This document discusses the many health benefits of eating chia seeds, which include helping with weight loss, balancing blood sugar, providing omega-3 fatty acids and protein, reducing cravings, and more. It explains that chia seeds can help with weight loss by providing fiber to make you feel full for longer. The fiber and gel-forming properties of chia seeds also help to balance blood sugar levels and prevent spikes and crashes. Chia seeds are also a good plant-based source of complete protein and omega-3 fatty acids, which have various health benefits. The document provides details on these and other nutritional benefits of incorporating chia seeds into one's diet.

1. The top 10 benefits of eating chia seeds seen here are
right here in this slide show in no particular order.
How does chia help people lose weight without starving?
How can you make delicious lower fat meals & snacks with chia?
What kinds of nutrients are in chia & how do they help you?
Let’s get started!
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2. Lose Weight Without Starving
Cravings & hunger are a dieter’s two main foes. Cravings can be solved with a
variety of nutrient dense foods, because they are usually caused by lack of a
certain nutrient. Low on calcium? You might want cheese or ice cream. Low on
healthy omega-3 oils? You might crave oily or buttery foods.
But what about hunger?
Jittery or expensive pills can fight hunger…but you can stay full for hours with the
aid of chia seeds. To learn how chia fights hunger without adding calories, you
have to know about FIBER.

3. Lose Weight Without Starving
So now you know that fiber can’t be digested & won’t add to your daily calories. It
also takes up space and helps you feel full for longer. Chia has one more fiber trick
in store for you, when you hydrate it with water. Water also has 0 calories, and
with the way chia traps water on its surface, you can use this as another level of
hunger fighting power.
That’s 9 times the weight of the seed in 0-calorie water that takes time for the
digestive system to remove.

4. Lose Weight Without Starving
What’s the best way to use chia seed fiber & gelling action to fight hunger?
Eat less food at meal time:
Have a glass of water with a tablespoon or 2 of chia gel in it about 15 minutes
before meal time. The “I’m not so hungry” signal that goes from the stomach to
the brain isn’t very fast, so giving it about 15 minutes to work is helpful. When
you are full sooner, you won’t want to eat as much food.
Satisfy without a snack:
If you are hungry between meals, have some stevia-sweetened cold tea (like
raspberry, apple, or green tea in a convenient bag) with chia gel mixed in. The
flavor & sweetness of 0-calorie stevia will help your body think it’s getting the
snack/treat that it wanted, while chia helps fill you up like a food.
Make food fill you up faster:
Because chia seeds don’t taste like anything, you can add them to almost any
food you already like. You can stir gel into soups, stews, sauces & dressings. You
can sprinkle dry chia onto oatmeal, cereal, salad & anything that’s not too dry so
the seeds don’t just bounce off. When you eat chia with & in your food, you can
feel full faster.

5. Balance Blood Sugar
Balancing blood sugar isn’t just for people with diabetes. Anyone can benefit from
having a better blood sugar balance. Keeping it balanced is important for both
health and energy. Since blood sugar can spike after meals (especially with high-starch
foods or sweets), you can have low energy ‘slumps’ where you feel tired or
out of energy.
Wouldn’t it be better to stay above the line? Don’t feel “hyper” or jittery, and
don’t feel sluggish and sleepy, like in the “afternoon slump”.

6. How Does Chia Help Balance Blood Sugar?
Fiber slows down the conversion of carbohydrates into sugars. When the body
encounters a starchy carb, it will try to convert it into a sugar so you can use it for
energy. By adding chia, the indigestible plant fibers get in the way of the
breakdown process just enough to slow it down & even it out. All the sugars don’t
get absorbed at once, giving you a sugar high (and then a low, later)
Why is adding fiber important NOW:
Modern foods like white breads, buns, bagels, rolls, donuts, pretzels, crackers,
pancakes & more are all usually made with white flour. Removing all or most of
the natural fiber from foods makes them look nicer & taste richer / lighter /
smoother & more appealing. This modern taste and texture may be better than
tough loaves of whole wheat bread or dry bunches of bran flakes…but it’s not
better for digestion.
Make almost any food a higher fiber food:
If processed foods are taking fiber out, you can put it back in with chia seeds. By
eating chia as you eat other foods (by mixing it in, sprinkling it on, or drinking a
chia beverage) you provide your body with fiber, even if the original food didn’t.
Having fiber at every meal is important.

7. Help Prevent Diverticulitis / Diverticulosis
With the abundance of over-processed foods and white flour on the market
today, rich sources of fiber are harder to come by. These foods of convenience
have contributed to the rise of diverticulitis. Irregularity is a big factor in this risky
condition. To help ensure regularity, you need plenty of soluble and insoluble
fiber in your diet, as well as hydration.
Just look at this! 1 Tablespoon of dry chia gives you NINE tablespoons of colon
hydrating chia gel, when you mix it with water. Soluble fiber hangs onto water as
it moves through the digestive system, hydrating it along the way.
Chia gives you what you need for regularity:
1. Soluble fiber feeds beneficial bacteria so they break down your food
properly – these are “probiotic bacteria” & they eat “prebiotic fiber”
2. Insoluble fiber helps keep food moving along
3. Extra water (or liquid) from the soluble fiber hydrates the digestive system

8. Help Prevent Diverticulitis / Diverticulosis
Not getting enough fiber?
It’s important to increase fiber gradually, if you know you’re not getting enough.
Suddenly eating a large amount of fiber, after a time of very low fiber, can lead to
symptoms like gas, cramps or a bloated feeling. If you’re low on fiber, start off
small & work your way up to the healthy amount of fiber that’s right for you.
*Enzyme tablets, or probiotic foods or supplements can also help you adjust to a
better fiber intake.
Are you dehydrated?
Some people can have mild dehydration throughout the day and not notice. Be
sure to drink enough water & sugar-free flavored drinks. Caffeinated beverages
are ok, but remember, caffeine has a diuretic effect too, so it’s not as effective as
plain water. The intestines need plenty of water to do their job effectively.
You don’t need overly sugary fruit juices or
sodas to stay hydrated. Skip those calories
and choose the natural, 0 calorie sweetness
of stevia or monk fruit.
There are more fruit flavor teas, chai teas,
non-sweet teas, spice teas & naturally sweet
tasting but healthy beverages available than
ever before.
Don’t get dehydrated, power up with great
flavors!

9. Add Healthy Omega 3 Oil to Your Diet
Omega-3 oil is usually thought of as “that healthy stuff in fish”. But, what if you
don’t want to eat fish every day? What if you’re a vegetarian, or simply worried
about pollution adding harmful substances to your fish dinner?
By weight, chia contains more omega 3 than
salmon, and it still tastes like whatever you want!
Omega 3 oil is important in heart and cholesterol
health. It’s also recently been targeted as a weight-loss
helper. USA Weekend Magazine also reports
on a study where overweight dieters who included
omega 3s in their eating plan lost 2 more pounds
monthly than the control group, who did not.

10. What Does Omega-3 Oil Do For You?
1. Cellular health:
You can’t produce omega 3 oil in your body, so you need to obtain it from
food sources. Omega 3s help with blood cell clotting ability (clots when
needed; won’t clot too easily), cell membrane formation, and fighting
inflammation among cells. (Inflammation is a defense response, but too
much inflammation is bad for you – so help calm it down with healthy oil.
2. Blood vessel & cholesterol/triglyceride health
Omega 3s can expand blood vessels which can lower the blood pressure in
people who have elevated pressure. Studies have shown it can lower
triglyceride levels. Even the US Government & FDA admit that Omega 3s
work to lower bad cholesterol & work against heart disease
3. So many body systems – so many ways to help
Since it fights inflammation and swelling, omega-3s have been used for
arthritis pain & muscle and menstrual cramps. It’s good for brain health
too, like brain development & function since the brain is partially made of
fats. It’s being looked at for ADHD & some mood disorders.

11. Chia Has Protein For Energy
Protein in food can only be used by the body as an energy source. It can’t store
protein for use later, or turn it into a fat. Protein is the building block of muscle
tissue as well.
When the body has enough protein, it feels that good food is abundant, and
doesn’t trigger “starvation signals” to start storing fat cells and conserving energy.
(Activities like skipping meals, eating low nutrition food, or not getting enough
protein can trigger fat storage signals. Remember—your body doesn’t know food
is abundant. It only knows what you are actually eating at the time.)

12. Chia is one of nature’s highest plant-based sources of complete protein. It is 23%
protein by weight. Usually protein from items like peanut butter and some beans
are incomplete, meaning you have to combine them with other foods to get the
full benefit. Not Chia though, it’s protein is complete to raise your energy levels.
The combination of complete protein, vitamins, minerals and blood-sugar
balancing gel all work together to make sure you have steady, never jittery
energy.

13. Bake With Less Fat
Do you enjoy making baked goods at home, but hate all the butter and oil that
has to go into them? Chia gel can substitute for half the butter in most recipes!
The food will bake the same and taste the same (or better) from the addition of
the chia gel.
A tablespoon of chia gel replaces about a tablespoon of butter, shortening or oil.
All you need to do is divide approximately in half the amount of butter or oil, and
then use the same amount of chia gel to fill in. Everything from cookies to cakes
to muffins, pancakes and dessert bars can be made with chia gel as your butter
replacement. Which recipe will become your new favorite?

14. Bake With Less Fat
Want easy to see proof? Just look at “The Cookie Test” right here!
The cookie on the left was made with store bought refrigerator dough. The other
cookie was baked with chia gel. Notice how much LESS OIL stains the colored
construction paper! The chia cookie tastes just as good, looks just as good & is
easy to make too.

15. It’s not just cookies!
Just look at all of these other great half-the-fat foods you can bake with chia.
What’s here?
A strawberry bunt cake
Pear-cranberry muffins
Hazelnut waffles with banana slices
Peanut butter chocolate chip cookies
Red Velvet cookies
Chia apple-cinnamon pie
Cracklin’ cookie brittle
Apple raisin cookies
Chocolate chip pumpkin muffins
And that’s just a start!

16. Do YOU like to bake? Do you want to make all kinds of healthier food?
If you want lower fat chia recipes like these, remember, MySeeds GIVES AWAY
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Remember that chia has no flavor, you’ll want lots of easy things to do with it so
that you’re always entertained. Think you can’t make some of the items seen
here? Don’t worry, some of the recipes are as easy as sprinkle & blend.
If you’ve got a measuring spoon, you can use chia seeds.

17. Chia Has Age Defying Anti-Oxidants
Anti-oxidants have been in the news lately due to their super healthy benefits.
You know that blueberries and several exotic fruits (that
aren’t always in season) have them, but did you know that
chia is extremely high in anti-oxidants too?
These helpful substances are what makes the Chia Seed
stay fresh for so long. At room temperature, they’ll stay
fresh and ready to eat for over two whole years! And
that’s all without a single chemical or preservative. This
amazing ability is not found in other seeds like flax or
sesame, because those seeds don’t have the same rich
anti-oxidant content. The anti-oxidants keep the oils from
going rancid & spoiling the seeds.
What’s an anti-oxidant example?

18. Chia Has Age Defying Anti-Oxidants
Anti-oxidants help prevent free-radical damage in your body. Free radicals lead to
problematic conditions such as premature aging of the skin and inflammation of
various tissues. Fight free radical damage by staying fresh and healthy with
nature’s anti-oxidant powerhouse the chia seed.
Anthocyanin is one of the antioxidants in chia.
Anthocyanin is a pigment plants use to make dark colors. You can see it here in
the difference between “black” chia & white chia. The black seeds are actually,
black, brown and tan with a patterned surface.
You’re familiar with other anthocyanin containing fruits and vegetables like
blueberries, plums, blackberries, raspberries, egg plant, red cabbage & black
beans. Notice how all of these items have very vivid colors.

19. Here’s the “Chia Anti-Oxidant Salad”. (The chia seeds are in the dressing) Notice
how it has colorful & dark fruits, like raspberries & plums. That’s more plant
pigment working for you!
Are there more than one kind of antioxidant or anthocyanin?
Yes! For example, red cabbage has 36 different anthocyanins! Fruits & vegetables
have a surprising range of tiny, healthy compounds. Whether it’s trace minerals,
micro-nutrients or antioxidants, a variety of colorful, fresh foods are your key to
better health. Remember: micro nutrients may be small but they make a BIG
difference in health.

20. Cut Cravings for Food
Cravings for foods can sabotage anyone’s health efforts. Cravings have 2 main
angles, a “deficient” angle, caused by lack of certain nutrients & a “satisfaction”
angle caused by hunger or habit. (Habits can include “always eating a certain food
during a certain TV show” or “distracted eating while doing something else”)
Dr. Joel Fuhrman states:
“The secret is to desire lower calories.
The high consumption of low-calorie & high nutrient foods like raw vegetables,
greens, beans & seeds prepared in delicious combinations make you feel
physically full from all the fiber and satisfied from all the chewing. You lose the
addictive cravings and then you simply & naturally desire less food.”
Being deficient in minerals or vitamins can create a craving for food. For example,
if you’re low on calcium, you may feel compelled to eat lots of cheese and ice
cream. This happens because your body knows that cheese is a source of calcium,
and it hasn’t been getting enough. But what if dairy and whole milk are a “Diet
don’t”? What if you can’t get hormone-free products in your area?

21. You can always add calcium to your food by sprinkling on the chia. By weight, chia
has more calcium than whole milk. It also has magnesium and boron, essential
trace minerals used in the absorption of calcium and other vitamins. These 2
other minerals make it easier for your body to absorb calcium, when they’re
eaten at the same time. By balancing your vitamins and minerals with chia, you
can curb cravings that might tempt you.
*Of course, chia isn’t the only source of plant based calcium. Collard greens,
mustard greens, turnip tops, arugula & garlic all also have plenty of calcium. Figs,
dates & prickly pears also have high calcium.
Eating toxic foods (over-processed breads, hydrogenated oils, cured meats with
chemicals, processed-cheese-food (not actual cheese!) fish from polluted waters,
items made from pure sugar or too much high fructose corn syrup & chemical
based artificial sweeteners like aspartame can actually create cravings or add to
hunger.
For instance, macaroni with powdered “cheese” flavor is filling for the moment,
but it isn’t nutritious. Your mouth can’t tell the difference, but your body can later
on, when there are no micronutrients available. You set yourself up for cravings.

22. Help With Flavors & Textures of Food
How can a seed with NO flavor help the foods you already like to taste better?
First
Because they have no taste of their own, chia seeds will never cover up or add to
the flavor of your food.
Second
The gelling action of the chia seed can blend flavors together in items like
dressings, salsas & sauces. For example, letting a dish like the “Chia Lime Salsa”
chill for 15 minutes in the refrigerator before serving, will produce a more even,
vibrant taste

23. Third
You can use chia to improve the texture of baked goods, as well as cutting the fat.
Since baked recipes mostly involve chia gel, the result is usually a little more moist
/ resistant to drying out.
Fourth
You can use dry chia to help hold burger patties together, especially when you’re
making vegetarian burgers, or meat burgers that involve mix-ins. The chia absorbs
the liquid of the ingredients (but doesn’t soak up the flavor) and helps everything
cling together for easier cooking & eating.

24. Chia Can Help You Save Money
Why should eating less cost you more?
You already know diet pills are expensive, and ‘box meal plans’ can run up to
$500.00 a month. If you’re buying ‘calorie counting packs’ or other individual
portions in the store, you can also end up paying more because more preparation
and materials go into these foods.
More than enough MySeeds chia for 1 month costs less than a dollar a day. You
can use as much or as little as you want to achieve your own desired results.
There are no preparations required for these simple seeds, not even pesticides
need to be used to grow them. They’re always safe and 100% chemical free. A
measuring spoon is all you’ll need when you’re ready to take advantage of chia
for yourself. It doesn’t get any easier or more inexpensive.

25. What exciting uses are there for
chia seeds?
What could you do with fun chia
recipes that are also healthy?
All of the foods you see here were made &
enhanced with chia seeds. Chia seeds are used
to add fiber to the Apple Ramen Plate. Chia
blends flavors together in the Rainbow Potato
Salad. Chia adds fiber & complete plant
protein to your Berry Smoothie.
The Chia Chocolate Cracklin Snowballs are
richly chocolaty but have only half the fat of an
ordinary cookie. Chia seeds thicken the tasty
(vegan!) Easy Chia Chili.
You can make a great variety of tasty burgers
like the Chia Roasted Pepper Turkey Burger
too, because chia helps the patty cling
together & then blends the flavors in the
healthy cilantro topping.
Make breakfast better with Carrot Cake
Pancakes…they’ve got a whole cup of
vegetables AND chia…but they taste like carrot
cake. If you like snacks or appetizers, you’ll
want to make Chia Sweet Potato Dip, it’s
better for you than cheese spreads & works
great on vegetables.
With MySeeds chia you can get all these
recipes…
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