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Chia seeds... do they work for weightloss?

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  • MaitreyeeMAYHEM
    MaitreyeeMAYHEM Posts: 559 Member
    If used them I would want to have them in a shake. Just so they don't taste as bad.
  • HeySwoleSister
    HeySwoleSister Posts: 1,938 Member
    MaitreyeeMAYHEM wrote: »
    If used them I would want to have them in a shake. Just so they don't taste as bad.

    I actually don't think they taste bad at all. Kind of neutral, no strong flavor.

    I just stopped eating so many of them because I didn't find them to be worth the calories.
  • Christine_72
    Christine_72 Posts: 16,049 Member
    MaitreyeeMAYHEM wrote: »
    How much is a bag? I don't wanna be out a whole lot of money if I don't like it.

    $30 a kilo (2.2lbs) here. I add a tablespoon in my smoothies everyday, I like their nutritional profile and they thicken up my shakes.
    They don't really taste like anything lol

  • MiltonAFC
    MiltonAFC Posts: 121 Member
    They have good micronutrients but they're nothing magical. Caloric deficit is the key to weight loss, no food has magical properties to get rid of fat.
  • RhineDHP
    RhineDHP Posts: 1,025 Member
    edited March 2015
    This is what I think of:

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tzY7qQFij_M

    Chia seeds are a way to get a little more protein and fiber into your diet, but nothing magical.
  • Christine_72
    Christine_72 Posts: 16,049 Member
    If you add a whole Tablespoon, you rarely actually get that much as a lot of them get stuck between your teeth lol
  • Sydking
    Sydking Posts: 317 Member
    i sometimes make a chia seed pudding for a snack or desert.

    Sometimes its just chia seeds and almond milk

    Other times its mashed banana, Coconut milk

    Or cocoa powder

    I love the stuff, its like jelly :)

  • Christine_72
    Christine_72 Posts: 16,049 Member
    Sydking wrote: »
    i sometimes make a chia seed pudding for a snack or desert.

    Sometimes its just chia seeds and almond milk

    Other times its mashed banana, Coconut milk

    Or cocoa powder

    I love the stuff, its like jelly :)

    omg yum! One of these days I'm going to make me a chia pudding.
    I bought one from the grocery store last week and it tasted foul!! :confounded:

  • FitPhillygirl
    FitPhillygirl Posts: 7,124 Member
    I love chia seeds and eat one tablespoon a day with my Greek yogurt. They don't help you loss weight, though.
  • pinkiezoom
    pinkiezoom Posts: 409 Member
    I use them, i put them in my protein shake after a workout sometimes, they are pretty low cal, no fat and are reported to help keep your guy clean, I can not comment on the claims, but i love them, have they helped me lose weight...NOPE, that would be the calorie deficit i stick to, i dont use them to "fill me up" just for the antioxident properties and to make my shakes thicker. Give them a go, see what you think, but i think in tea they would be pretty slimey!
  • raiderrodney
    raiderrodney Posts: 617 Member
    MaitreyeeMAYHEM wrote: »
    If used them I would want to have them in a shake. Just so they don't taste as bad.

    That's the only way I use them. I throw them in the blender with a banana, strawberries, steelcut oats, peanut butter, and some muscle milk.

  • UnicornAmanda
    UnicornAmanda Posts: 294 Member
    Chia seeds do have some nutritional benefits. I don't put them in drinks though because they get slimey... But i do throw some in to whatever when I'm cooking and also throw them into whatever I'm baking too. :D
  • bonniepwest
    bonniepwest Posts: 30 Member
    I was having some digestive problems due to going low-carb, so my nutritionist suggested chia seeds for the fiber. I put a teaspoon in scrambled eggs (which took some getting used to) and a tablespoon in my smoothies, along with a tbsp of flax. I have started milling the seeds first, however, because they were so gritty just blended with the NutriBullet. It is more palatable that way, but I don't know if I'm getting the same fiber benefits. Definitely not a weight loss cheat, though.
  • MaitreyeeMAYHEM
    MaitreyeeMAYHEM Posts: 559 Member
    See, I have digestive issues too. I would use them for that as well. Taking fiber supplements don't seem to work for me.
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