Discover 14 fantastic beauty benefits of chia seeds for skin, hair & more! Chia seeds, which have been only recently hailed as an amazing super food have been a staple food of the Mayan, Inca, Aztec and Native Indian civilizations. They were valued for their tremendous nutritional and medicinal benefits to the body. These tiny seeds are called the 'Indian running food' because they supplied high energy and endurance to the powerful Aztec warriors, who would eat them as they marched relentlessly during their conquests. The Aztec Indians would eat as little as a teaspoon and only that, for their Continue Reading