WHAT HAPPENS TO CHIA SEEDS WHEN THEY SOAKED IN WATER?!

WHAT HAPPENS TO CHIA SEEDS WHEN THEY SOAKED IN WATER?!

Chia seeds are a wonderful, incredibly nourishing little seed. However, one of the most intriguing aspects of chia is what happens to the seeds when they are soaked in water (or any liquid). Have you given it a try? If you mix chia seeds with liquid, the mixture will expand and take on a fairly gelatinous texture after a few minutes. Not even close to what you began with!

This occurs as a result of the high concentration of mucilage, a soluble fiber, in chia seeds. You are welcome to use that as your fancy word for the day. Mucilage is a substance found in many plants and has a variety of uses.

a gel-like substance covering any wounds on the plant that aids in the healing process by preventing the entry of bacteria and pathogens. This mucin inhibits water from entering.
mucilage in the roots helps with seed dispersal to the ground.
enabling germination to take place. In order to surround the seed with moisture while it germinates, this type of mucilage expands upon contact with water and absorbs it. This mucilage is responsible for the quick transformation of soaked chia seeds. This mucin holds the water inside.

The mucilage becomes extremely gelatinous as it expands and can absorb up to 27 times its weight in water. In fact, it's so gelatinous that you can use it in place of eggs when baking and cooking without them!


Because it causes positive changes in the nutritional and physical characteristics of the chia seeds that make them even more beneficial for your health, it is crucial to soak your chia seeds and activate the mucilage.
Here are some significant alterations that occur to chia seeds after being soaked in water.

1. SOAKING ELIMINATES BAD PROPERTIES

Chia seeds add positive qualities and remove negative ones when soaked in water (or any liquid). Mucilage stores nutrients and when submerged in water a transformation occurs where its constituents such as proteins, carbohydrates, and lipids are reorganized. Serving as the new building blocks for the sprouting plant, this also serves as the catalyst for anti-nutrients like phytic acid to be decreased in your body.

While phytic acid is a naturally occurring compound present in plant seeds and nuts that promotes the growth of young plants, it actually hinders the body's ability to absorb iron, zinc, and calcium as well as other nutrients. This could worsen mineral deficiency.

Chia seeds can be protected from sprouting too soon by additional "enzyme inhibitors" that nature has built into them. The enzyme inhibitors will adhere to the nutrients we require, possibly resulting in nutritional shortages, and irritate your digestive system if you don't soak them before eating them.

Simply soaking the chia seeds before eating solves these issues!

2. CHIA 'CLEANS' YOUR BODY BY SOAKING YOU

Chia mucilage has 9 to 27 times water absorption capacity. This soluble fiber not only promotes heart and digestive health, but also helps your body remove heavy metals by taking the form of a sticky substance that "vacuums" your digestive tract as it passes through. Chia seed soaked is a fantastic "gut-cleanser."

3. ACE INHIBITORS ARE CREATED BY SOAKING

How an enzyme with ACE inhibitory characteristics can be produced by soaking chia seeds in water is another incredibly interesting feature. Synthetic ACE inhibitors are used as pharmaceuticals to treat cardiovascular disease and high blood pressure, but they can have long-term side effects that are just as harmful as the conditions they are meant to treat. The best option is natural ACE inhibitors, and guess what? A specific chia peptide is activated during soaking to create a natural ACE inhibitor.

One of those incredible, nutrient-dense, antioxidant-rich foods that can be consumed every day is chia. You can also get the above-mentioned additional advantages by simply soaking them in water! Chia seeds undergo modifications when they are soaked in water, resulting in a mucilage-rich diet fit for a SuperLife!


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