This article in Nutrition ResearchJournal is something the chia distributors don't want you to read!!
Researchers in the Department of Health, Leisure, and Exercise Science at Appalachian State University, in Boone, North Carolina recently published their results.
It's a small study, which 76 overweight/obese adult participants completed. Half of them took 50g (1 3/4 ounces) of chia seed every day for 12 weeks, and half of them took a placebo.
At the end of the study, this is the only significant difference that could be detected between the 2 groups: the bloodstreams of those who ate chia seeds contained 24% more α-linolenic acid (ALA, a form of omega-3 fatty acid).
There was no difference in:
- levels of DHA and EPA (the bio-active forms of omega-3 fatty acids)
- body composition (weight)
- inflammation, as measured by C reactive protein and 3 other tests
- oxidative stress
- blood pressure
- lipoproteins
They concluded that chia consumption "had no influence on body mass or composition, or various disease risk factor measures."
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Are you convinced that chia seeds do no good??
The results of scientific experiments often raise questions that lead to another scientific experiment. I wonder what experiment they will try next. Should they repeat this experiment to be sure it's correct? Should they try using Salba? Should they continue the experiment for 12 months instead of 12 weeks? Or should they stop here?
I am no expert but I do own Mt.-n-Manchia Bar co. and one gentleman wrote to me and said that he replaced his lunch and afternoon snack with my bars and after 45 days he had lost 15 lbs. If the patients in this study eat normal and just added chia seeds then of course they didnt loose any weight because they didn't change any of there eating habbits. see my product at www.mtnmanchiabar.com
Posted by: Brian Lindsley | October 22, 2009 at 06:53 AM