Re: [ egroup]PLEASE READ WHAT I POSTED ABOUT CHIA!!!!

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this should answer ALL your questions -- and pose one new one -- WHERE WAS IT

GROWN? 

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Office of Arid Lands Studies, The University

of Arizona, Tucson,

AZ 85637, USA

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Coronary heart disease (CHD) is the most common cause of death

in the Western world. In both the USA

and the EU it accounts for over 600,000 deaths yearly. Early data showing the

benefits n-3 fatty acids provide in preventing CHD disease were obtained using

20:5n-3 and 22:6n-3 fatty acids derived from fish. Recently, however, it has

been shown that reduced risks of CHD and other cardiovascular diseases are

found with 18:3n-3 fatty acid as well. To determine if 18:3n-3 fatty acids

positively influence plasma composition, 32 male Wistar rats were fed ad

libitum six isocaloric diets with the energy derived from corn oil (T(1)),

whole chia seed (T(2)), ground chia seed (T(3)), or chia oil (T(4)), chia tea

(T(5)) and Chia gel (chia left refrigerated in isotonic water at 15.5 Celsius

over night) ((T6))   for 30

days. At the end of the feeding period the rats were sacrificed, and blood

samples were analyzed to determine serum CHOL, HDL, LDL, TG content, hemogram,

and fatty acid composition. Chia decreased serum TG content and increased HDL

content. Only with the T(2) diet was TG significantly (p < 0.05) lower, and

only with the T(3) diet was HDL significantly (p < 0.05) higher, than the

control diet. Chia significantly (p < 0.05) increased the 18:3n-3, 20:5n-3

and 22:6n-3 plasma contents compared to the control diet, with no significant

(p < 0.05) difference among chia diets detected. Significant (p < 0.05)

improvement in n-6/n-3 fatty acid ratio was observed for all chia diets when

compared to the control. Copyright 2007 S. Karger AG, Basel.

PMID:

17356

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DOES IT MATTER WHERE YOUR SEED WAS GROWN?  -- YES!!!  YES!!!! YES!!!

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2)

Office of Arid Lands Studies, University

of Arizona, Tucson,

Arizona

85705, USA.

rayerza@...

As a botanical source, variability in chia seed composition

could be expected between growing locations, and between years within a

location, due to genotype and environment effects as well genetic x

environment's interactions. The objective of the present study was to determine

the location effect on the growing cycle length, and seed's protein content,

lipid content, and fatty acid profiles, of a single chia genotype. Seeds of

chia genotype Tzotzol grown on eight sites in five different ecosystems were

tested. One site was in Argentina,

in the Semi-Arid Chaco ecosystem (T(5)); one was in Bolivia,

in the Sub-Humid Chaco ecosystem (T(4)); and six in Ecuador,

one in the Coastal Desert

(T(3)), two on the Tropical

Rain Forest

(T(2)), and three in the Inter-Andean

Dry Valley

ecosystem (T(1)). Seeds from plants grown in T(4) and in T(3) contained

significantly (P <0.05) more protein percentage than did seeds from the

other three ecosystems. No significant (P <0.05) differences in protein

content were found between T(3) and T(4), and between T(1), T(2), and T(5).

Seeds from T(1) and T(5) ecosystems, with 33.5 and 32.2%, respectively, were

the numerically highest oil content producers, but their results were only

significantly (P <0.05) higher when compared with the T(2) seeds.

Significant (P <0.05) differences in palmitic, stearic, oleic, linoleic and

alpha-linolenic fatty acids between oils from seeds grown in different

ecosystems were detected, however. Oil of seeds grown in the T(3) ecosystem had

the palmitic, stearic and oleic fatty acids' highest contents. Palmitic and

oleic fatty acid levels were significantly (P <0.05) higher when were

compared to that of seeds grown in the T(1) ecosystem, and stearic when was

compared to that of seeds grown in the T(5) ecosystem; omega-6 linoleic fatty

acid content was significantly (P <0.05) lower in oils of seeds produced in

T(1), and T(2) than in those produced in T(3), T(4), and T(5) ecosystems;

omega-3 alpha-linolenic fatty acid content was significantly (P <0.05)

higher in seeds produced in T(1), than in those produced in T(3), T(4), and

T(5), but not in those produced in T(2).

PMID: 19491529 [PubMed - in process]

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