When com­bined with a plant-based, unre­fined sugar, such as agave or raw honey, chia deliv­ers sus­tained energy. The seeds actu­ally cre­ate a phys­i­cal bar­rier in the stom­ach between car­bo­hy­drates and diges­tive enzymes. This results in a slower absorp­tion of sugar into the blood stream, mean­ing pro­longed energy rather than “spik­ing and bonking.”