What it is
A whole seed — the intact package, fiber and all. Not to be confused with the oil pressed and refined out of its cousins.
Why your biology objects
Eaten whole, the fragile ω-6/ω-3 fats stay protected inside fiber and antioxidants — the opposite of those same seeds cracked, heated, and bottled as oil. Chia and flax add ALA and a gel-forming fiber. The form is everything: seed good, extracted oil not.