A tiny seed from a plant native to Mexico that's packed with nutrition and often used in health foods.
From Nahuatl (Aztec language) 'chia.' The seeds were sacred to the Aztecs and used as currency; Spanish conquistadors documented them in the 1500s.
Chia seeds are nearly 5,000 years old in human food culture, but only became a health trend in the 2000s—ancient Aztec warriors ate them for stamina, and now they're in your smoothie bowls.
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