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Find out about what we've been up to, useful tips and info on how eating quinoa as part of a healthy diet helps prevent diabetes.

Find out about what we've been up to, useful tips and info on how eating quinoa as part of a healthy diet helps prevent diabetes.

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The Protein Myth: How much do we really need?

The Protein Myth: How much do we really need?

We live in a world where every weeks will throw up a hot new health trend, or fad, depending on your perspective. Some are more short-lived than others, like detox teas or raspberry kerotene tablets. While some are enduring. The protein craze is one of these more sustainable ‘crazes’, if there is such a thing. Almost everyone these days wants to incorporate more protein in their diets; in fact, a recent study conducted by the NPD group, suggests that 78% of people want to increase their protein intake. But is it really necessary? Our current obsession with protein can be traced back...

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The Truth about Sugar

The Truth about Sugar

According to scientific studies, we eat too much sugar. It’s bad for you, we know that. Yet somehow we’re all still eating too much of the stuff. Sugar is common in our everyday lives, ubiquitous and often hidden. From sugar-laden breakfast cereals and cooking sauces to yoghurts and apparently healthy snacks, almost everything has a hidden sugar content. This is worrying because excess sugar is linked to many diseases like obesity and type 2 diabetes. The current abundance of sugar in our everyday diets has managed to creep up to this level because it’s been on the increase for years;...

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Your Guide to Ethical Shopping

Your Guide to Ethical Shopping

According to the Guardian, there’s a growing trend in the UK consumer market to purchase more ethical and ecological products. This is heartening news to us at Quinola, as ethics is part of our DNA and ecology at the heart of our organic philosophy. The Nielson study quoted by the Guardian showed that over a quarter of British shoppers said they would choose a Fairtrade or Green product over a standard one, even if it cost them more money. That said, another study, carried out in Australia made the differentiation between intentions and plans, and then reality, when it comes...

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quinoa plant in a quinoa field with a bird perched atop

How do you pronounce Quinoa?

The Indians of the Altiplano pronounce it “keenwah” in their local dialect of Quechua. But then again all the Parisians where I live say that they live in “Pari”. If I was to say that in England everyone would laugh because the English speaking world pronounces it “Paris”. So that is why we have decided to cut through the confusion by calling our best Peruvian quinoa Quinola. And if you are not sure how to pronounce that think of Granola. You can now walk into a shop and ask for Quinola with confidence!

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