CHIA SEEDS - MORINGA - QUINOA - MACA - TURMERIC

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Chia Seeds: Chia is grown commercially for its seed, a food that is rich in omega-3 fatty acids, since the seeds yield 25–30% extractable oil, including α-linolenic acid. Typically, chia seeds are mottle-colored with brown, gray, black, and white. The seeds are hydrophilic, absorbing up to 12 times their weight in liquid when soaked. While soaking, the seeds develop a mucilaginous coating that gives chia-based beverages a distinctive gel texture. A 100-gram serving of chia seeds is a rich source of the B vitamins, thiamine, and niacin. A good source of the B vitamins riboflavin and folate (14% and 12%, respectively). The same amount of chia seeds is also a rich source of the dietary minerals calcium, iron, magnesium, manganese, phosphorus, and zinc.

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Moringa: Moringa eeds are packed with valuable nutrients and are useful in preventing and treating a host of illnesses. Such benefits have been  documented by the World Health Organization (WHO). Moringa seeds include vitamins A and C, potassium, calcium, iron and zinc. The seeds also have both antiseptic and antibiotic properties and contain essential amino acids along with protein. Moringa seeds are used to combat malnutrition and anemia, diabetes, high cholesterol, boils, gout, rheumatism, arthritis, liver and kidney disorders along with certain sexually transmitted diseases. The seeds are also used to treat diarrhea, epilepsy, low energy levels, strengthen the immune system and prevent blindness and osteoporosis.

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Quinoa: Quinoa is food of high protein quality and is typically regarded as an adequate source of all essential amino acids, including lysine and isoleucine. It provides a variety of antioxidant phytonutrients, including ferulic, coumaric, hydroxybenzoic, and vanillic acid. Antioxidant flavonoids including quercetin and kaempferol are also especially plentiful in quinoa. Anti-inflammatory polysaccharides in quinoa include arabinans and rhamnogalacturonans. Many members of the vitamin E tocopherol family are provided by quinoa, including important amounts of gamma-tocopherol. Quinoa is a very good source of manganese. It is also a good source of phosphorus, copper, magnesium, dietary fiber, folate, and zinc. sugar, soluble and insoluble fiber, sodium, vitamins, minerals, fatty acids, amino acids and more.

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Maca: Maca is a plant that grows in central Peru in the high plateaus of the Andes Mountains. It has been cultivated as a vegetable crop in this area for at least 3000 years. People take maca by mouth for "tired blood" (anemia); chronic fatigue syndrome (CFS); and enhancing energy, stamina, athletic performance, and memory. People also take maca by mouth for female hormone imbalance, menstrual problems, symptoms of menopause, improving fertility, and sexual dysfunction caused by antidepressants, weak bones (osteoporosis), depression, stomach cancer, leukemia, HIV/AIDS, tuberculosis, erectile dysfunction (ED), to arouse sexual desire, and to boost the immune system. Postmenopausal conditions. Research suggests that taking maca daily for 6 weeks slightly improves blood pressure and some aspects of mood, including depression and anxiety, in postmenopausal women. Sexual desire. Early research shows that taking a specific maca product (Maca Gelatinizada La Molina, Laboratories Hersil, Lima, Peru) daily for 12 weeks can increase sexual desire in healthy men.