Sentences with word «chenopod»

Eighteen per cent of this area consists of chenopod shrublands, native tussock grasslands, and woodlands and shrublands that are dominated by mulga (Acacia aneura) in eastern Australia, within the 200 to 500 mm annual rainfall zone.

Quinoa leaves taste similar in flavor to the leaves of their fellow chenopods, namely, spinach, chard, and beets.

Quinoa leaves taste similar in flavor to the leaves of their fellow chenopods, namely, spinach, chard, and beets.

But quinoa is a member of the same food family as spinach, Swiss chard, and beets — a chenopod.

Chard is a member of the chenopod family (which also includes beets, spinach and quinoa — can we say SUPERFOODS) that contain red and yellow pigments that have wondrous impact on the health of our nervous system.

Swiss chard is not only a member of the green vegetable family but also of the vegetable group known as the chenopod / amaranth vegetables.

(Other green vegetables in the chenopod / amaranth group include spinach and beet greens.)

Quinoa is a chenopod plant, commonly misrepresented as a grain.

Quinoa (pronounced as keen - wah), is often mistaken as a grain but in reality, it is actually a pseudocereal and chenopod.

Like its relatives of the chenopod veggie family (including beets, quinoa, and chard), spinach is an antioxidant storehouse, containing high concentrations of carotenoids and flavonoids which diminish the damaging effects of free radicals and slow down the aging process.

Swiss chard is a leafy green vegetable that belongs to the same family as beets, spinach and quinoa — the chenopod family.

The red and yellow betalain pigments found in this food family, their unique epoxyxanthophyll carotenoids, and the special connection between their overall phytonutrients and our nervous system health (including our specialized nervous system organs like the eye) point to the chenopod family of foods as unique in their health value.

While we have yet to see large - scale human studies that point to a recommended minimum intake level for foods from this botanical family, we have seen data on chenopod phytonutrients, and based on this data, we recommend that you include foods from the chenopod family in your diet 1 - 2 times per week.