Mexico's sacred grain: Amaranth (not corn)

More protein than beef per acre, canned by Spanish Conquistadors, erased from every farm

More protein than beef per acre, banned by Conquistadors, erased from every farm

Mexico invented chocolate helped by gods

(Forgotten Roots) Feb. 19, 2026: There is a grain (seed) so powerful that Mexico's Aztec Empire dedicated 200,000 acres to it—more than any crop except corn (maize). #amaranth

• Mind you, ancient Mexicans are the same people who gave the world chocolate or xocolatl (bitter cocoa water), which they called Theobroma cacao, "The food of the gods." Who were these celestial visitors or "gods," who pointed out the potent nutritional seeds and delicious flavor of the cacao fruit?
• The first chocolate drink is believed to have been created at least 5,300 years ago, starting with the Mayo-Chinchipe culture in what is present-day Ecuador [3] and later consumed by the Maya around 2,500–3,000 years ago. A cocoa drink was an essential part of Mexico's Aztec culture by 1400 AD [4]. The drink was introduced by Mexico (New World) and became popular in Europe has undergone changes since. Until the 19th century, hot chocolate was used medicinally to treat ailments such as liver and stomach diseases. More

Amaranth (family Amaranthaceae) delivers complete protein, survives drought, and for centuries fed 20+ million people. Then in 1519, Spanish Conquistadors made growing it punishable by death in Mexico (Mesoamerica) and the Americas.

• Amaranth was very successfully grown in Mexico's floating gardens or chinampa

Amaranth: robust, delicious, and very nutritious

They did so not because it failed but because it was so valuable it was considered "the body of the gods" [devas, celestial "light beings," helpers, alien visitors, rulers].

 

Amaranth contains 13-14% complete protein with all 9 essential amino acids, one of the very few vegan plant sources of a complete protein, along with quinoa.

Amaranth produces more usable protein per acre than cattle grazing and thrives in conditions where wheat dies.

The Aztecs mixed it with honey to create tzoalli—sacred dough shaped into gods, worshipped, and eaten for supreme nourishment.

To the European Spanish invaders, this was demonic and cannibalistic. To modern agriculture, it's a threat.

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By 1970, amaranth had nearly gone extinct. Today it is sold as a $30-a-pound (lb) superfood in health food stores while wheat and corn—both harmful and incomplete proteins—dominate 90% of global grain production.

The amaranth ban ended, but the seed companies never brought it back. This is the story of how religion, colonial conquest, and industrial agriculture buried the most nutritious grain in the Americas.

🔍 IN THIS DOCUMENTARY:

• Why amaranth was banned under penalty of death (2:15)
• The complete protein the Aztecs discovered (4:30)
• How Spain weaponized food to destroy a civilization (6:45)
• Why modern agriculture still refuses to grow it (10:30)
• Where amaranth survived for 500 years in hiding (12:00)

📚 SOURCES AND RESEARCH:

• Florentine Codex (Bernardino de Sahagún, 1600)
• Aztec tribute records and archaeological cultivation data USDA nutritional database comparisons
• Robert Rodale's Organic Gardening research (1975)
• International Center for Tropical Agriculture yield studies

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⚠️ DISCLAIMER: This video is for educational and historical purposes only. Always consult qualified professionals before making dietary changes. Historical events are presented based on documented sources and scholarly research.

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Rap beef diss: Kendrick guns for Drake?

Who cares if Jewish Canadian Drake Graham hates LA's own Kendrick Lamar? It's just biz.

🚨 BREAKING NEWS: Drake's house is shot up and store vandalized. Kendrick Lamar fans?

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O-Rod's oh no: Taylor Swift is Person of Year

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Covergirl Taylor "Nazi Barbie" Swift, Inc. is Time's 2023 person of the year.

Who in the Hades does Olivia Rodrigo think she is, putting Tay-Tay (Taylor "Nazi Barbie" Swift) to shame and giving Queen Bee (Beyonce) a run for her money? You're already top of the pops, girl, so slow down. We can't hardly keep up.

Oh, we get it. No rest for the wicked. Rival T-Swift has just become Time Magazine's person of the year for 2023, making millions on tour, getting accolades one can hardly believe she deserves, and making an s-ton of money, which is what really matters in this society. Bravo, Swift! Frenemies? Can we be the best of enemies, Vampire?

What if they were to join forces like early Lana Del Rey and Lady Gaga?

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What if boys invented "Vampire" rather than whomever Olivia Rodrigo got the idea from? Then they'd make a metal version of yelling, full of Rodrigo's emotion but more umphh in the music. Olivia rules. Just ask Elvis Costello. She's young, she needs ideas.

"I don't have the attention span to meditate"

Wisdom Quarterly (INTERVIEW with Fat Joe) no relation to Fat Mike

• Joe, do you or could you meditate?

"What? I have ADHD. At least I think I do. My mom's doctor gave me speed [the chemical pharmaceutical Ritalin], so I do now anyway."

[Still drinking soda, eating fast food (excitotoxins and cancer-forming carbs, adulterated fats, sugars), watching TV (commercials)...]

"There's no way I can meditate. I can't pay attention. I've been sitting here playing Call of Duty: Black Ops for like 12 hours.

"If I try to meditate, I'll fall asleep. So, like, forget it. My phone keeps going off, texts, uh... What was I saying?

"I'm so fat and losing my hair. I look like Da' Buddha, or who's that guy at the Chinese take-out, Hotei Budai? You know, you rub his belly. Anyway. What, like, you sit down, like, on the floor on a cushion? Dude. No way! Maybe after some primo bud..."

• But, Joe, how are you able to pay attention to those videogames for 12 hours?

"What d'ya mean?"

• If you have Attention DEFICIT and Hyperactive Disorder, where are you getting all this attention?

"Oh-oh, I see! Hmm, huh, yeah. Medication? This game's exciting! Isn't meditation, like, BORING? Just sitting there staring at your belly button. What is meditation? I can't do it! I don't have the attention span to meditate."

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Ban the Burger, Save the World

David Gorn

Hamburgers and pizza disap-peared from scores of univer-sity and corporate cafeterias across the country today — all in the name of saving the planet, one bite at a time.

In honor of Earth Day, there was no beef or cheese on the menu at places such as the University of San Francisco dining hall.

• Listen

Executive chef Jon Hall, who supervises the kitchen crew, says the one-day ban is designed to raise awareness about the effect food has on the environment.

"We don't do it every day," Hall notes. "It's not like we never have hamburgers — there'd be a revolt."

But students will be eating a lot fewer burgers if Helene York has her way. She's the manager of a nationwide low-carbon campaign for Bon Appetit, a food-service company based in Palo Alto, Calif. Her program reaches more than 400 cafeterias and cafes across the country. All of them trimmed out beef and cheese for the day. More>>

• All Things Considered, Earth Day, April 22, 2009

South Korea: Buddhist Priests Hold Protest

JULY 05, 2008

Following Roman Catholic and Christian priests, Buddhist priests finally held their own candlelight vigil to express opposition against U.S. beef imports.

The Buddhist Commission consisting of progressive Buddhist organizations such as the Buddhist Solidarity for Reform, Lotus World, and Solidarity of Buddhism and Environment Protection held “The Buddhist Ceremony to Protect the Sovereignty of the People and Encourage the Government to Repent” at Seoul Plaza, in front of Seoul City Hall, at 6 p.m. Friday.

Buddhist priests from temples across the nation, Buddhists, and citizens participated in the ceremony. In his opening address, Rev. Sugyeong, co-host of the ceremony, said, “One million candles lit in 2008 prove that the people have sovereignty. Let’s brighten the world with bigger lights.” The sermon was delivered by Rev. Cheonghwa of the Jogye Order. Rev. Hamhyeon, head of Bongam Temple, and Rev. Gangju of Haein Temple also addressed the crowd. Priest Jeon Jong-hoon of the Catholic Priests’ Association for Justice delivered his own speech.

After announcing a resolution saying, “We want a government that protects the lives and sovereignty of the people and communicates with the people,” the monks bowed 108 times along with Buddhists and citizens and marched through the streets in Namdaemun, Euljiro and Seoul Plaza. At the same time, 50 members of a Buddhist Internet club undertook a “three steps, one bow” pilgrimage from Jogye Temple to Sejongno, Friday.

Meanwhile, the People’s Association for Measures Against Mad Cow Disease is scheduled to hold a candlelight vigil in major cities including Seoul, Saturday. Police estimate that around 35,000 Koreans will participate in the protest in Seoul Plaza. It has created walls with military buses in central Seoul and mobilized 16,000 riot police to deal with the protest.

LISTEN to this story. dongA.Com (BBC World).