Comments on: Can you eat Quinoa raw?

By: RawChick

RawChick — Fri, 29 Jan 2010 02:02:09 +0000

Raw Food is the only way to experience pure energy. Cooking kills enzymes and changes the chemistry of foods. Soaking Quinoa is the way to go if you want to be totally on it. You should be proud of yourself for having the nutritional and intuitive knowledge that you have.

By: David

David — Wed, 13 Jan 2010 07:53:31 +0000

Cooking food produces a number of carcinogens. It changes the chemical nature of the food quite significantly. Not only does it deplete nutrients in most foods, but it creates addictive substances. This is not true across the board, however. For spinach, for example, I usually eat some raw and some cooked, as there are nutrients released in the cooking that aren’t available raw, and vice versa.

By: chrissy

chrissy — Sat, 02 Jan 2010 23:33:19 +0000

You would not think that having it raw would be any better for you b/c raw food being better for you is just a crazy idea that nobody actually believes.

By: Cooking times for quinoa | Quinoa Health Tips

Cooking times for quinoa | Quinoa Health Tips — Sun, 08 Jun 2008 09:52:26 +0000

[...] Quinoa is not bad for you if you do not cook it for a set amount of time. For certain foods such as kidney beans the instructions insist that you cook for a minimum set time to get rid of impurities but with quinoa you are quite safe. You can even eat raw quinoa [...]

By: sen

sen — Tue, 27 May 2008 23:00:30 +0000

That is very interesting – I would love to know more about that research. Thanks for your info. I am learning all the time. You would think that raw would be better wouldn’t you?

By: Sergio

Sergio — Tue, 27 May 2008 16:03:18 +0000

I heard from a food scientist who did her doctorate on quinoa that eating quinoa raw actually has no additional benefits. In fact that the body absorbs the protein of quinoa better when it’s cooked. The enzymes (protein as well) that are deactivated with heat are more easily digested when cooked.

-Sergio