Quinoa does not seem to agree with me all that well.\u00a0 This is a disappointment, as it seems like an ideal food for a gluten free diet.<\/p>\n

I\u2019ve been eating wheat-free for a couple of decades, and gluten-free for probably the last 3 or four years.\u00a0 Quinoa has been a staple food for longer than I can remember, well over 15 years.<\/p>\n

But it doesn\u2019t look like it agrees with me all that well.<\/p>\n

I can\u2019t say you shouldn\u2019t try it \u2013 or continue to use it.\u00a0 If you\u2019re OK with it, as I have been for years, then keep eating it.<\/p>\n

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Perhaps it should not be a staple though.\u00a0 Then again it has been a staple in parts of South America for centuries.\u00a0 So this is a bit of a mystery.<\/p>\n

Is it genetic?\u00a0 Or maybe I\u2019ve been eating South-American quinoa until recently when it has been grown in the United States, complete with whatever toxins American farmers like to dump on their quinoa fields.<\/p>\n

In case you\u2019re wondering, here\u2019s what quinoa seems to do to me: it makes me become tired in the mid-afternoon (I have it for breakfast), and my insides aren\u2019t quite right (although not exactly bad, nothing like when I eat wheat or gluten).<\/p>\n

I\u2019d say I can eat some occasionally.\u00a0 Quinoa flakes make a very convenient breakfast when travelling, and I might just stick with that.<\/p>\n

Having quinoa every day though, that doesn\u2019t seem like such a good thing.<\/p>\n

Over the past few months, I\u2019ve been above-average productive.\u00a0 Besides completely eliminating gluten from my diet and hardly ever eating out, I think Immunocal is playing a big part in my increased energy and productivity.<\/p>\n

So it was an unpleasant surprise to feel that I was slipping backwards, having\u00a0 occasional weeks with rather poor productivity.<\/p>\n

Last week was a good example.\u00a0 There were other factors at play.\u00a0 I asked a woman out on a date, but on the day of, she made some lame excuse about not being able to come, and didn\u2019t respond to my email when I suggested alternative dates.\u00a0 That was a bit of a drag.\u00a0 And the weather kind of sucked.<\/p>\n

But these sorts of downers don\u2019t completely explain my low energy last week.<\/p>\n

I cut out quinoa towards the end of the week, and felt much better on the weekend, and better still this week.\u00a0 Not perfect, but a lot better.<\/p>\n

I\u2019d say this is still a bit of an experiment in progress, but for now, quinoa is more or less black-listed (or at least, it\u2019s on the dark-gray list).<\/p>\n

I plan to more or less keep quinoa out of my diet for a few months, and then have it maybe once or twice a week, but not every day.\u00a0 And as I say, I\u2019ll probably have quinoa flakes for breakfast when I go camping or when I travel to conferences.<\/p>\n

What\u2019s your experience with quinoa?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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