The thyroid gland secretes two main hormones, thyroxine and triiodothyronine, into the bloodstream. These thyroid hormones stimulate all the cells in the body and control biological processes such as growth, reproduction, development, and metabolism.
For this 100g serving the Calories content is 368 kcal, the Protein content is 14.12 g, the Fat content is 6.07 g, the Carbohydrate content is 64.16 g. The lowest amount of fiber is in Quinoa, cooked which in 100g contains 2.8 g of fiber. This gives as percentage of the recommended daily allowance 11 % of the RDA. For this 100g serving the amount of Calories is 120 kcal, the amount of Protein is 4.4 g, the amount of Fat is 1.92 g, the amount of Carbohydrate is 21.3 g.
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.