Dr. Jeff Bland

3500 year old food. Can you imagine in the Fertile Crescent, there were really two, a major source of nutrients. The first kind of husband and crop was millet. And so millet is in the Indio regime considered a very, very important non-gluten grain. It's a cereal product that's not gluten containing.

3500 year old food. Can you imagine in the Fertile Crescent, there were really two, a major source of nutrients. The first kind of husband and crop was millet. And so millet is in the Indio regime considered a very, very important non-gluten grain. It's a cereal product that's not gluten containing.

3500 year old food. Can you imagine in the Fertile Crescent, there were really two, a major source of nutrients. The first kind of husband and crop was millet. And so millet is in the Indio regime considered a very, very important non-gluten grain. It's a cereal product that's not gluten containing.

In the Himalayan region of the world, in China, you had a similar 3,500-year-old product that was agriculturally husbanded that was this tartary buckwheat. Tartary stands for the tartan district of China, which is up against the Himalayans, northern China.

In the Himalayan region of the world, in China, you had a similar 3,500-year-old product that was agriculturally husbanded that was this tartary buckwheat. Tartary stands for the tartan district of China, which is up against the Himalayans, northern China.

In the Himalayan region of the world, in China, you had a similar 3,500-year-old product that was agriculturally husbanded that was this tartary buckwheat. Tartary stands for the tartan district of China, which is up against the Himalayans, northern China.

In fact, I just was in discussion this last week with a farmer of Tartary Buckwing in Bhutan. And he was saying how important that food has been in the Bhutanese culture and why they have very good health outcomes. And of course, it's a happy group of people too. So maybe there's lots of things going on there.

In fact, I just was in discussion this last week with a farmer of Tartary Buckwing in Bhutan. And he was saying how important that food has been in the Bhutanese culture and why they have very good health outcomes. And of course, it's a happy group of people too. So maybe there's lots of things going on there.

In fact, I just was in discussion this last week with a farmer of Tartary Buckwing in Bhutan. And he was saying how important that food has been in the Bhutanese culture and why they have very good health outcomes. And of course, it's a happy group of people too. So maybe there's lots of things going on there.

But he's been very concerned that they're converting the tartary buckwheat, which they call black buckwheat, over into other crops now because of the pressure of getting increased yields. And so people are losing the nutritional benefit in Bhutan. And he was very worried about maintaining their cultural heritage.

But he's been very concerned that they're converting the tartary buckwheat, which they call black buckwheat, over into other crops now because of the pressure of getting increased yields. And so people are losing the nutritional benefit in Bhutan. And he was very worried about maintaining their cultural heritage.

But he's been very concerned that they're converting the tartary buckwheat, which they call black buckwheat, over into other crops now because of the pressure of getting increased yields. And so people are losing the nutritional benefit in Bhutan. And he was very worried about maintaining their cultural heritage.

And we in the United States, actually, it's interesting, our colonial ancestors brought over Tartary buckwheat, because it was such a hardy crop, it didn't need irrigation, it didn't need fertilizer, and bugs don't like it because it has such a high level of these phytochemicals that it's almost like it's natural pesticide. Years ago, tartary buckwheat was lost in North America.

And we in the United States, actually, it's interesting, our colonial ancestors brought over Tartary buckwheat, because it was such a hardy crop, it didn't need irrigation, it didn't need fertilizer, and bugs don't like it because it has such a high level of these phytochemicals that it's almost like it's natural pesticide. Years ago, tartary buckwheat was lost in North America.

And we in the United States, actually, it's interesting, our colonial ancestors brought over Tartary buckwheat, because it was such a hardy crop, it didn't need irrigation, it didn't need fertilizer, and bugs don't like it because it has such a high level of these phytochemicals that it's almost like it's natural pesticide. Years ago, tartary buckwheat was lost in North America.

people stopped growing it and replaced it with uh seed and soy and wheat and soy corn and so it got lost in this country as well you know in in some of these countries they actually will will use it in many ways they make noodles so soba noodles is in japan but they also have in japan this

people stopped growing it and replaced it with uh seed and soy and wheat and soy corn and so it got lost in this country as well you know in in some of these countries they actually will will use it in many ways they make noodles so soba noodles is in japan but they also have in japan this

people stopped growing it and replaced it with uh seed and soy and wheat and soy corn and so it got lost in this country as well you know in in some of these countries they actually will will use it in many ways they make noodles so soba noodles is in japan but they also have in japan this

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