Who's tried eating chia seeds?

[eppur_se_muova]

They're evidently a good source of polyunsaturated, omega-3 and omega-6 fatty acids.

http://www.nutritiondata.com/facts/nut-and-seed-products/3061/2 (data from USDA)

http://www.eatingwell.com/health/nutrition_watch/eat_your_chia.html

I first learned about chia from "Born to Run" which I haven't yet finished reading. http://www.powells.com/biblio?show=hardcover:sale:9780307266309:17.46

[Mika]

1. Soak them first.

If you soak them in chocolate almond milk in the fridge they turn into a pudding. Mmmmm!!111!!! One of my favs. Good for the tummy too.

[eppur_se_muova]

2. Thanks! Soaking in chocolate almond milk sounds like it would help anything! nt

:P

[Warpy]

5. Good idea because eating them the way them come

is just like having a mouthful of fleas.

[tridim]

3. Just like Cannabis seeds.

Except Cannabis seeds have more protein and they're illegal for some reason.

[silverweb]

4. They're very healthy!

I use them in a variety of ways, though not as often as I should. I've stirred them into soups, sprinkled them on salads, and mixed them into V8 juice. I looked the nutritional content up once and was really amazed.

[clear eye]

6. The cannibis or the chia?

About the chia, if you don't ground them up do you get any of the nutrition? I know you get the belly-filling gel from the seed coats, but don't the rest just come out of you the same as they went in?

[silverweb]

7. I was talking about the chia.

I don't know if our digestive systems are equipped to extract nutrients from the uncrushed chia seeds, so I do subject them to a session in a mortar and pestle first.

In Mexico, chia seeds are ground into a flour called pinole, which is used in many different recipes.

[clear eye]

8. Thanks. n/t

[mizz pibb]

9. If they are gelatinous, then they resemble flax in that sense...

In other words, they expand with liquid. But make sure to grind them because you will not digest them otherwise.