In this 2005 article in the Saturday Evening Post, author Ted Kreiter provides a good introduction to chia seed, and to the medical findings of Dr. Vladimir Vuksan, who studied the effects of Salba on human health at the University of Toronto.
Our friends at Good Cause Wellness have published this 16 page nutritional profile of chia seed, including pages of great recipes.
Salvia columbariae is another species of chia, native to the American Southwest. It was an important part of the diet of virtually all native American tribes in California. Here is a descriptive datasheet from the USDA.
Finally, Bottom Line Health Secrets published this short article which acknowledges my expert assistance. The day it appeared, my web traffic tripled!!