Did you know that the amarnto is grown since thousand years ago? And even more important it was one of the most important foods betwin our ancesters. The amaranto is considered as the best vegetal food for human consumption, intersting? the amaranto born of a plant that can reach more than three meters, this plant has a flower that keep inside a little seed that we know as amaranto.
The amaranto together with other ancestral products like beans and corn was considered as a principal food source betwin settlers of america, even it became part of religious rites of that times, with the spanish people arrived it was gradually losing the culture of plant this delicious product.
Of the amaranto born some products like cereals, flours, bread, tamales, tortillas and alegrias candies. Among its porperties we can found proteins, vitamins, minerals, folic acid, calcium, iron and others. The advantages of eat amaranto are that it serves as colon cancer prevention, prevents diabetes, hypertension, obesity and more.
Source: tehutliamaranto.com
