This is an historic day.The FDA approved Harvoni, a drug for chronic hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection with high cure rates and mild side effects. Understandably, patients are anxious to get started on treatment. However, there are things you need to know about Harvoni before you can start.
Eating quinoa every day can help you live longer. Starting the day with a bowl of porridge or chowing down on a portion of quinoa for lunch, can actually increase your life expectancy. In fact, the Harvard Public School of Health's research found that all whole grains can help you live longer.
Of your daily grain servings, at least half should be whole grain foods. The USDA defines one serving of cooked quinoa as one half-cup, or 1 oz. equivalent, about 93 g. This serving of quinoa contains approximately 110 calories. Quinoa is an excellent food to meet your whole grain food servings in a day. There are about 20 g of carbohydrates in one half-cup serving of quinoa.