Tuesday, September 14, 2010

AMARANTH


Better know in Tagalog as Kolitis or in Ilocano as Kalunay.

Ms. Mara Pardo de Tavera, the president of OPTA and the organizer of Legazpi Sunday Market in Makati, told me about Amaranth two years ago. Not knowing that that strange name of legume to my ears are abundantly growing in our fields in Abra. We feed them to our native black pigs :-D called "bin-ugbog".
Amaranth is a good source of natural vitamins such as vitamin A, B6, C, K, folate and riboflavin, and minerals including calcium, copper, iron, magnesium, manganese, phosphorus, potassium and zinc.

1 comment:

Unknown said...

Hello. How can we buy this plant. My husband is diabetic and needs this for his natural medicine. Thank you.