12/22/2025
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CHIA SEEDS
As a food, Chia is a veritable nutrition explosion! The following are some nutrition facts would garner appreciation from any health food aficionado.
Chia:
Has 6x more protein than beans. It runs neck-in-neck with spirulina as the highest source of plant-based protein. Once ounce of Chia has 4.9 grams of protein.
Is a ‘complete protein’containing 18 of 20 different amino acids including all nine of the essential amino acids that the body can obtains only through food.
Can absorb up to 27x their own weight in water!
Is high in selenium and has 3x more iron than spinach.
As a source of calcium is 5x greater than that of milk.
Is high in vitamins B-1, B-2, & B-3.
Provides 15x more magnesium than broccoli.