Quinoa is actually a seed and not a grain, from what I have read. There are some who question the value of eating a lot of grains and say we are not biologically adapted to this, as it came with farming and hunter gatherers don't eat much in the way of grains. That is another discussion, I realize. But just wanted to note that quinoa is in a different category. And Weston Price did mention that it is used for pregnant and breastfeeding women in Peru. I don't know much about it being used elsewhere or what countries it is native to.
Lucy
Lucy Towbin, LCSW, IBCLC
Regional Lactation Consultant
Central Region, Arkansas Department of Health
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Date: Wed, 8 May 2013 13:38:36 -0700
From: "Dr. Alla Gordina" <[log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]>>
Subject: Re: quinoa as a galactagogue?
absolutely.
Quinoa is a great power grain, with as much protein as yogurt. Tell me if I am wrong, but in its native countries quinoa is a significant part of the diet for pregnant and breastfeeing women.
All grains - millet, barley, buckwheat, bulgur, steel cut oats, brown rice, quinoa - all are the wonder foods, incredibly useful for lactation and are the staples of healthy NORMAL nutrition for the whole family Alla Alla Gordina, MD IBCLC FAAP
> Has anyone heard of quinoa as a galactagogue? I was just browsing
> through an old copy of Nutrition and Physical Degeneration by Weston
> K. Price and noticed that he says that quinoa is given to nursing
> mothers by the Indians of Peru and that it "has the remarkable
> property of being not only rich in minerals but a powerful stimulant to the flow of milk."
>
> Lucy
>
> Lucy Towbin, LCSW, IBCLC
> Regional Lactation Consultant
> Central Region, Arkansas Department of Health
> Office- 501-280-4961
> Cell- 501-249-4933
>
>
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