The power of Chia seeds

Chia seeds are a highly nutritous and tasteless functional food that can be easily added to the meals you create everyday.

This powerful super seed are seen as nature's multi-vitamin and it's easy to see why. Per gram these magical seeds have:

• Twice the amount of protein than wheat, barley and rice, boosting immunity
• Five times the calcium of milk, for stronger bones
• Twice the amount of potassium as bananas, for digestion
• Three times more iron than spinach, increasing oxygen to the body
• Seven times more vitamin C than oranges

Chia seeds can be sprinkled over a variety of foods such as breakfast cereals, oatmeal, smoothies and stir fries. You can dissolve a tablespoonful of Chia seeds into any beverage, yogurt, sauce, dressing, cake mixture or soup. When combined with water, the Chia seed dissolves to form a unique versatile gel, making it perfect for endless recipes, including this no-cook Coconut Chia Pudding.

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, Minneapolis Wellness Examiner

Carolina Reyes is the president of ATTITUDE, a personal development company geared toward helping people makes their dreams into reality. She speaks around the state on the topic of empowering youth as the current Miss Minnesota International. She is the author of the workbook "Empowering Our...

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