Keith|last2=Haynes}}</ref> Kinoa juga disebut dengan [[makanan super]]<ref name=Superfood>{{cite web|last=Keppel|first=Stephen|title=The Quinoa Boom Is a Lesson in the Global Economy|url=http://abcnews.go.com/ABC_Univision/News/quinoa-boom-lesson-global-economy/story?id=18643075|work=ABC Univision|accessdate=16 March 2013|date=March 4, 2012}}</ref> dengan kadar protein yang tinggi (14% per basis massa) meski tidak sebanyak kacang-kacangan dan legum. Kadar proteinnya lebih tinggi dibandingkan [[kentang]], [[barley]], dan [[millet]], namun lebih rendah dari [[oat]].<ref>{{cite web | last = | first = | title = Wild Rice: The Protein-Rich Grain that Almost Nobody Knows About! - Yahoo! Voices - voices.yahoo.com | url = http://voices.yahoo.com/wild-rice-protein-rich-grain-almost-nobody-12143888.html?cat=4 | publisher = | date = | accessdate = 21 May 2013 }}</ref> Jenis=-jenis protein yang terkandung dapat dikategorikan sebagai [[protein lengkap]].<ref name="oardc.osu.edu">{{cite web | last = | first = | title = Mother Grain Quinoa A Complete Protein|url=http://oardc.osu.edu/6060/Chow-Line-Mother-grain-quinoa-a-complete-protein-%28for-10/5/08%29.htm | publisher =Oardc.osu.edu | date = | accessdate = 21 May 2013}}</ref><ref name="SELFNutritionData">{{cite web | title=Nutrition Facts and Analysis of Quinoa, Cooked | url=http://nutritiondata.self.com/facts/cereal-grains-and-pasta/10352/2}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | last = | first = | title = Quinoa | url = http://www.hort.purdue.edu/newcrop/proceedings1993/v2-222.html#Table%201 | publisher = | date = | accessdate = 21 May 2013 }}</ref> Kinoa juga merupakan sumber [[serat pangan]], [[kalsium]], dan [[fosfor]] serta tinggi [[magensium]] dan [[besi]].<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.nytimes.com/1998/12/29/science/q-a-623997.html|title=Calcium and Quinoa|last=Ray|first=C. Claiborne|date=29 December 1998|publisher=The New York Times|accessdate=9 June 2012}}</ref> Kinoa tidak mengandung [[gluten]] sehingga mudah dicerna. Karakteristik inilah yang menjadikan NASA mempertimbangkan tanaman ini untuk ditanam pada penerbangan antariksa berawak jangka panjang.<ref name="NASA">{{cite web | title=Quinoa: An Emerging "New" Crop with Potential for CELSS | author=Greg Schlick and David L. Bubenheim | work= NASA Technical Paper 3422 | url=http://ntrs.nasa.gov/archive/nasa/casi.ntrs.nasa.gov/19940015664_1994015664.pdf |publisher= NASA |format=PDF|date=November 1993}}</ref>

Kinoa yang telah dibersihkan kandungan saponinnya dapat dikecambahkan seperti [[tauge]].<ref>{{cite web|title = Can You Eat Quinoa Raw or Uncooked?|url = http://www.livestrong.com/article/354323-can-you-eat-quinoa-raw-or-uncooked/|author = Andrea Cespedes|publisher=livestrong.com|date = 11 January 2011|accessdate = 16 December 2013}}</ref> Perkecambahan mengaktifkan enzim dan menggandakan kadar vitaminnya.<ref>Deep Nutrition: Why Your Genes Need Traditional Foods, Catherine Shanahan, MD, Luke Shanahan (2008) pp. 148–151</ref> Kinoa juga memiliki periode germinasi yang singkat.<ref>{{cite web|title= Anthocyanins Total Polyphenols and Antioxidant Activity in Amaranth and Quinoa Seeds and Sprouts During Their Growth|url=http://www.researchgate.net/publication/222426069_Anthocyanins_total_polyphenols_and_antioxidant_activity_in_amaranth_and_quinoa_seeds_and_sprouts_during_their_growth/file/d912f50ec795b3d96d.pdf|format=PDF|publisher =researchgate.net|date = 12 January 2009|accessdate = 21 May 2013}}</ref>