Chia is a sustainable and environmentally friendly product.

The high oil content of chia’s leaves acts as an extremely potent insect repellent and eliminates the need for pesticides. Chia is a member of the mint family and is technically known as Salvia hispanica L. If you have ever grown mint, you know insects never bother it; the same is true for chia.

The use of chia as an omega-3 source prevents depletion of fish stocks, and also eliminates concerns about the accumulation of toxins such as dioxin and mercury that may accumulate in fish and fish products.

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Essential Fatty Acids - What are they?

Essential fatty acids are nutrients that you must consume, since your body does not, and cannot make them on its own.

Omega-3 is one essential fatty acid. Interestingly, only the short chain form of omega3 fatty acid, called ALA (alpha-linolenic fatty acid), not DHA or EPA, is considered essential.

Why?

This is because the body can convert ALA into the other two forms of omega-3.

Chia is the highest plant source of omega-3.  Being a food derived from plants, all types of consumers (gluten-free, vegan, vegetarian, meat lovers, etc.) can safely enjoy chia.

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Chia as a SUPERFOOD

What makes a food, a SUPERFOOD?

There is no technical nor scientific definition for what constitutes a superfood. However the term superfood is commonly used to describe a food with high nutrient or phytochemical content, that may confer health benefits, and having few properties considered to be negative, such as being high in saturated fats or artificial ingredients, food additives or contaminants. The Oxford English Dictionary includes citations for superfood as being "a food considered especially nutritious or otherwise beneficial to health and well-being.”

Given the above statements, chia could rightly be called a superfood since it:

1.  is nutrient-rich

2.  contains health promoting nutrients (vitamins, minerals, antioxidants)

3.  contains phytonutrients (plant based nutrients)

4.  is low in saturated fats and has no artificial ingredients or additives

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My New Book at Barnes at Noble

Chia Lovers

The street teams were out in NY, Chicago, Philly, SF and Seattle May 1 and 2 handing out cards and samples of Chia-2-Go packs® to advertize the launch of my new book entitled "CHIA: The Complete Guide to the Ultimate Superfood".

The book will be discounted 30% in all Barnes and Noble stores May 1-7.

Here is a photo of the book on display in the Arlington Texas store.

Chia in the News

Chia Friends

Well chia is hitting the news all over the place with lots of articles being published lately.

If you are interested, go to http://drcoateschia.com/chia_in_the_news.htm and click on the links to read them.

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Wayne

My New Chia Book

Chia Friends

My new book CHIA: The Complete Guide to the Ultimate Superfood just came out and is available from Barnes & Noble, Amazon or DrCoatesChia

We are very pleased with the book as not only does the book have a lot of information on chia, it talks about some of the myths and misconceptions about chia, contains over 75 recipes as well as exercise plans to help you get and stay healthy.

Some chapters are: Staying Healthy with Chia, Cooking Eating and Healing with Chia.

It was written so as to help everyone better understand chia and its potential health benefits.

Wayne

How to tell Good from Bad Chia

To our chia friends......

An individual sent me an email to which was attached a photo of chia seed they had purchased from two different vendors.  The question posed to me was what is the difference?  Is one better than the other?

Here is some information and photos

The seed on the left is clearly inferior quality, contains many immature seeds (brown) and even the black seeds are a lighter color which is not normal. The seed on the right is much higher quality. So look at the seed you buy, brown is bad, white(cream) or black are good.

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Wayne

Ways to add CHIA to your diet

5 easy ways to add CHIA to your daily diet

• Mix in with your morning juice or milk 

• Add to your smoothie 

• Sprinkle on your salad 

• Add to your yogurt 

• Sprinkle on peanut butter and banana sandwich 

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Why you need to consume Omega3

5 reasons for Omega-3 in your daily diet:

* improve cardiovascular health
* lower cholesterol
* reduce inflammation
* boost your immune system
* improve your mood

Chia is the highest known plant source of Omega-3.

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New Articles on Chia

The international community is taking note of CHIA. Check out these 3 recent articles:

BBC Newsmagazine

Independent from the UK

Toronto Globe and Mail

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