Flax seed and Chia seed?
mygrl4meee
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My biggest hurdle to lose weight right now I feel is my excessive hunger so I need to figure a way to keep my meals with me longer. Currently, I get hungry two to three hours after each meal. A chef that came to a retreat that I just attended said most likely I need to add more fiber and protein. Would flax and chia seed be a good thing to add to my diet and what is the best way to use it? I would full time so quite a bit of my meals is packed and taken with me.
I also suffer from constipation due to iron supplements that I must take and hoping to get relief from the added fiber.. Anyone have any suggestions or experience with these two items in your diet?
I also suffer from constipation due to iron supplements that I must take and hoping to get relief from the added fiber.. Anyone have any suggestions or experience with these two items in your diet?
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I found "Organic Superfood Nutiva Black Chia Seed" and love it. I mix it with water and "Cellucor Alpha Amino Energy, Fruit punch" flavor. I stir both into about 10oz of water and wait 5 minutes. The Chia seeds have no flavor and the drink is just like the ones you pay $3-$6 for premade for a fraction of the cost. I use 3 servings of Chia seed in each drink for 15grams of fiber.
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Thanks for the suggestion. I added it to my cart to order it. I love that it sounds easy enough to do while at work.0
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chia and flax dont have a whole lot of fiber in them. I do use them though and add the chia to my oatmeal and smoothies. the flax I will add to smoothies,put in with my scrambled eggs,or when making french toast, things like that. those 2 things can be added to almost anything. I also like making chia pudding.0
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CharlieBeansmomTracey wrote: »chia and flax dont have a whole lot of fiber in them. I do use them though and add the chia to my oatmeal and smoothies. the flax I will add to smoothies,put in with my scrambled eggs,or when making french toast, things like that. those 2 things can be added to almost anything. I also like making chia pudding.
The package I'm looking at right now says 12g of fiber per serving. That seems like a lot to me. I think that's more than half my daily requirement.
edit: that's for chia seeds2 -
15g of flaxmeal has 5g of fibre and chia seeds have 6g . Not bad IMO.
OP you can add chia seeds to just about anything, sprinkle them on salads or sandwiches or whatever your lunch is.
I add flax to yogurt, smoothies, oatmeal, it works better with wet foods in my experience.1 -
CharlieBeansmomTracey wrote: »chia and flax dont have a whole lot of fiber in them. I do use them though and add the chia to my oatmeal and smoothies. the flax I will add to smoothies,put in with my scrambled eggs,or when making french toast, things like that. those 2 things can be added to almost anything. I also like making chia pudding.
The package I'm looking at right now says 12g of fiber per serving. That seems like a lot to me. I think that's more than half my daily requirement.
edit: that's for chia seeds
what is the brand? any I have had are less than 10 for most.
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I add Stober Farms Golden Flax Seed to things all the time. I buy mine in bulk at Costco. I add it to baked goods before baking, add it to smoothies and protein shakes, etc. It is pretty much tasteless and it bumps up the nutritional value of things. Win-Win.0
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Just remember to drink plenty of fluids and eat enough fat to deal with any, uh backload from the extra fibre. I haven't eaten chia seeds, just ground chia seeds, but I see many eat them as a type of pudding or in overnight oats. I toss 5 grams of ground chia seeds and 5 grams of flax seeds in Greek yogurt.
My ground chia seeds from Bulk Barn have 19 g of fibre per 50 grams of seeds. The whole chia seeds have 34 g of fibre per 100 grams.1 -
CharlieBeansmomTracey wrote: »CharlieBeansmomTracey wrote: »chia and flax dont have a whole lot of fiber in them. I do use them though and add the chia to my oatmeal and smoothies. the flax I will add to smoothies,put in with my scrambled eggs,or when making french toast, things like that. those 2 things can be added to almost anything. I also like making chia pudding.
The package I'm looking at right now says 12g of fiber per serving. That seems like a lot to me. I think that's more than half my daily requirement.
edit: that's for chia seeds
what is the brand? any I have had are less than 10 for most.
It's called Shiloh Farms (just whatever DH was able to find because he knew I wanted to try it). It lists a serving size of 31g which is a little largish IMO. A lot of people would probably halve that. But still, pretty good in terms of fiber.0 -
I use chia and flax in my morning smoothies. Both bought at Costco. I like Chia on my salads too. I also use Optifiber which can be added to anything.0
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I make Chia gel (directions are on most bags) and stir it into my Yogurt. I also mix Chia and flax powder into my protein shakes. Raising your protein intake will lend itself to the constipation issue as well. Consider some fiber one bar or something along that line if your plan affords for such things.1
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Thanks everyone. Today I added chia seeds to my oatmeal. I was stuffed before I finished but it wasnt a good meal like normally when I add pb. I added flax seed to my yogurt. It was much easier to eat. I haven't been extremely hungry today but at the same time I lazed around most of the day. I been tired from 3 nights of not sleeping well.. I do eat fiber bars most days except when I run out. I drink quite a bit of water. I also use benifiber once or twice daily.0
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CharlieBeansmomTracey wrote: »CharlieBeansmomTracey wrote: »chia and flax dont have a whole lot of fiber in them. I do use them though and add the chia to my oatmeal and smoothies. the flax I will add to smoothies,put in with my scrambled eggs,or when making french toast, things like that. those 2 things can be added to almost anything. I also like making chia pudding.
The package I'm looking at right now says 12g of fiber per serving. That seems like a lot to me. I think that's more than half my daily requirement.
edit: that's for chia seeds
what is the brand? any I have had are less than 10 for most.
It's called Shiloh Farms (just whatever DH was able to find because he knew I wanted to try it). It lists a serving size of 31g which is a little largish IMO. A lot of people would probably halve that. But still, pretty good in terms of fiber.
hmm never heard of that brand.
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CharlieBeansmomTracey wrote: »CharlieBeansmomTracey wrote: »chia and flax dont have a whole lot of fiber in them. I do use them though and add the chia to my oatmeal and smoothies. the flax I will add to smoothies,put in with my scrambled eggs,or when making french toast, things like that. those 2 things can be added to almost anything. I also like making chia pudding.
The package I'm looking at right now says 12g of fiber per serving. That seems like a lot to me. I think that's more than half my daily requirement.
edit: that's for chia seeds
what is the brand? any I have had are less than 10 for most.
It's called Shiloh Farms (just whatever DH was able to find because he knew I wanted to try it). It lists a serving size of 31g which is a little largish IMO. A lot of people would probably halve that. But still, pretty good in terms of fiber.
I looked it up,I can order from them online. their prices are decent too. thanks for the info0 -
CharlieBeansmomTracey wrote: »CharlieBeansmomTracey wrote: »CharlieBeansmomTracey wrote: »chia and flax dont have a whole lot of fiber in them. I do use them though and add the chia to my oatmeal and smoothies. the flax I will add to smoothies,put in with my scrambled eggs,or when making french toast, things like that. those 2 things can be added to almost anything. I also like making chia pudding.
The package I'm looking at right now says 12g of fiber per serving. That seems like a lot to me. I think that's more than half my daily requirement.
edit: that's for chia seeds
what is the brand? any I have had are less than 10 for most.
It's called Shiloh Farms (just whatever DH was able to find because he knew I wanted to try it). It lists a serving size of 31g which is a little largish IMO. A lot of people would probably halve that. But still, pretty good in terms of fiber.
I looked it up,I can order from them online. their prices are decent too. thanks for the info
I don't want to discourage you, but I'm pretty sure any brand of whole chia seeds will have about the same nutritional values. (Someone please correct me if I'm wrong.) But I'm glad the price is good!
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CharlieBeansmomTracey wrote: »CharlieBeansmomTracey wrote: »CharlieBeansmomTracey wrote: »chia and flax dont have a whole lot of fiber in them. I do use them though and add the chia to my oatmeal and smoothies. the flax I will add to smoothies,put in with my scrambled eggs,or when making french toast, things like that. those 2 things can be added to almost anything. I also like making chia pudding.
The package I'm looking at right now says 12g of fiber per serving. That seems like a lot to me. I think that's more than half my daily requirement.
edit: that's for chia seeds
what is the brand? any I have had are less than 10 for most.
It's called Shiloh Farms (just whatever DH was able to find because he knew I wanted to try it). It lists a serving size of 31g which is a little largish IMO. A lot of people would probably halve that. But still, pretty good in terms of fiber.
I looked it up,I can order from them online. their prices are decent too. thanks for the info
I don't want to discourage you, but I'm pretty sure any brand of whole chia seeds will have about the same nutritional values. (Someone please correct me if I'm wrong.) But I'm glad the price is good!
no, I use healthworks chia and a serving is 12g which is 5g of fiber.they are whole chia seeds. same with hemp seeds some have more fiber than others.0 -
The magic of Chia is that the fiber is soluble, much like oatmeal. I figure you get better movement if you pre-soak them. A nice pudding can be made by soaking in milk. Or add them to oatmeal like you did.1
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Flax I like for its Omega 3 fatty acids. They are pretty good at greasing things along. I figure the meal is better than whole seeds because whole sometimes they pass through the digestion without any apparent change.0
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So 24 grams of health works chia is 10 grams of fiber and 31 one grams (to make it comparable to Shiloh Farms) would be…
Honestly, my math sucks but the answer has to be close to 12.0 -
it would be almost 13 grams of fiber for almost 31g of the chia seeds,but we were talking about serving sizes too. which yes if I were to eat 2.58 servings I would get close to 13g of fiber. which would be a total of 154.99 calories. which doesnt seem like a lot but thats a lot of chia. another brand I used was 24g a serving and 8 grams of fiber,31g of that would only be 10g of fiber if my math is correct lol. so with that said not all of them will be the same.but I guess it would be in the ballpark0
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CharlieBeansmomTracey wrote: »it would be almost 13 grams of fiber for almost 31g of the chia seeds,but we were talking about serving sizes too. which yes if I were to eat 2.58 servings I would get close to 13g of fiber. which would be a total of 154.99 calories. which doesnt seem like a lot but thats a lot of chia. another brand I used was 24g a serving and 8 grams of fiber,31g of that would only be 10g of fiber if my math is correct lol. so with that said not all of them will be the same.but I guess it would be in the ballpark
Yep. It is a lot. I think the label is a little misleading because I can't really take that much at once.
Edit: I'm sorry, did I not mention that Shiloh Farms lists a serving size of 31g?0 -
Both are fine, but chia doesn't need to be ground before using and also can help with hydration (if you drink water with it) I don't recommend taking more then 3 Tbsp a day though. I eat a Tbsp every day with breakfast and sometimes lunch.0
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flax should be ground as it will pass right through you otherwise.0
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CharlieBeansmomTracey wrote: »flax should be ground as it will pass right through you otherwise.
Yep, whole flaxseeds pass through pretty much unchanged/undigested. Chia seeds don't need to be ground though.1 -
Christine_72 wrote: »CharlieBeansmomTracey wrote: »flax should be ground as it will pass right through you otherwise.
Yep, whole flaxseeds pass through pretty much unchanged/undigested. Chia seeds don't need to be ground though.
I know thats why I said flax should be ground. I know chia doesnt need to be
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CharlieBeansmomTracey wrote: »Christine_72 wrote: »CharlieBeansmomTracey wrote: »flax should be ground as it will pass right through you otherwise.
Yep, whole flaxseeds pass through pretty much unchanged/undigested. Chia seeds don't need to be ground though.
I know thats why I said flax should be ground. I know chia doesnt need to be
I know you know
I just mentioned it for the benefit of others. 0 -
Christine_72 wrote: »CharlieBeansmomTracey wrote: »Christine_72 wrote: »CharlieBeansmomTracey wrote: »flax should be ground as it will pass right through you otherwise.
Yep, whole flaxseeds pass through pretty much unchanged/undigested. Chia seeds don't need to be ground though.
I know thats why I said flax should be ground. I know chia doesnt need to be
I know you know I just mentioned it for the benefit of others.
yeah and thats ok
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So I have some flaxseed that I got before I realized it needed to be ground. Does anyone grind their own? I don't have a coffee grinder (TEA! ALWAYS TEA! mmmmm tea!) and so I'm kind of tempted to get a mortar and pestle. It looks like it might be fun in a ghoulish way (I'll grind your bones to make my bread and all that) but they're on the expensive side. Soooo idk.
The seeds are sitting there and I'm using flax meal. Ah well.1
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