Product Review: Mila by Lifemax

It's gluten–free, trans–fat free, and sugar–free. It's also high in fiber and high in protein (24.4g for 100g) and contains more than considerable amounts of omega 3s (8 times more than Salmon), calcium, iron, potassium, magnesium, selenium, phosphates, and antioxidants. And last but not least: it's very easy to prepare and to eat.

I tried Mila (a mixture of Salvia hispanica L. seed) for a month, eating a scoop daily, and observed 4 things I found worth noting: 

1-It's very easy to eat and digest: some days around that time, I had to get up at 5am with no option but to grab some food then (I was then stuck at work with no opportunity to eat for 8 hours), and, like most people, can't really eat that quickly after waking up.  However, when I poured hot water on my scoop of Mila to eat it as a porridge, it was very easy to digest and I found myself light enough to work, and energized enough to be fine on my feet for the following 8 hours.

2- After a few days, I realized my stomach was less irritated, and that on the few occasions I  had no choice to eat food with gluten despite being gluten intolerant, I did not suffer any consequences...this later  led me astray as I began to increase my gluten intake and ended up heavier and in pain, so caution: this MAY help you as it helped me with the occasional gluten accident, but as far as I experiences, isn't a cure for gluten intolerance...but the fact that it worked as a band aid for both stress induced stomach aches and the occasional gluten accident was fantastically handy during a month of constant rush.

3-speaking about rushing, I also had to move around a lot, and due to it's supple get strong packaging and it's powder form, it was very easy to carry around, and to eat no matter where I was since it can be used with hot water, sprinkled on other food, used to bake muffins, etc...
4- It was quite tasty! The earthy flax seed-like flavor intrigued me (imagine that chia seeds and flax seeds had a baby) so I began experimenting a bit with it so here are a few suggestions/recipes below. Because of it's bran-like qualities and rich yet subtle country bread/flax seed flavor, it's a great addition to bran muffins and to sticky toffee pudding (see my recipe http://starknakedhealth.blogspot.com/2010/11/smarter-sugar-recipe-sticky-toffee.html)

You can also sprinkle it on certain soups such as hearty tomato, carrot & sour apple, or mixed root vegetables to replace croutons or grated cheese.

I personally loved it as a gluten-free oatmeal, so here are my three favorites: 

Apple Sauce Mila:

simmer 1/2 cup diced granny smith apples with a little water until they're soft and you can mash them (you can make more and save the rest for later). Add 1 teaspoon cacao butter shavings to the warm apple sauce and stir. Mix 1 scoop Mila with hot water in your breakfast bowl and pour the apple-cacao butter sauce over. Eat while it's warm!

Chocolate Raspberry Mila:

Just add fresh raspberries and a few dark (70% +) chocolate chunks to your Mila hot water mix.

Cinnamon & Kefir Mila:

Same hot water/Mila mixture but stir in a pinch of ground cinnamon. Pour raw kefir over and top with raw Manuka or buckwheat honey.

Check out http://scalhoun.lifemax.net/mila for more info!