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Chia

Rediscovering a Forgotten Crop of the Aztecs

Chia( )
Author: Ayerza, Ricardo
Coates, Wayne
ISBN:978-0-8165-4683-1
Publication Date:Mar 2022
Publisher:University of Arizona Press
Book Format:Ebook
List Price:USD $100.00
Book Description:

One of the four main Aztec crops at the time of Columbus's arrival in the New World, chia is now a forgotten food of the Americas. Chia seed oil offers the highest omega-3 fatty acid content available from plants, but today this species is known only for its use in "chia pets." Yet pre-Columbian civilizations used chia as a raw material for medicines and nutritional compounds, while chia flour could be stored for years as a food reserve and was valued as a source of...
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Pages:215



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