Chia Seeds
 

I just started eating these little seeds that I bought from the local health food store. The more I read about the benefits from eating chia seeds the more I realize how healthy they are. Here's a link to more information that you might enjoy reading. Does anyone else use them?

http://www.naturalnews.com/022468.html#ixzz1hquANgJw

I eat them in my oatmeal along with ground flax seed.

I haven't eaten them, but I think I might start. :) Thanks for sharing

If you can eat the seeds I wonder if you can eat the little green stuff from a chia pet in a salad? ??

Dr. Oz is promoting these seeds so there must be health value in them. Do you eat them plain or mix them in other foods?

On Dr. Oz's show the other day, he was saying how good they are for you.

We give flax to our horses for glossy coats!! Works wonders!

So far I have mixed them in other foods. They go down easy sprinkled on a salad and in stir fry. This morning I did put some in my raisin bran. They don't have any noticeable taste, but are a little crunchy.

lol, well, I do have a nice pony tail ;-)

What benefit are they to your health? There are so many grains and plants that are good for us but what exactly do they help with? (Hoping to be about 25 again with a svelte, lithe body and the kind of husband many of you guys have! Will they help?)

I heard about them too the other day on Dr. Oz...will give them a try...

Wow, thanks for posting. I looked them up and am ordering some to try out.

Dr. Oz says not to eat the Chia greens and I found these Chia seeds at Fred Meyer in the Health Food Section.

Here's the link to some helpful information about the seeds.
http://www.naturalnews.com/022468.html#ixzz1hquANgJw

Thank you! Had to laugh gently because I believe the Inca, Mayans and Aztec cultures did not flourish!! But I understand that was due more to some of the other human beings inhabiting the planet! I will try these!

I just bought some - I am going to add them to my oatmeal, and I will try them on my salad as well!

From salvia, huh? Wonder if you can smoke them????? Sorry, just had to ask. glenda

I found them on Amazon and saved them to my wishlist so I can add to my next Amazon order.

I buy and grind flax seeds- the powder is wonderful in so many things- cereal, oatmeal, meatloaf. fruit smoothies. I find that they are good for digestion and they make my skin soft.

I saw the Dr Oz show about chia and no, you cannot eat the greens from the chia pet.

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Sure, why not? It'll even be loaded with far more food value due to the magical sprouting activity. I used to cut apple slices and roll them in Chia seeds for when my kids came home from school, hungry and cranky. I'd give that to them with a cheese slice and they would be good till dinner time with no fighting..or not much!

this is very interesting...where do you get them????

I ordered some from Amazon.

I bought mine for $11 (16oz) at the local health food store. I didn't know you could get them from Amazon, thanks for the info.

I started mixing two tablespoons of these in oatmeal and added some blackberries. MAN is it good! DH and I have been having that for breakfast for 6 days now. We've also been doing portion control and eliminating junk food and between meal snacks. I've lost 5 lbs and I'm feeling better--more energy, more alert. I researched them a little after reading this post and found out that there's absolutely no side effects so I went to a local health food store and bought two pounds of them. I'm going to a quilting retreat this Friday for a week and I'll be taking my seeds and oatmeal with me.

They are good in pancakes too.

Be careful if you have IBS. The inner portion of the seed is soluble fiber, which is great for IBS, but the outer hull is insoluble fiber, which can be irritating. I liked the chia so much I increased it by too much one day, and then forgot and ate a goodly portion of pureed beans as well (which likewise contain a lot of insoluble fiber) and woke up at 4:00 am with knifelike pains from the gas. I have had to drop back on fiber to give my system a chance to calm down, but I will gradually add the chia back in soon.

Heard Dr. Oz talking about it!