Nutrition Research: In controlled trials, chia seeds have no effect on weight loss

Recently, if everyone is losing weight and preparing for summer, then you must have noticed an Internet celebrity food called Chia Seeds. It is called a super food. It is one of the foods with low GI but high nutritional content and indispensable during the fat reduction period.

So, what is this magical, small sesame food? It will be beneficial to know more!

As a popular "Internet celebrity food" in recent years, Chia seeds have been perfectly promoted, with "low calories,""high vitamin C,""high calcium,""high dietary fiber" and "high unsaturated fatty acid Omega-3".

Chia seeds are a crop native to South America. As an exotic product, Chia seeds also entered China because they were put on the gorgeous coat of super food and were packaged as a "weight loss artifact."

However, the academic community does not recognize their magical effects as chia seeds are known as sacred weight loss products. As early as 2009, a paper published in the journal Nutrition Research described a controlled trial in which 90 obese patients ate chia seeds. Unfortunately, until the end of the experiment, the researchers did not find that chia seeds made any experimenter truly thinner.

Every 100g of Chia seeds, there is nearly 40g of dietary fiber. These viscous water-soluble fibers covered on the seeds will increase the feeling of fullness in the stomach. After eating them in the stomach, they can absorb water on their own and increase their volume. In turn, improve the feeling of satiety, because Chia seeds are rich in dietary fiber, which not only contains no calories, does not increase blood sugar, but also has the effect of suppressing hunger.

Of course, no food is suitable for everyone, and these people need to be cautious when eating chia seeds.

1. Eat carefully for people with stomach problems or sensitive stomach conditions. 2. People who are allergic to sesame, mint or mustard seeds should not eat. 3. People with low blood pressure or taking cardiovascular disease drugs should eat carefully. 4. People whose intestines cannot stand high fiber. 5. Pregnant women and nursing women eat carefully. They need to consult their doctor to reduce body fat. The most important thing is to have a balanced diet to control calorie intake and maintain the habit of exercise to truly lose weight.