Despite the fact that in modern world more than a thousand edible plants are used for food, only 3 staple cereal crops grown worldwide: wheat, rice, and maize. Growing limited number of often causes many problems: ranging from loss biodiversity, due to constant cultivation same monocultures areas, deterioration soil quality. A way out this situation is selection new untraditional neglected coul...

A short review concerning the distinction between ancient and modern grains or varieties of wheat, cereals pseudocereals, along with their quality related mainly to human health that environment is provided. Modern plant breeding, especially started before Green Revolution, based on gross selection very few crosses among local varieties/populations may be considered grains, while those obtained...

A strict gluten-free diet (GFD) is the only currently available therapeutic treatment for patients with celiac disease, an autoimmune disorder of the small intestine associated with a permanent intolerance to gluten proteins. The complete elimination of gluten proteins contained in cereals from the diet is the key to celiac disease management. However, this generates numerous social and economi...

The gluten-free diet (GFD) is the cornerstone treatment for coeliac disease (CD). However, a healthy GFD more complex than only exclusion of gluten-containing foods. Most celiac patients do not receive nutritional advice and tend to consume industrial products (GFPs), which often lack fiber, vitamins, other micronutrients while being rich in saturated fats refined sugars. This review focuses on...

Pasta and couscous are popular foods manufactured (in their traditional form) from durum wheat semolina. In recent years, the consumers' quest for novel, functional, gluten-free, wholegrain foods has prompted the industry to manufacture new pasta and couscous products in which durum wheat has been partially or totally replaced by other vegetable flours. Besides dietary fibre, these raw material...

The use of pseudocereals and ancient grains for breadmaking applications is receiving particular attention since they involve nutrient dense grains with proven with health-promoting attributes. Dilution up to 20% of the basic rye/wheat flour blend by accumulative addition of amaranth, buckwheat, quinoa and teff flours (5% single flour) did positively impact either some dough visco-metric and vi...

Hozová B., Kuniak Ľ., Moravčíková P., Gajdošová A. (2007): Determination of water-insoluble β-d-glucan in the whole-grain cereals and pseudocereals. Czech J. Food Sci., 25: 316–324. Water-insoluble β-(1,3)-d-glucan (lichenan) was determined in 43 samples of various cereal (oats, barley, wheat, millet) and pseudocereal (buckwheat, amaranth) cultivars using a modified procedure with fungal α-amyl...

This review provides an overview of the botany and classification of seeds, summarizes recent research examining the health benefits of seeds, and discusses barriers to incorporating seeds into Western diets. Strategies to help practitioners support their patients in incorporating more seed foods into the diet are suggested. Seed foods, including cereals and pseudocereals (whole grains), legume...