Buckwheat is a nutritious gluten-free pseudocereal, is a powerhouse of vitamins, all essential amino acids and minerals, especially manganese and magnesium, a mineral that acts as a co-factor for more than 300 enzymes, including enzymes involved in the body’s use of glucose and insulin secretion.
Some of the antioxidants found in this food include flavonoids like oligomeric proanthocyanidins, which protect your cells against free radical damage and prevent the kind of dangerous inflammation that can contribute to the spread of cancer.
