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Home > Diet & Nutrition > Food List > Buckwheat

BUCKWHEAT

Buckwheat & Chinese NutritionNature: neutral and sweet

 

Actions: descends qi, strengthens stomach, stops dysentery, lowers blood pressure, strengthens blood vessels.

 

Conditions: chronic diarrhea, dysentery, spontaneous sweating hypertension, skin lesions.

 

Nutrition:


Buckwheat, not really a grain but a fruit seed, is a great source of fiber, maganese and magnesium. It also is a good quality protein, containing the eight essential amino acids, including lysine which is usually lacking in grains.

 

1 cup cooked:
 

Calories

 155

Total fat

 (g) 1

Saturated fat

 (g) 0.2

Monounsaturated fat

 (g) 0.3

Polyunsaturated fat

 (g) 0.3

Dietary fiber

 (g) 4.5

Protein

 (g) 6

Carbohydrate

 (g) 33

Cholesterol

 (mg) 0

Sodium

 (mg) 7

Magnesium

 (mg) 86

Manganese

 (mg) 0.7

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