Chia seed does not promote weight loss or alter disease risk factors in overweight adults.
- 2009-06
- RCT · n = 76
- Nutrition research (New York, N.Y.) 29(6)
- David C Nieman
- Erin J Cayea
- Melanie D Austin
- Dru A Henson
- Steven R McAnulty
- Fuxia Jin
- PubMed: 19628108
- DOI: 10.1016/j.nutres.2009.05.011
- High evidence
- Mixed
Pre-to-post measures of body composition, inflammation, oxidative stress, blood pressure, and lipoproteins did not differ between CS and P for both sexes.
- Effect
- Neutral
- Effect size
- Small
- Significant
- No
- Dose
- 50 g/day