Meet The Seed That’s Healthier Than Chia Seeds 

Basil seeds are used in India/Pakistan as a summer drink on a hot day. You can put them in flavored drinks or juices. They have cooling effect on the body.

We drink/eat the basil seed traditionally in Iran in the summer. We mix it with rose water, ice and water. I never knew the science behind it. My grandma always told us to have basil seeds to clear our liver :) or if we were constipated. Nice content Autumn x

Basil seeds have been used for generations in India. They are commonly used to reduce body heat and used in deserts and smoothies. The west is just learning about them. ❤ . You have to soak them overnight for best results

Basil seeds are good in desserts. I grew up eating lots of them. You can also find basil seeds (dried) and basil seed drinks in asian supermarkets

Basil seeds have been used in drinks and desserts in Southeast Asia for hundreds of years, it’s very common in drinks. Very good!

My family makes this concotion whenever we have bloating, nausea, or other mild stomach problems: 1 cup of boiling water poured into 1tbs basil seeds, 1 inch chinese rock sugar, 1 stick cinnamon/cassia bark (you can add 1 inch of fresh ginger, peeled and smashed). Let them cool down to luke warm temperature and drink. It's light and easy to swallow.

Basil seeds are common food in desserts and drinks in Asia. Is's good to cool down internal heat. If you suffer from hot flushes or night heat, give it a try.

Basil seeds are called 'sabja' in India and very commonly used in milk sakes and juices.

Thanks for reviewing basil and chia seeds, Autumn, I hoped you would do this video. Nerd alert: I appreciate the thoroughness of your research. I switched to basil seeds recently, because of lectins, but cost is a factor, still trying to assess the differences in my diet. Love to you and yours 🥰💕😌

They are totally worth the hype if you take in account the lectins. I’m happy you are letting your followers know about basil seeds.

Wow. This was helpful. Prior to culinary school I did not know basil seeds were a culinary delight. We used it school for deserts but did not really review the health benefits. I am going to try using it in my culinary creations. Thanks for sharing.

My husband is pakistani and he introduced me to basil seeds 10 years ago and I love them! They gel quicker and more evenly than chia seeds, for some reason my chia seeds always end up with a bunch that don't gel and are rock solid and hurt my teeth lol they are in a ton of summer drinks and my favourite...falooda 😆 I know its not healthy but it's so good

In my country (Thailand), basil seeds are super cheap. I didn’t know they were comparable to chia seeds. I’m going to switch to basil seeds from now on.

Thank you for the experiment. I love chia seeds. Nice to know there is another option out there. Have a nice weekend Autumn. 👍😘🇨🇦

i had no clue and they werent on my internet radar, either! amazing similarities. it's also amazing that Basil seeds seem to be well known in various parts of the world and so unknown to USA. thanks for your video and comparisons.

We use in Thailand as a desert put in the coconut milk and palm sugar or brown sugar,it so delicious.

Been loving your channel Autumn as its been helping me with maintaining my fitness goals and outlook in life and always learning new knowledge from your channel.

Thanks for doing a comparison. I use Zen Basil seeds with a subscription - so easy!

Good Sunday evening Autumn. Truly an excellent video with spectacular production values. Everything looks so fresh and delicious - but of course that's to be expected from a strong self sufficient woman such as yourself. Thanks for sharing and have a wonderful Sunday

Very interesting thanks for doing the comparison. I was completely unaware of basil seeds.

Chia seeds contains lectins and are frowned upon by Dr. Steve Gundry, but he highly advocates basil seeds because they don't contain lectins and contain many valuable nutrients.

I grew up eating this. It’s very common in Thailand and we use them in desserts. It’s a specific type of basil not just any kind.

Wow I love basil so will be trying them soon. You crack me up I'd have thought same about packaging

Here in Asia basil seed was used way before chia was in the market. To use chia and to remove lectin. Cook it.

I would love to see a video about how to combine plant sources of protein, to make them more complete. There's lots "out there" on it but as we all know, just because it's on the Internet, doesn't mean it's good or even accurate info! I like having both plant AND animal proteins in my diet, and I know that things like soy is considered a complete protein, but I'm wondering if other incomplete proteins can be combined with other plants, to make them complete. Thanks! 😊

Thanks for the thorough comparison, especially the nutritional breakdown! I’ll look for basil seeds in an Asian market. (BTW: “moot” not “mute”.😉)

Right now I use, chia, flax, poppy, hemp, canola, always grind them, use the powder in smoothies, salads and anything else I consume. I'll sart looking for basil, love seeds and nuts they are loaded with nutrients, vitamins, minerals etc.

Basil seeds are so good!

Nice demonstration Autumn! 😀

It is called sabja seeds in Indian been using that eons ago

We heard about basil seeds from dr Gundry. Basil seeds dont contain lectins but chia seeds do. They are super easy to use and gel quickly. Very neutral taste.

Autumn 🤓 you are on fire with these videos girl! I am loving them so much. I've never had either but I think it's time I try the chi seeds 🤔 🤗

Thank you for sharing! But I couldn't stop starring at window... looks like someone is having fun :O

Here in India we are using Basil seeds from ages ...

We Swallow the Basil Seeds not bite them in a drink so textute wise the crunch doesnt bother us as we dont feel it, we just drink it down as it feels like a cooling light sweet gel. Must soak in plain water as I noticed it doesnt absorb other liquids like sweet / milky liquid, so yeah it shouldn't be compared if your preparation method is wrong lol basil can expand a lot soaked in water to turn gel

I LOVE chia seeds; can't wait to try the basil seeds. I use chia seeds in my smoothies and I also love to add them to my bottled water. They are such interesting little creatures.ha

I am Thai.We use basil seeds all the time, don't know about chia seeds back then. Now I live in US. Chia seeds is a thing here. I didn't know basil seeds has a ton of benefits as well. I'll choose basil seeds over chia seeds. Btw basil seeds is less cruchy in my opinion. Because it plum up a lot than chia seeds. It is more jelly texture but no taste.

Thanks Lauren, I know you know grammar. It''s your everything! I recall a conversation we had years pertaining to this topic. You stated that you loved tbe idea of speaking correctly, me too...on most days!

Perfect job, Autumn!❤️❤️

🌞 It be interesting to try both in the same pudding or smoothie! 🤔 Thanks Autumn! ⚘️ Cheers! ☕️🕊❤️

Thanks Autumn ❤

Now do arugula seeds. I have a huge jar full of them from my garden. Very tasty. Kind of like poppy seeds. Supposedly used in Indian cooking, but I cannot find any recipes.

Look. Thank u for almost your time and videos... I'm a pretty nutrional smart person, and your videos have clarified alot answeres in my food journey last year of my life thank u.

I've never been into chia seeds, I use flax seeds, never heard of basil seeds before yet I guess if I need basil, I got flat leaf basil at my father's house :).

Thanks! May Jesus continue to bless you and your family

Hi Autumn I just came across your site. Great!!! Autumn your thoughts of over night oats? Do you have a reel I can look at? Or can you do a reel on this? Looking forward to going through your reels and forward to future ones!🙏

For Basil seeds i would soak them in just plain water, I noticed when i add syrup or milk it doesnt expand at all, so yeah i doubt it's good for pudding but good to add to drinks after soaking it in just lots of water lol it expands a lot and gives a nice gel taste

Besides lack of lectins the other benefit that Dr. Gundry mentioned in favor of basil seeds is that it has less omega 6 fats than do chia seeds.

Hey, thanks for the video and I never thought about using basil seeds in that way so anyway I just bought a bag of organic Chia seeds so I’ll be sticking with those for a while and yeah, I use protein chocolate protein powder to make chocolate pudding with the seeds, so

Thanks for the informative video, Autumn. But I'm a little confused; My bag of chia seeds says they have 120 cal for 2 Tbl. So that would have 1 Tbl clocking in at 60 cal, not 48...My package also claims 10 grams of fiber per 2 Tbl serving which is 5 grams for 1 Tbl, a bit more than what you're saying here. Mine also claims to have 4 grams of fat per Tablespoon. I'm curious why the discrepancies are there...???

We have been using them since we were kids.

Chia have lectins and increase the C reactive proteins levels in the body.

ALL WHOLE PLANT FOODS ARE COMPLETE PROTEINS. all whole plant food contain all the essential amino acids and none of them are particularly low in any amino acids. I have looked at hundreds if not thousands of usda, nccbd and pubmed nutriental tables. The only incomplete protien I've ever come across is for animal collagen.

QUESTION: 🤔🤔 Maybe the basil seeds are actually giving more fibre nutrition because they are absorbing the water. The chia seem to be merely hard, not processable in the gut. No?

In Asian countries, we use basil seeds for cooling drinks since Chia Seeds are not available here

Thank you for this video. I purchased some basil seeds about 4 months ago and kept meaning to research their health benefits. QUESTION: Do you know how they rate on the Oxalate scale? I have a low oxalate diet due to passing a kidney stone. Chia seeds are on the high side of the scale so I avoid them now.

These are cheaply available if you have access to Indian grocery stores. I have also seen them in middle eastern stores, and there is a prepared, flavored drink called sabja (not sure if it's a brand or a common name) I have seen in middle eastern stores.

Basil or chia is best to soak in water or milk.

So interesting. TYFS

Thank you! What about flax or hemp seeds? Should we have those in our diet?❤❤

🎃I LOVE basil seeds! They have a nice tiny crunch kind of like a celery crunch. I put them in my hot chocolate collegian mushroom drink. Soooo yummy!

How do you know if you're sensitive to lectins

Interesting- I’ve never heard of eating basil seeds. Was there a strong flavor of basil?

Thank you I always wounding about them.

Some Asian tea/ boba shop have basil seeds as an option

How does it measure up to camelina seeds? I understand those are an adjacent chia seed powerhouse as well.

Cool!! I tried to order it thru you but they don’t ship To Canada… I had to buy a different brand… how about puffed lotus seeds? Thanks so much

Calcium absorption from cow's milk is ~25%, from kale over 30%. Watched Cowspiracy?

FYI - "Moot point" - "moo" sound, not pronounced like "mute".

Does a local supermarket have those?

You don’t need a high speed blender to mix chia or basil

Intresting vid! Also a qesution - Is frozen cauliflower rice fine at all? or is freshly home made the way to go?

Do chia make you hair grow.

How do I know if I’m lectin sensitive?

I could totally hear that crunch! Did the basil seeds get stuck in your teeth like chia? For some reason, I enjoy that 😜😆such a neat video! Felt like a science experiment!

Very interesting

That's pretty awesome I'll try them in your no oat oatmeal A little bit of a crunch might be interesting

If you buy them as sabja also commonly known as falooda seeds, you can buy them much cheaper than the health food marketted version for the same thing.

Do they have the same off putting “crunch”

Autumn, do you think you can get enough omega3's from seeds. I've heard the bioavailability of plant based omega3's is about 6%. Your body ineffeciently coverts ALA to EPA/DHA.

Will there be a sale for the protein and can we get it on Amazon? Please and thank you 🙏🤞💗

Do you have a link to the nutritional profile with the nutrition facts per 100g including the full fatty acid profile?

Chia seeds has oxalate and lectin. Basil doesn't. If you have inflammation, basil may be a better choice.

I wonder how black nigella seeds compare, I actually love them but don't know much about the nutrition facts

Hmmm, not exactly selling me on the basil seeds. Think I’ll stick with chia too. 😂

Basil seeds are softer and not crunchy than chia. It’s strange we think the opposite

We commonly eat basil seeds in Indian culture!

I found the Basil seed taste a bit off putting as a pudding. I kept expecting a savory flavor. More of an acquired taste.

How would one know if she is sensitive to lectin?

We eat it a lot on india, especially in summers 😂

Goof video. I think you missed an opportunity to add in flax seeds as they are all similar. My basil has 5g fiber per tbsp. Flax has 3g but has much higher omega 3. The omega 3 is short chain though not the medium chain in fish oil. Still good but for different porpoises.

You added too much liquid, try adding less for thicker pudding.

Basil seeds are nor something new and it's been used in flavored drinks like lemonades and rosewater all over the middle east

Chia seeds give me bloating need a different choice

"MOOT" point. MOOT.

But is very expensive 😮

Been going on since I was ever made 😂

Carmel is a very sketchy brand and hide the nutritional facts which is concerning. I find Zen Basil to be the actual legitimate basil seed choice because it’s organic certified and have way more nutrients

Been pronouncing ‘Chia’ wrong 🙂🙂🙂🙂🙂

If they have any taste of basil I will take a hard pass! 🤢 More info on fiber options please..