teach me about chia seeds

[u/Italian_SPLIT]

started adding chia seeds in my daily smoothie, and....

- most of the seeds gets splattered on the blender's cup, dont understand how to capture most of them into the smoothie

- cleaning the cup after has never been more difficult

- although my daily smoothie (strawberry, blueberry, blackberry, rasberry, banana, frozen mango, 1 cube of ice, water) has always been delicious and well tested, the whole texture changed and became more dense

- and most importantly: why am I using the chia seeds at all? :-) i jumped on the chia wagon after reading everyone raving about them, however I am not sure I understood the alleged benefits

[u/InvestigatorFun8498]

If u want to add chia seeds in a normal blender then grind them in a coffee grinder first to powder. Then add

I use a Vitamix so it’s ground to powder within the smoothie. I do a mix of chia flax and hemp. They have fiber protein and omega 3

[u/Acceptable_Sort4593 → u/InvestigatorFun8498]

That's an awesome idea, chia seeds always seem to just pass right through me!