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10 Ancient Grains That Make Modern Wheat Look Like Junk Food
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10 Ancient Grains That Make Modern Wheat Look Like Junk Food



These ancient grains are more than just health food, they’re survival tools that fed entire civilizations.

From quinoa once banned by conquistadors to spelt that powered Roman legions, this video uncovers 10 ancient grains your great-grandmother probably ate daily… and why they’re now making a powerful comeback. If you’re interested in superfoods, ancient nutrition, sustainable crops, or the history of food, you’ll love this episode.

We explore the stories behind ancient grains like amaranth, millet, sorghum, and teff, highlighting their nutrition, historical uses, and the modern irony of them being sold as premium health trends. Each grain includes fascinating facts and the cultural legacies they carry across continents and centuries.

📌 Timestamps
0:00 | Introduction
0:54 | Quinoa (Chenopodium quinoa)
2:29 | Bulgur (Triticum durum)
3:51 | Amaranth (Amaranthus spp.)
5:20 | Teff (Eragrostis tef)
6:42 | Freekeh (Triticum turgidum)
8:04 | Einkorn (Triticum monococcum)
9:31 | Fonio (Digitaria exilis)
10:51 | Millet (Panicum miliaceum)
12:11 | Sorghum (Sorghum bicolor)
13:25 | Spelt (Triticum spelta)

Whether you’re a health-conscious foodie or a history lover, this deep dive into forgotten grains will surprise you.

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5 Comments

  1. @SandraGarner-q3r

    My uncle and grandmother make sohram molasses. If you haven’t had it. Look for it, it is wonderful and is very good for you. Also find poke salad, but only the young leaves. Be sure you boil them twice then cook till almost dry. It’s best with salt pork. Look for sassafras roots, not the leaves or bark but root. I have a large hunk in my freezer. She always said the poke would clean our blood from hard winters( we didn’t have in Florida) but we followed her ritual. And sassafras, I believe helped me carry my daughter to full term. It was a routine of, l had fried liver with onions, sassafras tea daily and sorghum molasses several times a week. The doctors wanted to give me a new drug that they weren’t sure of the side affects. So I tried grandmother’s way and my daughter was born small but very healthy! I love the old grains.