Nutritional Composition Table - Nutritional Board
(ChiaCorp, december 14, 2007)
Limit these Nutrients:
The first listed nutrients are the ones that American populations and other Western countries consume generally in suitable quantities and even in excess. Limit the nutrients are indicated in the table in yellow colour. Eat too much fat, saturated fat, trans-fatty acids or too much sodium, rise the risk to suffer certain chronic illnesses such as CVD, some sort of cancer or high blood pressure. Eat a great deal of calories is related to overweight and obesity. Chia seeds do not have sodium, cholesterol, trans-fatty acids, and only have a very little saturated fat.
Enough quantity of these Nutrients:
American people often do not consume dietary fibre, vitamin A, vitamin C, calcium and iron in their diets. Enough quantity of these nutrients is identify in the table in blue colour. Eat enough of these nutrients may improve health and help reduce risk to suffer certain illnesses and conditions, for example:enough calcium may reduce the risk of osteoporosis that due to ageing, the bones weaken and break down. Chia seed is a high source of niacin, thiamine, vitamin A, calcium, phosphorous, magnesium, manganese, copper, iron, and molybdenum and a good source of dietary fibre, cinc and Omega-3 fatty acids.
* Extracted from Ayerza, R. (h).2002. Chia seed nutrients and their relationship with daily human requirements. Southwest Center for Natural products Research & Commercialization. The University of Arizona.
