Thanks for this info, Mudra.
I hope that Avalon will return to more of this kind of information rather than all the hoopla over insignificant stuff and arguing.
I have not yet tried to use amaranth, but it is on my list of things to try as I seek to increase my own nutrition and possibly put in a stash for use when our more familiar foods become difficult to obtain. I have begun to cook quinau and like it a lot. In fact I bought some seed this year from Seeds of Change and will see if I can get it to grow up here in the cool, wet Northwest. I have discovered that my body does not respond well to the wheat and corn that makes up such a large part of our diet here in the US, and I suspect that many people would discover the same thing if they would begin to cut back on these staples.