Chia Benefits

Chia has tremendous nutritional value and medicinal properties, especially useful as part of your diet weight loss plan:

• Helps increase endurance

• Chia helps build muscles and tissues

• Chia is high in dietary fibre

• Is a source of high quality protein

• Is rich in omega-3 fatty acids

• Contains natural antioxidants, vitamins and minerals.

• Essential omega-3 fatty acid – demanded by the body to help emulsify and absorb fat-soluble vitamins A,D, E, and K

• The seeds are rich in unsaturated fatty acid linoleic – important for respiration of vital organs - which the body cannot manufacture.

Once digested, Chia forms a barrier between carbohydrates and enzymes that break them down, so slows the conversion of carbohydrates into sugar - An obvious benefits for diabetics.

Chia is also good for the skin, hair, and the brain. In fact, nutrients provided by Chia are beneficial to every cell in the body.

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