WELL, YOU'VE PROBABLY HEARD THAT OMEGA-3 IS AN IMPORTANT
NUTRIENT, ESPECIALLY FOR GROWNING CHILDREN.
UNFORTUNATELY, MANY LOW- TO MIDDLE-INCOME KIDS SIMPLY ARE
NOT GETTING ENOUGH.
BUT THERE'S ONE FAMILY ON A MISSION TO CHANGE THAT, AND IN A
LOT OF WAY ARE PROBABLY JUST LIKE YOUR FAMILY OR MY FAMILY.
JOINING ME NOW IS ED STOCKWELL, THE PRESIDENT OF CHIA-BRAND AND
MIGUEL'S FOODS.
HEY, ED, GOOD MORNING TO YOU.
GOOD MORNING.
I WANT TO TALK A LITTLE INSPIRATION HERE.
WHAT WAS THE INSPIRATION FOR STARTING THIS COMPANY?
WELL, WE HAVE A LARGE EXTENDED FAMILY, DANIELLE, AND WITH TWO
CHILDREN FROM MY WIFE'S FIRST MARRIAGE AND THREE CHILDREN THAT
WE ADOPTED THROUGH THE FOSTER CARE SYSTEM, WE WALK INTO A
RESTAURANT AND IT'S LIKE THE UNITED NATIONS ARRIVED (LAUGHS).
I WALK INTO A RESTAURANT AND IF I SAW YOU, I'D THINK, "WHAT A
BEAUTIFUL REPRESENTATION OF THE UNITED NATIONS."
THEY'RE BEAUTIFUL!
RIGHT.
THEIR GREAT KIDS.
THESE PICTURES ARE GREAT!
THEY REALLY, REALLY ARE.
AND WHEN WE ADOPTED SPECIFICALLY MIGUEL, THE LAST CHILD THAT WE
ADOPTED, WE KNEW HE CAME WITH SOME PROBLEMS.
HE WAS CONSTANTLY ROCKING, CRAVING DEEP PRESSURE, INABILITY
TO FOCUS, JUST THE WAY HE INTERACTED WAS REALLY
PROBLEMATIC, AND THE WAY ANYONE THAT WE TOOK HIM TO TRIED TO
MEDIATE THE PROBLEM, THEY SAID JUST MEDICATE HIM.
SO, WE REALLY WANTED TO DO SOMETHING MORE NATURAL.
WE REALLY WANTED TO FIND A LITTLE BIT MORE, YOU KNOW,
SENSIBLE SOLUTION THAN JUST, YOU KNOW, MEDICATE MIGUEL.
AND THAT'S WHY WE DISCOVERED THE CHIA SEED AND WE STARTED PUTTING
IT IN OUR BREAD.
I SEE CHIA SEEDS, I MEAN, IN EVERY SUPERMARKET SHELF.
I HAVE CHIA SEEDS IN MY CABINET AT HOME RIGHT NOW, BUT FOR THOSE
OF US OUT THERE WHO MAY NOT AS FAMILIAR, EXPLAIN WHAT ARE CHIA
SEEDS?
WELL, CHIA SEEDS ARE A MEMBER OF THE MINT FAMILY.
THEY'RE GROWN PREDOMINANTLY IN CENTRAL AND SOUTH AMERICA.
THEY'RE REALLY RICH IN PROTEIN, NUTRIENTS, VITAMINS, MINERALS,
ANTIOXIDANTS, AND THE MOST IMPORTANT THING IS THEY'RE THE
RICHEST PLANT-BASED SOURCE OF OMEGA-3 EFAs ON THE PLANET.
HERE'S THE THING THOUGH.
IMAGINE GETTING YOUR KIDS TO EAT ANYTHING IS PROBABLY A
CHALLENGE, BUT I UNDERSTAND CHILDREN SIMPLY ARE NOT GETTING
ENOUGH OF THE OMEGA-3 AND THAT THEY MAY BE GETTING TOO MUCH OF
THE OTHER WHICH IS OMEGA-6.
WHAT'S THE DIFFERENCE AND SHOULD THEY BE WORKING A LITTLE BIT IN
CONJUNCTION WITH EACH OTHER?
RIGHT.
WHAT YOU NEED TO DO IS YOU NEED TO BRING THOSE IN BALANCE.
OKAY.
THE TYPICAL AMERICAN DIET, YOU'RE EATING 12 TO 1 OMEGA-6s
TO OMEGA-3s.
THE OMEGA-6s ARE ALL INFLAMMATORY IN PROPERTIES.
OMEGA-3s ARE ANTI-INFLAMMATORY.
MOST ALL CHRONIC CONDITIONS ARE CAUSED BY ONE THING:
INFLAMMATION.
SO WE CAN SHOW A LITTLE EXAMPLE OF HOW THE CHIA WORKS IF YOU
WANT.
SURE.
I'D LOVE TO SEE THAT.
WHAT YOU DO IS YOU JUST TAKE A LITTLE WATER.
PUT A LITTLE BIT OF WATER IN THERE.
(WATER POURING).
AND THEN YOU TAKE SOME OF THE CHIA SEED.
POP THIS INTO THE WATER HERE.
(GLASS CLINKING).
STIR IT UP.
(STIRRING NOISE).
MM HMMM.
AND WHAT YOU'RE GONNA SEE IS YOU'RE GONNA SEE HOW THIS
COMPLETELY STARTS TO GEL UP.
IT'S EXPANDING.
RIGHT.
AND THAT'S WHAT WORKS IN YOUR STOMACH.
IT DOES THAT EXACT SAME THING IN YOUR STOMACH AND THAT'S WHAT
WORKS TO KEEP KIDS FULL, KEEPS THEM FOCUSED.
WHEN KIDS ARE FULLER, THEY FEEL FOCUSED.
AND ALSO, IT HOLDS THE MOISTURE IN THERE TO KEEP YOU HYDRATED.
SO LOTS OF GOOD THINGS THERE.
AND IT'S INTERESTING BECAUSE ONE OF THE THINGS YOU TALKED ABOUT
WITH MIGUEL WAS...
WOW!
AND LOOK AT THAT.
(LAUGHTER).
IT DOESN'T EVEN COME OUT.
YOU TALKED ABOUT WITH MIGUEL, THE FACT THAT, YOU KNOW, HE WAS
HAVING SOME ISSUES, AND THAT THE DOCTOR SAID LET'S MEDICATE HIM.
RIGHT.
YOU KNOW, OBVIOUSLY, IF YOU HAVE ANY ISSUES, THE FIRST THING TO
DO IS TO VISIT YOUR DOCTOR, BUT I'M GONNA TELL YOU, AS A WIFE
AND A MOTHER, I'M LOOKING FOR SOLUTIONS.
I WANT TO TRY TO FIND A WAY TO HELP MY CHILDREN.
YOUR WIFE FELT THE SAME WAY.
EXACTLY.
AND THAT'S HOW SHE ENDED UP KIND OF INVENTING THIS BREAD THAT HAS
CHIA SEEDS IN IT.
RIGHT.
KATHLEEN INVENTED MIGUEL'S CHIA BREAD, AND IT WAS REALLY A
MOTHER OF INVENTION TYPE OF STORY.
SHE DID IT PURELY OUT OF NECESSITY.
WE SAW THE EFFECTS OF THE CHIA AND HOW IT REALLY HELPED ME WITH
MY DEPRESSION.
HOW IT HELPED MIGUEL TO STAY FOCUSED AND BASICALLY JUST FEEL
BETTER.
IT HELPED HIM FEEL BETTER.
AND THE FIRST WAY THAT KATHLEEN STARTED DOING IT IS SHE PUT IT
IN THE BREAD AND THE KIDS LITERALLY WOULD SIT THERE AT THE
OVEN, WAITING FOR IT TO COME OUT.
IT WAS LIKE THEIR BODIES CRAVED IT.
REALLY?
YES.
WOW...
LISTEN, AS WE PUT UP ANOTHER PICTURE OF MIGUEL, I WANT YOU
GUYS TO TAKE A LOOK AT THAT BEAUTIFUL FACE.
THAT'S NOT A FACE THAT WON'T EAT BREAKFAST!
(LAUGHTER).
RIGHT.
YOU'RE LAUGHING WHICH MEANS THAT IS A FACE THAT WON'T EAT
BREAKFAST.
AND THE TRUTH IS IT CAN BE HARD, RIGHT?
YEAH.
TO GET YOUR KIDS TO KIND OF EAT A HEALTHY BREAKFAST, AND SO TELL
ME, WHAT ARE THE BENEFITS THAT YOU'VE SEEN IN YOUR KIDS SINCE
THEY'VE KIND OF DISCOVERED THE CHIA.
THERE'S A HOST OF BENEFITS.
THE MAIN ONE IS THAT THE KIDS ARE ALL REALLY FOCUSED.
THEIR ENERGY LEVEL IS UP.
THEIR MENTAL ACCUITY; THEY'RE SHARPER.
IT'S REALLY EASY TO GET THIS FOOD INTO KIDS IN THE MORNING.
YOU JUST SIMPLY PUT IT IN YOGURT, YOU CAN PUT IT ON TOAST.
WE MAKE FRENCH TOAST OUT OF THIS.
CREPES, EASY SIMPLE THINGS THAT YOU DON'T HAVE TO BE A
PROFESSIONAL CHEF TO DO.
WHAT YOU WANNA DO IS YOU WANNA TAKE THE CHIA SEED AND YOU WANNA
USE IT MORE AS AN INGREDIENT.
PEOPLE TREAT IT A LOT OF TIMES, LIKE OH YOU'VE GOT TO HAVE SOME
SPECIAL THING GOING ON FOR IT.
YOU REALLY, REALLY DON'T.
IT'S VERY SIMPLE.
ON A PERSONAL LEVEL, I WANT TO SAY WHAT A WONDERFUL THING
YOU'VE DONE WITH THIS BEAUTIFUL FAMILY OF YOURS.
THANK YOU.
CONGRATULATIONS TO YOU ON THAT AND ON THIS PRODUCT AS WELL, SO
THANK YOU.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH, DANIELLE.
(KISSING NOISE).
WHAT A PLEASURE MEETING YOU.
(MUSIC).
WANNA KNOW MORE?
WELL, SIMPLY LOG ONTO OUR WEBSITE.
IT'S THEBALANCINGACT.COM.
AND REMEMBER, WE'RE ON FACEBOOK AND TWITTER AS WELL.
I WANNA GET A LITTLE TASTE OF THIS.
I WASN'T GONNA LET YOU GO WITHOUT THAT.
CHEERS!
THANK YOU.
OH IT'S GOOD.
VERY GOOD.