Chia Seed, Studies
- Chia seeds (Salvia hispanica): health promoting properties and therapeutic applications – a review
- Chia and the Chumash: A Reconsideration of Sage Seeds in Southern California
- Chia (Salvia hispanica L.) and flax (Linum usitatissimum L.) seed as a suitable plant source of n-3 polyunsaturated fatty acids
- Chia (Salvia hispanica L) gel can be used as egg or oil replacer in cake formulations.
Aging
Identification of chia seed peptides with enzyme inhibition activity towards skin-aging enzymes.
Blood Sugar
Cancer
Cardiovascular
- Dietary Salba (Salvia hispanica L) improves the altered metabolic fate of glucose and reduces increased collagen deposition in the heart of insulin-resistant rats.
- Ethanolic extract of Salvia hispanica L. regulates blood pressure.
- Ancient Chia Seeds Reduce Modern Heart Disease Risk
- Effect of chia seed (*Salvia hispanica*L.) consumption on cardiovascular risk factors in humans: A systematic review.
- Chia flour supplementation reduces blood pressure in hypertensive subjects.
- Chia seed (S. hispanica) may contribute to improving blood lipid profiles.
Diabetes
- Supplementation of conventional therapy with the novel grain Salba (*Salvia hispanica*L.) improves major and emerging cardiovascular risk factors in type 2 diabetes: results of a randomized controlled trial.
- Chia seed (S. hispanica) supplementation attenuates cardiovascular risk factors while maintaining good glycemic and lipid control in people with well-controlled type 2 diabetes.
Gastrointestinal
Effect of chia associated with high-fat diet on the intestinal health.
Hepatoprotective
- Salvia hispanica seed ameliorates liver injury and oxidative stress by modulating NrF2 and NFκB expression in sucrose-rich diet.
- Chia seed improves liver inflammation and endothelial dysfunction.
Immune System
Insulin Resistance
- Dietary Salba (*Salvia hispanica*L) seed rich in alpha-linolenic acid improves adipose tissue dysfunction and the altered skeletal muscle glucose and lipid metabolism in dyslipidemic insulin-resistant rats.
- Dietary chia seed (*Salvia hispanica* L.) rich in alpha-linolenic acid improves adiposity and normalises hypertriacylglycerolaemia and insulin resistance in dyslipaemic rats.
- Dietary Salvia hispanica L. reduces cardiac oxidative stress of dyslipidemic insulin-resistant rats.
Kidneys
Anti-urolithiatic activity of Salvia hispanica L. seeds in ethylene glycol induced urolithiasis.
Neuroprotective
Metabolic Disorders
- Effects of Salvia hispanica L. (chia) seed on blood coagulation, endothelial dysfunction and liver fibrosis in an experimental model of metabolic syndrome.
- Chia seeds ( Salvia hispanica L.): A therapeutic weapon in metabolic disorders.
Obesity/Overweight
- Chia seed does not promote weight loss or alter disease risk factors in overweight adults.
- Macrophage recruitment to adipocyte and the development of obesity associated inflammation was suppressed by chia seeds.
- Reduction in postprandial glucose excursion and prolongation of satiety: possible explanation of the long-term effects of whole grain Salba (*Salvia Hispanica* L.).
- Chia (*Salvia hispanica*L.) enhances HSP, PGC-1alpha expressions and improves glucose tolerance in diet-induced obese rats.
- Lipid redistribution by á-linolenic acid-rich chia seed inhibits stearoyl-CoA desaturase-1 and induces cardiac and hepatic protection in diet-induced obese rats.
- Chia seed (*Salvia Hispanica L.*) added yogurt reduces short-term food intake and increases satiety: randomised controlled trial
- Dietary chia seed (*Salvia hispanica*L.) rich in alpha-linolenic acid improves adiposity and normalises hypertriacylglycerolaemia and insulin resistance in dyslipaemic rats.
- Chia consumption results in a reduction in postprandial glucose excursion and prolongation of satiety.
- Dietary chia seed (S. hispanica) improves adiposity and normalizes high triglycerides and insulin resistance in rats with dysfunctional blood lipid profiles.