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Any other FReepers in on the chia seed diet craze?
self | Dec 12, 2024 | fwdude

Posted on 01/12/2024 6:31:43 AM PST by fwdude

I have seen recommendations for including chia seeds in the diet for a lot of health reasons. One of the biggest reasons for me is that chia has a LOT of fiber, which most people don't get enough of.

So I jumped into the trend. I mainly eat them in chia "pudding" I prepare the day before. really like this for breakfast with some sliced almonds and/or berries.

Any other Freepers out there on board?


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KEYWORDS: chia; chiaseeds; diet; vanity; wboopi
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To: fwdude

I have been told by my doctor, if you are suspectable to Diverticulitis, stay away from them. Just my 2 cents.


21 posted on 01/12/2024 7:24:25 AM PST by duckman ( Not tired of winning!)
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To: fwdude
Not chia seeds, but red and black quinoa.
Yumm.
22 posted on 01/12/2024 7:28:09 AM PST by GaltAdonis
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To: duckman

I don’t know why diverticulitis wouldn’t like chia. It’s just high fiber.


23 posted on 01/12/2024 7:28:12 AM PST by fwdude (.When unarmed Americans are locked up for protesting a stolen election, you know it was stolen.)
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To: fwdude

It’s the size of the seeds.


24 posted on 01/12/2024 7:29:43 AM PST by duckman ( Not tired of winning!)
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To: duckman

I think pre-soaking the seeds overnight would alleviate the problems.


25 posted on 01/12/2024 7:30:35 AM PST by fwdude (.When unarmed Americans are locked up for protesting a stolen election, you know it was stolen.)
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To: fwdude

I’m shocked - shocked, I say - that you didn’t address it from the birds angle.

/s


26 posted on 01/12/2024 7:30:58 AM PST by logi_cal869 (-cynicus the "concern troll" a/o 10/03/2018 /!i!! &@$%&*(@ -)
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To: fwdude
My wife recently decided that I should have chia seeds, so she put some in my morning cranberry juice. I could not get used to the slimy texture. Told her it was like drinking frog eggs.


27 posted on 01/12/2024 7:34:52 AM PST by Rio
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To: fwdude

24 Ways to Use Chia Seeds for Weight Loss.

https://www.eatthis.com/chia-seeds/


28 posted on 01/12/2024 7:36:57 AM PST by Openurmind (The ultimate test of a moral society is the kind of world it leaves to its children. ~ D. Bonhoeffer)
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To: Rio

“My wife recently decided that I should have chia seeds, so she put some in my morning cranberry juice. I could not get used to the slimy texture. Told her it was like drinking frog eggs.”

Lol. It is all in the mental perspective. Think Tapioca pudding, or well done Oatmeal...


29 posted on 01/12/2024 7:39:04 AM PST by Openurmind (The ultimate test of a moral society is the kind of world it leaves to its children. ~ D. Bonhoeffer)
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To: fwdude

Two cookies and two cups of coffee:-)


30 posted on 01/12/2024 7:48:08 AM PST by NavyShoe
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To: fwdude

wouldn’t do it if you have problems with diverticulitis.


31 posted on 01/12/2024 8:23:47 AM PST by BigFreakinToad (Remember the Biden Kitchen Fire of 2004)
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To: fwdude; Rio

I dont think I qualify as “being into it” and dont anymore but...

I remember that I was with my girls but I dont remember the details of how I wound up with a bottle of hibiscus elderberry (was it blackberry?) chia drink.

I figured what the hell? Looks like frog eggs! Ill try that.

It tasted good enough and having read some of the nonsense on various blogs I bought some seeds and started trying to make things myself. I was working 16+ hour days and thought that this would make a good way to have breakfast in the car during my hour commute in.

Normally what I would do is make tea. Any citrus including
Earl Grey, berry, or chai worked well. I did it the night before and put the seeds in while it was still warm, which is supposed to help inflate them, before I put it in the fridge to steep overnight. Caffiene AND instant breakfast!?!?! Sign me up!

Overnight, because the 10 minute gel inflation thing is entirely bullshit and getting an uninflated seed in the gutter between your tongue and tonsil really sucks for the rest of the day. Swallowing them whole and uninflated so they can gel in the stomach was unpleasant, I did it a couple of times and wouldnt again.

I just stopped one day, dont know really why. Just wasnt looking for any unnecessary carbs and I wasnt ever really much of a breakfast person anyway.

I cant claim to have experienced any of the superpowers, or really any difference, from eating them during the course of my extreme shifts buy I suppose ymmv.


32 posted on 01/12/2024 8:28:46 AM PST by gnarledmaw (Hivemind liberals worship leaders, sovereign conservatives select servants.)
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To: Jonty30

Eggs are good for you.

Eggs are bad for you.

Eggs are...

Fads come and go.


33 posted on 01/12/2024 8:33:17 AM PST by bgill
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To: gnarledmaw

I just know that since eating chia seeds 5+ days a week, I’m a lot more regular, with better “quality.”


34 posted on 01/12/2024 8:34:22 AM PST by fwdude (.When unarmed Americans are locked up for protesting a stolen election, you know it was stolen.)
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To: fwdude

Can they hide Natto?


35 posted on 01/12/2024 8:55:48 AM PST by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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To: Track9

Sounds line a recipe for diverticulitis.
****
Got me thinking the same thing- my last colonoscopy, the doc said I have mild diverticulosis. Along with everything else I’m dealing with……

I’m gonna ask him about it.


36 posted on 01/12/2024 9:00:43 AM PST by telescope115 (I NEED MY SPACE!!! 🔭)
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To: duckman

Darnit- thanks. My doctor is probably going to tell me the same thing.


37 posted on 01/12/2024 9:02:18 AM PST by telescope115 (I NEED MY SPACE!!! 🔭)
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To: fwdude

You know why they call these fad diets, “Such and such craze”?

They’re misspelling “crazy”

Eat real food in proper amounts and balances and these diet crazes have no purpose.


38 posted on 01/12/2024 9:05:11 AM PST by trebb (So many fools - so little time...)
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To: trebb

Well, I consider raw, unprocessed seeds “real food” so I think I’m on track.


39 posted on 01/12/2024 9:09:32 AM PST by fwdude (.When unarmed Americans are locked up for protesting a stolen election, you know it was stolen.)
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To: fwdude

I make a chia seed breakfast for backpacking: chia seeds, turbinado sugar, freeze dried banana slices, coconut chips, and walnuts. It’s good hot or cold. It soaks in the time it takes me to break camp and pack my backpack.


40 posted on 01/12/2024 9:27:27 AM PST by Cheesehead in Texas (N ke )
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