Barbara L
Traveling Welcome Wagon
When I first read that people are eating chia seeds, I thought they must have Chia Pets for brains. Then I started the Sugar Blockers Diet on Monday and I just gave in and tried them. They are good! I know they will be great added to things (over ice cream, in yogurt, in pretty much anything), but they are really okay by themselves too! Not a lot of flavor, but a slight nutty taste. I really like them!
Speaking of the Sugar Blockers Diet (not the Sugar Busters Diet from a few years ago--similar but less restrictive), I started it Monday, as I said. My blood glucose levels have been really high (for me at least) the last few months. They got as high as 165 for a fasting level and around 200 two hours after meals. I am not joking, within two hours of my first meal on this plan (scrambled eggs and bacon) my blood glucose level was 119, and they have been in the normal range since. James and I are both on the new eating plan. We aren't hungry, and so far I have lost four pounds just since Monday. WooHoo!
Anyway, back to chia seeds. There are a lot of benefits to eating them. Super high in Omega-3. They are a sugar blocker and will bring your BG levels down if you eat them before a meal with starches (this eating plan is about cutting way down on starch and blocking the sugars from starch if you do eat it). They also help to keep you "regular."
I found a 3-lb bag on ebay for $24 (free shipping) which, from everything I have seen, was a great price.
Has anyone else tried them?
Speaking of the Sugar Blockers Diet (not the Sugar Busters Diet from a few years ago--similar but less restrictive), I started it Monday, as I said. My blood glucose levels have been really high (for me at least) the last few months. They got as high as 165 for a fasting level and around 200 two hours after meals. I am not joking, within two hours of my first meal on this plan (scrambled eggs and bacon) my blood glucose level was 119, and they have been in the normal range since. James and I are both on the new eating plan. We aren't hungry, and so far I have lost four pounds just since Monday. WooHoo!
Anyway, back to chia seeds. There are a lot of benefits to eating them. Super high in Omega-3. They are a sugar blocker and will bring your BG levels down if you eat them before a meal with starches (this eating plan is about cutting way down on starch and blocking the sugars from starch if you do eat it). They also help to keep you "regular."
I found a 3-lb bag on ebay for $24 (free shipping) which, from everything I have seen, was a great price.
Has anyone else tried them?