Chia Seed Benefits -- Endurance And Strength
Awhile back I was doing a lot of research on boosting the metabolism and finding natural compounds that energize the body. Though green tea products and extracts were generally dominant in the way of metabolism boosting, one natural compound I found surprised me, chia seed oil. Chia seed is something that almost everyone has heard of due to the popular chia pets that came out years ago, where chia seeds were spread out onto clay surfaces and would sprout when watered. It's funny because the same property that allows chia seeds to grow on clay surfaces without any dirt or soil is the same property that causes it to give the body a boost in endurance.
Chia seeds have a very strange and special property that allows them to absorb many times their own weight in water. If you were to leave chia seeds in a cup of water for an hour or so, you'd come back to find that the chia seeds had expanded and grown very slippery and that a gel film had formed all over them in the water. This chia gel has a number of unique benefits and properties that makes it unlike any other seed. Chia gel is digested very slowly by the stomach, and because of that, its release of energy is also slow and steady. This provides the great benefit of steady energy for a lengthy period. Beyond that, a person actually feels full for longer. This provides the dual benefit of having boosted levels of energy as well as appetite suppression because you'll feel fuller longer.
Chia seed oil helps to boost the metabolism is a few ways. The nutrient combination found in chia seed oil comes together in such a way as to provide very good fuel for exercise and endurance sports. There isn't time in this article to go over all the different nutrients that the oil possesses, but the nutritional benefits of chia seeds have been used by man for energy boosting for thousands of years. Ancient Mayan and Aztec warriors had a regular diet of chia seeds and ground chia meal, and would especially eat lots of chia seeds when going into battle. They knew about the boost in energy and relied on it to keep them fueled for battle for long periods of time. Now in the modern day, chia seed is primarily used for the seed oil that's extracted from it. Chia seed oil has been shown to be a very nutrient rich oil, moderately good for cooking with under low heats, and great for the active person's diet. If you're a person on the go who lives an active lifestyle, you ought to check into chia seed oil some more and think about ways to get more healthy oils into your diet. So many oils today are unhealthy, especially in restaurants. Many restaurants use oils that are cheap and not only have poor nutrition, but have fats that promote unhealthy cholesterol and can elevate a person's risk of things like heart disease. This is the reason why I choose to almost always cook at home, because I love using oils like chia seed oil that not only have much healthier nutrients, but also give an extra boost to the metabolism and energy levels.
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In the modern age, there's a huge variety of different seeds being used and pressed for oils. Knowing which ones are best for you is sometimes a challenge. For help, check out: http://seedbenefits.com
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