Very interesting about blue corn

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Very interesting about blue corn
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Wed, 09-17-2008 - 11:59am

Hi everyone! 


I was just reading a very cool healthy foods website and came across this information about blue corn:

"If you're watching your weight or your blood sugar levels, choose blue corn chips and tortillas. Corn comes in a rainbow of colors, including violet, blue, and black. Darker varieties contain greater quantities of antioxidant pigments called anthocyanins. Blue corn tortillas contain about 20% more protein and 8% less starch giving them a lower glycemic index than the more common version made with white corn; plus blue corn tortillas have a softer texture and sweeter flavor than those made with white corn, reports Dr. Luis Bello-Perez in the Journal of the Science of Food and Agriculture."

Here's the whole scoop on corn if anyone's interested (mostly the nutritional values): http://www.whfoods.com/genpage.php?t...dspice&dbid=90

The site is called "World's Healthiest Foods", and focuses on the most nutrient-dense foods: http://whfoods.org/

This link is the list of all of the foods they recommend as the healthiest, and you can click on each food to get a lot of detail about the benefits of each and why they're on the list: http://www.whfoods.com/foodstoc.php

They have 100's of easy recipes: http://whfoods.org/recipestoc.php

I'm bookmarking this site!


 

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Registered: 09-06-2008
Thu, 09-18-2008 - 9:55pm

Michelle Ann, you are awesome!


 

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Registered: 03-25-2003
Sun, 09-28-2008 - 9:51am

Thanks, MicaelAnn & Maggie, for the info! I just bought some of the Bob's blue cornmeal yesterday (I hadn't seen the above message about the fiber content, but it was the only one I could find). I'll make some cornbread tonite to go with our black bean soup. I'll check out Whole Foods and TJ's when I'm in Minneapolis next month and see if I can find a better (higher fiber) version. But for now this will be great for the kids, and OK for us occassionally--we're pretty much on maintenance, too.


I'm SO looking forward to cornbread! It's one of those things I really miss!

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