Milled chia seed’s astounding benefits

I had known about chia seed for quite a long time. It is high in omega fatty acids and is also used as a fiber additive. It is for this latter purpose that I started using it a while back, in the whole-seed, unmilled form, adding it to aqua de chia which I wrote a post about a while ago.

One issue with aqua de chia however is that regularly drinking lemon juice is harmful to teeth. As much as I love lemons, my teeth simply cannot endure regular intake of their juice unfortunately.

After that, I sort of ceased using chia seeds, until not long ago I purchased an inexpensive coffee maker online which came with a free coffee grinder. It has turned out that I am hardly using the coffee maker these days but using the coffee grinder regularly – often twice per day – to mill chia seed to make in porridge.

Here is the recipe I use:

approx 2 – 3 tablespoon of organic quick oats
3 level teaspoons of chia seed, milled in coffee grinder
2 teaspoons of ground golden flax seed, which is purchased ground at a local natural foods store and stored refrigerated (this is important since once it is ground it can oxidize go bad much faster)

So basically this porridge, which I like to enjoy every morning and often in the evening if I’m hungry before bed time, is mostly chia and flax, with a little bit of oats as a sort of carrier grain.

Ever since I was young I have always had issues with constipation. I thought that it would just always be this way. And now I want to report that I’m absolutely amazed at how well milled chia is working! I wish I had know about this many, many years ago.

I guess there really is a significant difference between unmilled and milled (ground) chia seed.

If anyone has not yet tried chia seed, I highly encourage you to try it. Not only are its health benefits amazing, it also tastes excellent.

It also turns out that I have friends from southeast asia who are also really into eating healthy, and one thing they consume in their culture is not chia, but rather basil seeds, in a similar manner.

Basil and chia seeds are similar, and both plants are in the same family – the Lamiaceae or mint family which includes a lot of excellent, healing herbs.

Milled chia seed. Love it!