Do Chia Seeds Help with Belly Fat?
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- Опубліковано 28 чер 2018
- The secret to the benefits of chia seeds may be that you have to grind them up.
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Easy to grind the seeds in a coffee grinder. I grind one tablespoon of chia seeds and flax seed in the grinder and then add it to my cooked steel cut oats.
Jay Dee good stuff. Yes I also use hemp seeds and nutritional yeast and sometimes oat bran. My blood pressure is about the same as yours, I am 66 years old. LDL is excellent as is the cholesterol level and blood sugar. I also use Amla powder in a cup of green tea for a morning drink along with lentils , greens and garden vegetables but I do have a soft spot for fruit.
"Inaccurate advertising being a redundant term, if I ever heard one" LOL!! Dr. Greger you sure do have a great sense of dry humor! You make the best videos - not only can I trust what you say, you have a enjoyable delivery.
you said it exactly.
I grind up both Chia and Flax Seeds mixing them and I put a tablespoon of this combo in my food a couple times per day. Love it.
I sprout my own seed, chia, broccoli, etc...right in mason jars in my kitchen. No bacteria, super awesome and easy. More people should do this. It is incredibly inexpensive and healthy and so easy. It's amazing how fast they grow. Cha cha chia!
can u make a video about this pleeeeeeeeeeeeeeease?
@Nexatronic all you gotta do is put up a sign saying "no bacteria allowed" and they just have to go somewhere else, keeps out all the riff raff.
"Cut out the middle hen" Haha I heard what you did there
I always wait for „put it to the test“ 😀 thx for all your work Dr Greger!!
And, Until...now!
NataschaO Yeah!!! Lol!
It never ceases to amaze me when someone dislikes a Dr. Greger video.
Probably the Keto Gang
I've turned SO many people vegan (ish) by sitting them down to a slew of Greger videos. Their short, sweet, to the point, entertaining and clearly based on research, so people are absolutely mesmerized. Even if they still eat a lot of animal products, there's a definite increase in whole plant foods and a consciousness about overdoing it with meat & eggs. YAY. I'll take anything I can get!
probably the way he talks
or the way he walks (on his treadmill)
@Nathanael Pyron
I must admit I am not crazy about the way he talks. He needs to just get on with it. Do you know if he is a seventh day adventist?
when he says "unitl.... now"
Grind your chia seeds!
Johannes Anttila what if you don't . Can we still use as is
Fifi Watch the video!
Ground then frieze perhaps?
Time to pull out the coffee bean/spice grinder and grind my chia seeds!
April Hall, yes, this might be the best route as long as can grind to powder i think, freshest too.
Awesome, thank you for the video. Will grind up my seeds before making chia pudding in the morning
I’m incorporating chia seeds tomorrow!!! Thank youuu!!!:))
Put them in a smoothie.
Welp, time to grind up my chia seeds now
Thank you for the video.
Excellent content. Thanks
Going to start grinding my Chia now as well as my flax!
Hi :) I understand Dr Greger reccomends not to sprout chia seeds, but does it apply the same to lindseeds and/or other nuts? thanks!
Didn't know about the risks of sprouted chia seeds, so I really appreciate this video. TFP!
It’s fine to sprout your own, as long as you do it all properly and keep it clean and rinsed a lot, so free from bacteria etc. Like with anything you sprout. I’m not surprised that there was a bad batch of some mass produced processed stuff though. Better to just buy some seeds:)
Chia seeds is great in overnight oats, gives a great consistency and its often used to make puddings👍
Very useful!
Would you absorb the nutrients from chia that has been soaked overnight, say in a chia seed pudding?
Put them in my smoothie ( made from keffir fresh berries cinamon) the food processor grinds them up! Didn’t know the seeds were better ground than whole. Nice to know Dr👍🏻.
Do I have to keep the grounded chia seed in the frige like for the flax seeds?
Need to work my chia seeds on a mortar and pestle before adding them to my breakfast oatmeal porridge. Useful info!
you are the man!
Is adding them to a smoothie in a blender enough to be considered grounded?
If I dont want to lose weight but i need the nutritional benefits, i grind the chia seeds?
There's a third alternative to consume chía seeds that is neither whole nor ground/milled, which is soaked becoming some sort of jelly-like goo. I personally prefer milled seeds since I actually like the taste of all the foods I consume including flaxseeds and chía seeds, but for those who don't like them (the soaked seeds are practically tasteless) and consume them solely by its health benefits, it might be a good idea to soak chía seeds before consuming them provided that soaking them help them digest the seeds and absorbe their nutrients.
nice vid great info for a common prob,
Dr. Greger should be the next Surgeon General!
I assume if we grind up chia seeds proper refrigeration would be needed to preserve freshness and shelf life.
That's right. I keep my ground flax and chia in a jar in the fridge.
Awesome! Flax and chia are so good to us :)
Priscilla I grind my flax and chia on Mondays for the rest of the week. I keep the seeds and grounds in the fridge!
I love to hear this routine! I find buying flax seeds whole to be much more cost-effective and so easy to pulse a few times at home :)
Priscilla you can just grind then the same day. Or have a smaller container for the ground ones and change it every few days. Spice grinders are cheap...
Belly fat......
1) Daily exercise
2) Whole food plant based diet
3) 16/8 Intermittent fasting
No belly fat...
go 1 meal a day my friend, its better
victorztw bro I've tried!!!!! I do a lot of endurance...find it tough. Basically doing one large meal and one small.
u just need adaptation :) keep going
@That Barefoot Vegan
Don't listen to victorztw bro. THREE SQUARE MEALS is the way to go. Just eat them at intervals though. One great big meal eaten all at once is what give you a big belly. Just divide your lunch into 2 and eat the second bit after 2 hours.
Good for your digestive system as well. Starvation is a definite no no. 1 meal a day cannot be healthy. What about all the healthy food items you need? You cannot eat them all at once.
You need whole breakfast cereals which you can team up with other vegetables/fruits such as banana, kiwi and avocado.
Then you need raw salad for your evening or day time meal to get all those nutrients from raw food including a fruit.
The main meal would be all the cooked vegetables such as broccoly, cabbage, carrots, spinach etc. and another fruit.
@victorrztw
Very bad advice. THREE SQUARE MEALS. Otherwise you won't get all the nutrition you need from different superfood items you need to eat on a single day.
What about chia pudding? I make a larger batch and keep it in the fridge to eat a little each day. Would that grow bacteria dangerously like ‘sprouting’ chia?
I would like to know how the ground chia seeds were used in the study. Was it one tbsp in a snack before first and last meal as in the whole chia study?
He listed his resources. You can read the article.
Wow. I'd always heard you didn't need to grind chia like you do flax seeds. Thank you science for clearing this up. So much for health food store advice. 😁
I’m always adding some type of seed to my smoothies 😂
Are there any studies that include soaked chia seeds?
Ty sir - i eat them daily!
I have been wondering about this for a while now. Thanks for clearing it up, dr. greger!
PUT IT TO THE TEST
Hemps seeds are the best but chia is a close third right behind ground sesame seeds.
Can you make a video about sprouted lentils and other beans vs cooked beans? :)
Hi, A Starless Reader! There is such a video already, and you can find it here: nutritionfacts.org/video/cooked-beans-or-sprouted-beans/
-Christine Kestner, MS, CNS, LDN, NutritionFacts.org Health Support Volunteer
is it enough to make chia seeds swell with lots of water? or do you absolutely have to crush them?
Very cool
I sent this vid and the one where you compare chia and ground flax to my Arivale dietician. She has sent it to the powers that be over there. Even they are a bit slow in changing their protocols.
Love my chia pudding!
Lol wow chia seeds in hot dogs... the meat people really don’t wanna let go
That condescending tone is exactly why meat people will ALWAYS be there.
IshmaelTheRaider . /. It was just a joke. Chill dude 😂😆 but she’s right some people cannot get away from meat like it’s a drug
@@ifaa5755 "Someone was mean so I'm gonna eat meat...wahhhhhh"
@@kierancoles253 come on bruh..you can do better than that.
@@ifaa5755 That is in essence what you just said, YOU can do better
Funky chicken and middle hen...Doc, you crack me up!
Have Flaxseeds the same effect? Thay are much Cheaper then Chiaseeds.
Danny Dannenberg He’s got a video or two on Nutritionfacts.org - Flax is better for you.
Should chia seeds ground and soaked or consumed without soaking??
I already ground them up (and soak) before eating them, because it inflates between teeth when it's whole, dried or soaked
Grind your own chia and flax in equal amounts together at the same time
Are whole chia seeds worth eating at all?
hemp seeds are even better in my opinion
Alex Gewecke Definetly
For some things, maybe. For omega 3-6 ratio, not so much.
So do foods with toxic lectins (or similar) suppress appetite? Do foods that necessitate digestive acids or bile in particular instinctively suppress appetite, regarding foods in queue, which require enzymes for digestion, which would be destroyed by acids? Is that not in part why vinegar can suppress appetite? And aren't the most obese individuals the one's who, for neurological reasons, eat the most, even while their appetite is partially suppressed? Slow and low carb diets work in part by suppressing appetite, due to heavy fibers or complex sugars or high protein or high fat content. The overwhelming/suppression strategies can only deliver partial results and can sometimes conflict with better weight loss strategies, which are ultimately necessary.
If they can not prove some particular metabolic advantage, such as heightened insulin resistance of muscles, in comparison to that of fat cells, or some influence of ATP production or similar, then i don't buy that a substance or food is generally helpfull with weight loss. I did buy amla (amalaki churna) just recently, buying into the claim that it detoxes cholesterol and thereby increases hormone sensitivity. Not as cheap in germany, by the way.
I think it's because of the essential fatty acids. The human body can poorly distinguish types of fat early in the ingestive process, so it craves them indiscriminately until it finds the omega 3s it needs. Give it the omega 3 and the cravings stop.
Leaving open the question: What about sprouting chia seeds yourself?
They have grounded chia seeds at natural grocers
This has been my entire fat loss strategy. Fat loss progress so far? 230 pounds to 177 pounds. From December 2017 to June 2018.
Literally eating 4 table spoons of Chia seeds keeps me full/away from kitchen naturally, for 10,12,14,16 hours. Straight.
I blend the chia seeds in a vegetable smoothie for fun. You can eat them however you like.
I fully soak the chia seeds in water for 7-10 minutes. Chia seeds if not soaked in water, will simply take the water they need from your stomach if swallowed unsoaked.
Chia seeds taking water from your stomach may cause stomach pain, which i experienced Twice in my case.
Rice, Couscous, Spaghetti and other carb types. Keep me full for 30 minutes, 1 hour, maybe 1 hour 30 minutes.
Once Chia seeds are eaten. Everything else i eat is for fun (Not needed to keep me full)
All the chicken, salads, eggs, etc i eat. Becomes eaten for fun instead of needing to keep full.
What if one chews them?
Try grinding chia seeds though...
Eelke Aptroot easy peasy...use a seed grinder...👍😁
should you also soak them after grinding? I'm confused
No.
If you want to make gel then soak them after grinding, if not, don't
just drink enough water tho they still have the same water taking effect i guess would be reasonable
Who is sprouting Chia seed powder?
Soaking seeds then blending probably would be a better alternative than grinding denaturing by friction-heat/ might as well eat a twinkie. You look at the ancient chia that was used by original peoples a different animal and was considered money/food for the Royals then "The Forced March Food". And even today considered to be a hangover cure (the older species that is)
Wat’Z up Doc... 🥕. Erm, so... If you microwave chai seeds in oatmeal or egg omelette, do we still get health benefits from it? Good show 🤭
Are you a $10 coffee grinder to grind flaxseeds, Chia seeds and all kinds of things right before I mix them in. It is easy to keep a cup of soaked chia seeds covered in frig for a few days
But I like soaking them whole in water and eating them as a yummy pudding w soy milk and maple syrup and pure vanilla extract 😢
What can I do about multiple lipoma besides surgery?
Please help me out.
Hi, Harrie Ganzeboom! We haven't covered that topic yet, but I have passed your request up the chain. We receive many topic requests daily, and it takes time to research and produce all of the videos, but hopefully you will find it here in the future, assuming it has been "put to the test." Meanwhile, you might be interested in this: nutritionfacts.org/video/microbiome-we-are-what-they-eat/ I hope that helps!
-Christine Kestner, MS, CNS, LDN, NutritionFacts.org Health Support Volunteer
Grind it.
Lloyd Christmas what if you don't . Can we still use as is
I paused it at 4:48 to see the tiny numbers. In 24 weeks, the chia group lost two pounds. The control group, one.
I don't understand you recommend against chia gel? If I soak it for 30 minutes in water then what is the issue? I got confused at that part because I don't understand what it has to do with sprouted chia seeds or salmonella? Can you put me right as I'm sure I've missed something.
Hi, WillsM85! In the video, Dr. Greger did not recommend against chia gel, but he did recommend against making it with the sprouted chia seed powder, because of potential contamination. I hope that helps!
-Christine Kestner, MS, CNS, LDN, NutritionFacts.org Health Support Volunteer
Chia seeds already lost out to flax on a earlier video, Beaker sticking with flax...
but was it ground chia vs ground flax??
Jason Reagan I don't believe it was.
Whose to say you can't have both? I like chia pudding for breakfast, but find flax mixes into a better consistancy with things like smoothies. I find personal preference for taste and texture are what matter as both are relatively nutritious foods regardless.
Use both.Variety is the fountain of life.
You can do both!
I do flax though because it's so much cheaper.
In terms of omega 3 and lignans, yes but with everything else.. chia is a superstar as is hemp.
I understood that chia is a good source of omega 3. Is that right? You don't mention it.
yes excellent omega 3
could u maybe make a vid about omega 3:6 ratio
as we know around a 1:1 is best...but for example ive a omega 6 requirement of 17g...i doubt that ud want me to eat 17g of omega 3 right? lol
from what ive read >21g omega 6 and >5g chia is slightly inflammatory in its own right
its like a dilemma or something..."want to even out stuff to improve inflammation but mustnt because it increases inflammation" - the fuq is this lol
What about the dose of estrogen you get with flax? It has to be considered vs chia seeds
The real question should be what about soaked chia seeds as well as "chia pudding" its alot more than just one spoon and soaked chia seeds could help people have weight loss from water content alone
i laugh almost every time i watch one of his vids! i laugh, but i also absorb the facts.
he grinds them up for you
Chia seeds taste too much like grass. Granted I only tried that chia seed snack bar thing. I’ll just stick with flax
Could someone add Polish subtitles, please?
No
Ok, so ground chia promotes better weightloss and other benefits compared to oat bran, but that doesn't mean it promotes more weightloss than not eating the chia seeds at all, or am I missing something?
Hi, Nachtfalter! Test results often depend on the comparison. If you want to make something look good, compare it with something much worse. If you want to make it look bad, compare it with something much better. Comparing chia with oat bran is a good comparison, because both foods have a lot of fiber. Weight loss with chia seeds is likely due to fiber making people feel full longer. The key is that chia has more benefits when ground than when eaten whole. Just don't buy sprouted chia seed powder, due to risk of contamination. I hope that helps!
-Christine Kestner, MS, CNS, LDN, NutritionFacts.org Health Support Volunteer
Can I use two spoons of chia seeds in the morning and two spoons of basil seeds In the evening...after soaking them for 4HRS...My idea is to fulfill the calcium, magnesium that are required per day
Hi, Karthik K! I'm not sure where you got the idea to eat soaked basil seeds. That hasn't been covered on NutritionFacts.org, as far as I can tell, and I don't know anything about it. Generally speaking, nutrients in ground seeds are more readily absorbed. Although 4 hours is a relatively short soaking time, it could provide an ideal environment for bacterial growth. I usually throw some seeds in the blender with other ingredients when I make a smoothie, salad dressing, or sauce. I hope that helps!
-Christine Kestner, MS, CNS, LDN, NutritionFacts.org Health Support Volunteer
all they do for me is sewll up even with water and make me very ill and constipated
I am very confused. I just watched your earlier video “chia vs flax seeds” where you read a study that demonstrated no benefit to weight loss with chia seeds. Now the science is saying the opposite?
Welcome to the world of nutrition! Next year another study will come along saying that chia gives you cancer and then after that, that chia heals cancer.
In short: eat what makes you happy and what evidently works for you. Have periodic blood tests, if you're healthy, keep doing whatever it is that you're doing.
2:20 Apparently in Turkey, nutrition, dietetics and medical biochemistry researchers don't know how to properly write the names of species in binomial nomenclature.
There is contradictory statements.in one part u said chia don't promote weightloss and inflammatory marker reduction.and in another study even against oat bran ,u showed better result in chia seeds group.its confusing so pls clarify
The last sentence in this video "stay away from sprouted chia seed powder". I did not know chia seeds could be sprouted after they are reduced to powder.
they were sprouted before being turned to powder...
Love your videos Dr. Greger. Just wish you would go see a speech therapist and slow down a bit so that I could understand what the hell you are saying half the time.
can someone give me the sort answer. YES OR NO?
No
My blender will grind it anyways 😎
So soaking them in water is no good?
They good when soak, I guess a bigger bang if grounded
No more chia pudding i guess, after the grinding it probably won't work anyway.
What kind of question is that?
Maybe control your eating habits? Thinking Hemp seed is mucho better.
Isn’t chewing the same as grinding
I mean, I literally use my “grinders” when eating chia seeds. Lol
Phyto chemicals? A short boil destroys 50%.. along boil destroys 100% of these valuable nutrients.
Just ground the damn chia seeds yourselves - america is addicted to convenience geesh
Vegans not whole food plant based have the lowest BMI of all diet groups
You can't sprout chia seed powder. o.0
You could sprout the seeds, dehydrate the sprouts, then grind into a powder. I assumed that's what they were talking about.
If you let it sit on the counter long enough you can sprout mold. Go figure.
If you have to grind chia and flax for their benefits, are they really supposed to be eaten by humans?
I suppose one could chew them very thoroughly but mechanical advantage is a big part of why humans have survived as a species despite being physically weak and slow for our size. Its speculative on my part of course but I would hazard that there is no "supposed to" in nature just a series of try it and see what works. Flax and chia both seem to be power houses nutritionally for humans and we have the tech to access the nutrition better so it feels like a win. Incidentally without alkaline substances corn is nutritionally useless to humans and without cooking many tubers are far less bioavailable to humans as well. So this situation isn't unique to tiny seeds. All that said I don't know. Maybe there is more out there and there is a "supposed to" at play in all of this. If so based on access to the nutrients I would imagine we are supposed to eat fruits and nuts mostly. Cheers!
Just google "appeal to nature" and "naturalistic fallacy".
BTW, are antibiotics "really supposed to be" taken "by humans"? What about corrective eyeglasses and contact lenses? What about clothing and footwear? What about soap?
Marujita Díaz Get your point. But personally I’d never take antibiotics. They kill all your good gut bacteria too. Better to just improve your health and use something like more pre/probiotics 💚
Fiber this, fiber that.. when a tablespoon of raw rolled oats mixed in with a breakfast blend does the trick.. without all the additional fattening carbs.