Stop Eating Chia Seeds! Eat This Instead! | Dr. Steven Gundry

While touted as a superfood with ancient origins, did you know they might not be as beneficial as once thought?

Join me as I unveil the surprising facts about chia seeds, including their potential inflammatory properties due to lectins.

But don't worry if you love your chia seed pudding! I'm here to introduce you to basil seeds, a powerhouse of nutrients without the lectin baggage. Unlike chia seeds, basil seeds don't contain harmful properties and they pack a punch with fiber, vitamins, electrolytes, and antioxidants. Plus, they're vegan, keto, and paleo-friendly!

Don't miss this episode to safeguard your well-being and explore how making the right choices when it comes to seeds could transform your health.

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Dr. Gundry is the author of The Plant Paradox - A New York Times Bestselling book. Please subscribe to The Dr. Gundry Podcast to learn more about Polyphenols, Leaky Gut, Lectins, and other essential information.

[marksturgess]

This path of eating right is so stressful with this back & fourth with foods

[tupscolls]

Don’t eat this, don’t eat that! Blah…blah…blah! LoL we don’t know whether we’re coming or going ! 🙄😅🤣😂😂 Damn I just bought a bag of chia seeds!

[jaimemanuel]

To summarize, Dr is saying that he has more profit margin with basil seeds than chia seeds.

[Melodysyc]

I eat one tablespoon of chia seeds every morning. My c- reactive protein was <0.4 in the past two years.

[ms.z]

I am glad I saw this video. I was using chia few years ago, and I always felt sicker. I was all in pain. My joints were hurting. Nobody believed me. Anyways I stopped using them, but sometimes I thought it was all in my head. Now I have proof that chia is inflammatory. Same thing happened with quinoa.

[edgarsnake]

You have finally convinced me to stop wasting my time listening to experts tout this and that only to reverse course. I feel better already. I don't care what the next 'super-seed' is. It really looks like the health doctors and influencers are grifters of a sort. I think you all started out with good intentions but once the money started flowing...well, we all know the rest.

[monajhaveri]

Then they will say basil seeds are not good go for sesame seeds.

[UnitedVlogs]

Dr Mandell said chia seeds are great, never heard of them being bad. O boy what to believe 😂

[mariamacrae]

Oh I've been eating two tablespoons of chia seed per day to add fiber to my diet and help with cholestrol and also add a good whack of calories in a small amount of food because I strugggle to eat enough. Think I will swap them out for basil seeds.. I don't often change my mind based on a youtube video but why not cut out the lectins where I easily can. An obvious switch which I would never have been aware of. Thank you.

[scottengh]

OK, so think that chia seeds swelled in grass-fed milk or coconut milk is better for you than a donuts or 2, or cookies and milk, or French fries and a shake.

[cubannel]

I do put basil and hemp seeds into my unsweetened goat or coconut yogurt. Along with some walnuts makes a refreshing meal in the summer time.

[MindlessTube]

Chat gpt says Chia seeds have anti inflammation properties.

[sangeethasoman]

What about sprouting chia seeds, pumpkin seeds and sunflower seeds? Does sprouting get rid of the lectins given the lectins are mostly in the coat of the seed?

[BennieCanty-st]

My primary care dr, suspects I might have prostate cancer and I am schedule to see an oncologist in 7-10 days. Anyway since dr Grundy’s post is about chia seeds raising inflammation markers, I threw in the cancer part because we all know that inflammation drives diseases. Ok then, 2 nights ago I decided to eat a dinner consisting of scrambled eggs loaded with onions, some hard cheddar cheese and sprinkled with fresh raw garlic. Along side I had some sautéed Brussels sprouts and tomatoes drizzled with extra virgin olive oil. It was delicious and calming. This was my type of keto meal which good fats are key. Well, I had made enough for a couple meals so I decided to have the exact same meal for breakfast the next morning. But now, I wanted to boost my good fat (omega 3) and sprinkled my eggs with organic chia seeds. 40 minutes after eating, I got a burning sensation all over. Today is July 17, 2024, 3 days later and I awakened and started wondering why I had such a terrible reaction and knew what I was feeling was increased inflammation. So I began thinking, maybe the chia seeds had omega 6 in them but after researching, learned they didn’t contain any omega 6. Yet somehow I knew the culprit had to be the chia seeds which only had omega 3. Lo and behold, I stumbled upon this video by dr Grundy, now it all became clear. (1) inflammation is a key cause of diseases and cancer goes to and creates inflammation so basically those darn chia seeds only raised my inflammation markers sky high. Now, I’ve watched plenty of videos proclaiming how good chia seeds are with its omega 3 but they never said anything about the fact they can raise inflammation markers and when you gave cancer or suspect you might have it, the very last thing you want to do is help your cancer grow by raising your inflammation markers. I have a bulk bag of chia seeds and they are headed for the trash bin. For those of you confused by the controversy created by one dr saying in thing snd the next saying something else, hear this., I’ve just experienced what dr Grundy has said so I know he’s got the right version of the truth about the seeds and just to make sure, I make the same meal this morning, left out the chia seeds and have had no burning at all anywhere.

[enibullaj]

Thank you doctor. Thanks to your remarks on chia seeds, I noticed I had symptoms after consuming them.

[dio]

Have u told this to Casey means the co-founder of the CGM? She consume alot of Shia seeds almost daily and I do also since nearly 2 years and I feel great

[waggishtickle]

Link the study please. Why don't people on here link their sources?

[captainkhalid]

Peace be upon you.

I had been suffering from loose motion for four years. I got many tests done, but there came a time when even the medicine stopped working.

I had an autoimmune disorder. A doctor friend of America mine told me that there is a treatment for this disease.

However, I was not hopeless. Then I came across your video on YouTube. I focused on it, understood the logic over a week, Dr. Shawn Baker, Dr. Jason Fung, and especially you❤️👈🏻.

I switched to the carnivore diet. On the very first day, I stopped all medicines.

Now I am in my fifth month, feeling very good, and taking supplements as well: magnesium citrate, D3, K2, and potassium citrate.

I am much better because of your efforts. Age has also reversed; I feel like a young man. I have stopped all anxiety and depression medicines except for one, Lexotonal, which might also gradually be stopped.

I just used chia seeds the day before yesterday, but my condition deteriorated today. I listened to your lecture today. I was really confused about what caused it.

I am very grateful to you.

May Allah, the Lord of all worlds, grant you happiness in both worlds.

[ellyneilsen]

I changed from chia seeds to basil seeds after seeing a previous video!! The basil seeds don’t plump up as easily as chia but why eat something that is inflammatory and puts on weight when you’re trying to lose weight??

[c.thompson]

Calcium cancels out oxalate. Which would mean basil seeds have 1030mg per gram, if dbl Chia at 515mg calcium per. And dbl the fiber, potassium.. . Would help fight off the high oxalate pomegranate juice I put it in.
Dunno, have to research. Always an angle, lol. 😊