{"id":744000,"date":"2026-06-18T07:28:09","date_gmt":"2026-06-18T07:28:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/744000\/"},"modified":"2026-06-18T07:28:09","modified_gmt":"2026-06-18T07:28:09","slug":"eating-chia-seeds-what-to-do-and-avoid-harvard-doctor-explains","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/744000\/","title":{"rendered":"Eating chia seeds? What to do and avoid, Harvard doctor explains"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Chia seeds are great for your gut, but if you are on blood thinners, you may want to avoid them. \u201cChia seeds are high in omega-3 ALA, which has mild blood-thinning properties. For most people, this is beneficial. For anyone on warfarin or other anticoagulants, regular high-dose chia consumption can affect clotting. This is one I flag consistently in the clinic,\u201d he explains.<\/p>\n<p>Dr Sethi suggests that you speak with your doctor if you are on blood thinners before adding chia seeds to your diet. \u201cOne teaspoon occasionally is unlikely to cause issues \u2013 daily tablespoon doses are a different matter,\u201d he says.<\/p>\n<p>The takeaway? Chia seeds can be an excellent addition to your diet, but only if you use them correctly.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Chia seeds are great for your gut, but if you are on blood thinners, you may want to&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":744001,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[36],"tags":[64,63,291900,11905,52794,358262,358261,137,236394,532],"class_list":["post-744000","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-nutrition","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-chia-seed","tag-chia-seeds","tag-chia-seeds-benefits","tag-chia-seeds-water","tag-chiaseeds","tag-health","tag-how-to-soak-chia-seeds","tag-nutrition"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/744000","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=744000"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/744000\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/744001"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=744000"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=744000"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=744000"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}