Posted on 01/12/2024 6:31:43 AM PST by fwdude
I have been told by my doctor, if you are suspectable to Diverticulitis, stay away from them. Just my 2 cents.
I don’t know why diverticulitis wouldn’t like chia. It’s just high fiber.
It’s the size of the seeds.
I think pre-soaking the seeds overnight would alleviate the problems.
I’m shocked - shocked, I say - that you didn’t address it from the birds angle.
/s
“My wife recently decided that I should have chia seeds, so she put some in my morning cranberry juice. I could not get used to the slimy texture. Told her it was like drinking frog eggs.”
Lol. It is all in the mental perspective. Think Tapioca pudding, or well done Oatmeal...
Two cookies and two cups of coffee:-)
wouldn’t do it if you have problems with diverticulitis.
I dont think I qualify as “being into it” and dont anymore but...
I remember that I was with my girls but I dont remember the details of how I wound up with a bottle of hibiscus elderberry (was it blackberry?) chia drink.
I figured what the hell? Looks like frog eggs! Ill try that.
It tasted good enough and having read some of the nonsense on various blogs I bought some seeds and started trying to make things myself. I was working 16+ hour days and thought that this would make a good way to have breakfast in the car during my hour commute in.
Normally what I would do is make tea. Any citrus including
Earl Grey, berry, or chai worked well. I did it the night before and put the seeds in while it was still warm, which is supposed to help inflate them, before I put it in the fridge to steep overnight. Caffiene AND instant breakfast!?!?! Sign me up!
Overnight, because the 10 minute gel inflation thing is entirely bullshit and getting an uninflated seed in the gutter between your tongue and tonsil really sucks for the rest of the day. Swallowing them whole and uninflated so they can gel in the stomach was unpleasant, I did it a couple of times and wouldnt again.
I just stopped one day, dont know really why. Just wasnt looking for any unnecessary carbs and I wasnt ever really much of a breakfast person anyway.
I cant claim to have experienced any of the superpowers, or really any difference, from eating them during the course of my extreme shifts buy I suppose ymmv.
Eggs are good for you.
Eggs are bad for you.
Eggs are...
Fads come and go.
I just know that since eating chia seeds 5+ days a week, I’m a lot more regular, with better “quality.”
Can they hide Natto?
Sounds line a recipe for diverticulitis.
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Got me thinking the same thing- my last colonoscopy, the doc said I have mild diverticulosis. Along with everything else I’m dealing with……
I’m gonna ask him about it.
Darnit- thanks. My doctor is probably going to tell me the same thing.
You know why they call these fad diets, “Such and such craze”?
They’re misspelling “crazy”
Eat real food in proper amounts and balances and these diet crazes have no purpose.
Well, I consider raw, unprocessed seeds “real food” so I think I’m on track.
I make a chia seed breakfast for backpacking: chia seeds, turbinado sugar, freeze dried banana slices, coconut chips, and walnuts. It’s good hot or cold. It soaks in the time it takes me to break camp and pack my backpack.
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