The most convenient way to buy chia seeds or Salba is through the internet. (On Long Island and much of the northeast US, you can find chia in the Vitamin Shoppe.)
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This is an excerpt from this amazing 4500 word blurb for Salba by Northstar Nutritionals.
It's amazing to me (as a scientist and a writer) that even though the text consists entirely of exaggeration, hyperbole and pithy testimonials, there are no out-and-out lies or falsehoods! Great advertising copy!
My only complaint is that they actually don't tell you the size of the "one month supply" bottle of Salba that is going to cost you $37!
"Salba gave me back
MY YOUTH!" -Heath B., Kansas
From your skin, to your joints and more -- you'll see and feel the Salba difference!
"When I first started Salba, I was skeptical," says Heath B. from Kansas. "But I have to honestly say that Salba gave me back my youth!"
Heath is just one of many older readers who tell me they look and feel transformed, thanks to Salba. And researchers say this makes great sense, because...
Each tiny Salba granule delivers
3 AGE-DEFYING MIRACLES
#1. Fights free-radical damage. Aging happens when damaged cells duplicate. But antioxidants neutralize free radicals that cause this damage. And, ounce for ounce, Salba contains 3 times more antioxidant capacity than fresh blueberries.
#2. Flushes out age-accelerating toxins. Toxins that accumulate in your colon can also attack your body. But Salba's super-rich payload of fiber moves those toxins out of your system, pronto.
#3. Helps build healthy new cells. Your cell walls crave Omega 3 fatty acids -- and if they don't get them, they'll use unhealthy fats as a substitute. Salba hands your cells the Omega 3 building-blocks they need.
See this terrific recipe at Foods For Long Life
I really like her technique for making chia seed dressing:
Of course, if you're like me, you already have a jar of chia gel in your fridge, so it's that much easier.
...at least, according David Saltanstall, reporter for The Daily News.
... Chia Obama's maker says he won't cut and run, and he is in negotiations with drugstore chains in the New York market to bring Chia Obama here in the coming weeks.
"As quickly as they can take them, we will send them," said Joseph Pedott, 76, founder of the as-seen-on-TV Chia Pets empire.
In the meantime, Pedott added, Chia Obama is for sale online - in "Happy" or "Determined" poses - for the amazingly low price of just $19.99 (three seed packs included!).
It's already a top seller and "could be the biggest I have ever had," Pedott said.
Pedott said he was stung by suggestions that there was something racist about Chia Obama, which, if left untrimmed, appears to give the 44th President a healthy, if very green, Afro.
"Since when is an Afro racist?" asked Pedott, a Republican who voted for Obama. Owners can trim Chia Obama's "hair" to any length they want, he added.
The presidential bust is also emblazoned "Yes We Can," Obama's campaign slogan, as well as with the words "liberty," "opportunity," "prosperity" and "hope."
"We all need hope," said Pedott.
