Originally published October 3 2005
Chia seeds offer a variety of important health benefits
by Mike Adams, the Health Ranger, NaturalNews Editor
In the body, chia seeds help to retain moisture and to more efficiently regulate nutrient absorption and the production of body fluids.
Research has revealed that more than two thirds of all deaths in the United States are diet related.
If you try missing a spoonful of Chia in a glass of water and leaving it for approximately 30 minutes or so, when you return the glass will appear to contain not seeds or water, but an almost solid gelatin.
The gel that is formed in the stomach creates a physical barrier between carbohydrates and the digestive enzymes that break them down, thus slowing the conversion of carbohydrates into sugar.
With Chia seeds, you retain moisture, regulate, more efficiently, the bodies absorption of nutrients and body fluids.
Because there is a greater efficiency in the utilization of body fluids, the electrolyte balance is maintained.
The loss of extracellular fluid occurs in these conditions.
Intercellular fluid then shifts out of cells to compensate, causing abnormal distribution of electrolytes across cell membranes resulting in cellular malfunction.
This change in the colloidal state alters the hydration capacity of our foods so as to interfere with their ability to absorb digestive juices.
If we were to eat a raw diet we wouldn't need to introduce the addition of any hydrophilic colloid to our diet.
Because of this upper tract digestive process, those who suffer from slow digestion, gas formation, relaxed cardia and heartburn in which the burning is due to organic acids instead of an excess of the normal hydrochloric acid, which frequently accompanies chronic inflammation disease affecting such organs as the heart, lungs, gall bladder and appendix, are usually restricted from eating raw foods.
The Chia's hydrophilic colloidal properties aid the digestion of any foods contributing to the patients suffering as a result of a sour stomach.
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