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Organic Chia—What’s in It for You?

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Don’t be fooled by chia’s tiny size. It truly packs a BIG nutritional wallop per gram or per ounce. Take a look.

You most likely have heard of chia, but you just have to see how much nutrition these tiny seeds deliver.

For starters, gram per gram, chia seeds contain:

  • 8 times more omega-3s than salmon.

  • 6 times more calcium than milk.

  • 3 times more iron than spinach.

  • 15 times more magnesium than broccoli.

  • 2 times more fiber than bran flakes.

  • 6 times more protein than kidney beans—and chia seeds offer a complete protein.

  • 4 times more phosphorus than whole milk.


Additionally, ounce per ounce, chia seeds provide more:

  • antioxidants than blueberries.

  • potassium than bananas.


But wait! There’s more.

Chia also provides the body with vitamins A, B, E and D and other nutrients beyond calcium, iron, magnesium, potassium and phosphorus. Additionally, chia provides boron, molybdenum, niacin, thiamine and zinc. You might also be interested to know that the trace minerals magnesium and boron in chia seeds can naturally help the body to absorb and utilize the calcium content in chia seeds.

Likewise, the healthy omega-3 fats in chia seeds—including alpha linolenic acid (ALA)—can naturally help the body to absorb fat-soluble vitamins A, D and E.

Chia seeds also boast antioxidant power, which protect the body against damaging free radicals. In fact, chia seeds’ high antioxidant content can give them a shelf life of over two years.

On top of all this, they’re also low in calories.

And while all of these benefits to chia seeds are amazing, you’ll want to be sure that you choose USDA Certified Organic chia seeds. Why? Simply put, unless your chia seeds are Certified USDA Organic, then you’re probably getting toxins such as pesticides, GMOs and more. And if chia seeds—or any other foods, for that matter—start by being grown with pesticides or other toxins, then those impurities ultimately get to you.

The truth is that the Certified USDA Organic seal is the assurance you can count for purity, due to the numerous standards and checkpoints in place every step along the way.

Organic chia—now you know what’s in it for you!
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