Chia seeds vs. Chia gel

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lbrown73
lbrown73 Posts: 31 Member
in Food and Nutrition
I recently started incorporating chia seeds in my morning smoothie. I soaked the seeds in water overnight in the fridge to make gel. My question is: how can I find out nutritional info for 1 tablespoon of the gel? Wouldn't it be different than 1 tablespoon of dry seeds?

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  • janejellyroll
    janejellyroll Posts: 25,763 Member
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    Are you making a big batch of the gel and then using a tablespoon of that? You should still have a value for how much dry chia you are using to make the gel and then base your logging on what portion of the batch you're using.

    Example: I take 30 grams of chia seeds and make gel. I then take [x] portion of the resulting gel and put it in my smoothie. You can weigh the resulting gel to understand how much of the original 30 grams you are eating.
  • lbrown73
    lbrown73 Posts: 31 Member
    edited September 2016
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    @janejellyroll yes, I put 1/3 cup of seeds in 2 cups of water and let it soak overnight to make the gel. Then I add two tablespoons of that gel into my smoothie.
  • kshama2001
    kshama2001 Posts: 27,988 Member
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    I just make my smoothie gel every day.

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