Chia Seeds – A True Gift From Mother Nature!
Now that we decided to go healthy, let’s keep Chia seeds front and centre on our mind and see what this SUPER SUPER food can do for us!
Chia seeds been around for centuries. It’s origin is Argentina, Mexico, Peru and Bolivia. Even the Aztecs and Mayans knew about its health benefits and were regularly consumed.
Chia Seeds Benefits:
1. Losing weight with Chia seeds:
Because of it’s high fiber, when soaked in the water for a while it expands a few times of it’s size and it changes to a gelatinous form. High fiber foods as you know slow digestion and keep us fuller longer and prevent insulin fluctuation which is the reason to feeling hungry at all the time. Chia seeds can help with stabilizing our blood insulin level in a perfect way.
2. Chia seeds improve digestion, and cleanses colon and the digestive track. This also helps with the losing weight as better digestion means a better working metabolism.
3. Chia seeds are rich in calcium, iron, phosphorus, niacin and minerals.
4. Chia seeds are rich in omega-3 fatty acids. As we have heard in the media and from our doctors, omega-3 fatty acids are important in our diet for numerous reasons that include: healthy skin, memory preservation, heart health, weight maintenance/weight loss, and healthy hair.
Now how we can incorporate them in our daily diet?
– Ground Chia seeds can be sprinkled on your cereal or on fruit.
– You can bake or cook with it as well. Blend it with your home made breads and cookies.
– You may even want to blend it into home-made hummus or shakes.
– Sprinkle it on top of your salads.
– Mix it with pure water and drink it as a super healthy drink. if you like more flavour add some fresh fruit juice or lemon juice or even add some pieces of fruits like mango or kiwi into your drink…
Craving for a sweet drink? Add one tsp of an Organic honey into your Chia seeds drink. The options are endless…
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