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Value and utilization of quinoa (Chenopodium quinoa Willd.) in human nutrition
BIGASOVÁ, Věra
Quinoa (Chenopodium quinoa) is a nutritionally high-quality crop with versatile utilisation. The aim of this thesis was to summarize the knowledge about the composition of the seeds of quinoa, their processing, utilization for human nutrition, utilization in diets; the influence of consumption of quinoa on human?s health, products on the market and the situation of growing and availability in the world and in the Czech Republic. Quinoa does not contain gluten, so it is a suitable foodstuff for people with the diagnosis celiac sprue. Now, we can expect that the number of people with this diagnosis will sharply increase in the Czech Republic, because of planned more detailed screening of the celiac sprue occurrence. Quinoa is as an excellent functional food high in quality protein and with positive impact on the human organism; therefore it is suitable for the extension and enrichment of diets healthy people too. The thesis includes also photographs of quinoa growing and the results of a questionnaire survey targeted to awareness of quinoa among people with celiac disease.
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