Peruvian Power Foods: Sacha Inchi Seeds

Sacha Inchi seeds are Peru’s rain forest; the Amazon.  They are also known as the Inca peanut.  The seeds are high with protein at 9 grams per ounce, and rich in Tryptophan, an amino acid that’s a pre-cursor to the production of Serotonin, the important hormone that can help promote a positive mood. Sacha Inchi a great source of omega-3. The seed is wonderful on its own, as a snack, or tossed into salads, energy bars and the like.

The Omega 3 containing the Sacha Inchi, is an essential fatty acid for human life, and they cannot be synthesized by the body, from the little food we eat daily and containing Omega 3. For this reason we need ingest Omega 3. It’s highly-concentrated Omega 3s can turn off excess inflammation like a switch.

Consumption of omega-3 fatty acids has been linked to preventing diseases such as cancer, coronary heart disease, hypertension and potentially rheumatoid arthritis.

Omega 3 is helpful to prevent blood clogging by keeping saturated fats mobile in the blood stream.  Keeping the fluidity and rigidity of cellular membranes moving oxygen from red blood cells to the tissues.

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