CHIA
SEEDS
The Superfood for
Modern Times
The Chia Store
Adding 3 Teaspoons Per Day* To Your Daily Food Intake Is All
You Need to Enjoy The Benefits of Chia: (*based
on normal Body Mass Index)
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Get the highest levels of
plant-sourced Omega-3: Alpha-Linolenic
Acid (ALA). ALA is found mostly in seeds, vegetable oils, and leafy green vegetables. It is
converted into EPA (Eicosapentaenoic Acid) and then into DHA (Docosahexanoic Acid)
in your body. Not all people can efficiently convert ALA into EPA and DHA, but ALA by itself provides a
host of benefits. (For more information on ALA, click here.) |
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Multiply antioxidant activity in your body. Powerful antioxidants from
chia seeds work against free radicals that damage millions of our cells by the minute. (For more
information on chia's antioxidants, click here.)
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Provide your food with all-natural,
nutritious dietary fibre (some fibre have minimal nutrition and can interfere
with mineral absorption in the gut). A natural, high quality fibre can support weight maintenance
goals, and could reduce the risks of cardiovascular disease, colon cancer, and diabetes. |
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Obtain a plant-based
complete protein with an amino-acid score of 115%. (Read about the benefits of
chia's amino-acids here.) |
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Provide your diet with a
thermogenic aid which boosts your metabolic rate. A thermogenic aid causes your body to
produce more than the normal amount of energy, and so burns more calories. (Read it here.) |
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Provide your diet with favorable Omega-3 to Omega-6 ratio
(3:1). Currently, most foods found in supermarkets today have ratios of 1:15-30
which increases the risk of inflammation. (Read why you should care about this
here.)
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Have a good amount of
functional food in your daily diet. |
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CHIA IN THE
NEWS
(and other interesting
places)
Chia information (and misinformation)
is popping up everwhere. If you are
wondering: Is chia indeed as good as it sounds? Which chia is grown
with pesticides and which chia is certified organic? Can you overdose on chia?... then read the interview
that will
SEPARATE TRUTH
FROM FICTION!
 Dr Wayne
Coates
sets the record straight in an interview
with David Mendosa, Medical Journalist, Living With Diabetes
www.mydiabetescentral.com
An excerpt from the interview: ..."Then, what about organic chia? I
told him that I ran across a source of chia that purports to be certified organic.
Dr. Coates replied point blank, “There is no certified organic chia. That
is another falsehood. But the chia is never sprayed with pesticides because insects never bother it. So there are
never any chemicals on the outside of the seed. It is harvested with combines mechanically and it is mechanically
cleaned. We don’t irradiate it; we don’t do anything to it. It is natural.”
Read the full article by David Mendosa here
Dr. Wayne Coates is perhaps the world's foremost educator on chia seeds. Dr. Coates was among the first to grow
chia seeds experimentally and later for commercial purposes. An expert in the field of new crops such as chia and
jojoba, his career as a research professor at the University of Arizona spanned over twenty-five years. He is the
co-author (with Ricardo Ayerza) of Chia: Rediscovering a Forgotten Crop of the Aztecs , University of Arizona Press
2005
DOCUMENTED NUTRITION DATA FOR CHIA SEEDS
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