When my friend Alex brought me a packet of chia seeds, I had to tell him I had switched to growing them as microgreens instead. Most chia microgreen nutrition data online is actually borrowed from seed charts. Here is what researchers have measured in the microgreen itself, and what the science still does not show.
Sunflower microgreens get a lot of hype online, and a fair amount of it borrows numbers from sunflower seeds instead of the actual greens. Here is what the research on the plant really shows, with the vitamins, minerals, and protein laid out and a source next to each one.
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