The core object of this research was to determine effect of dietary chia seeds (Salavia hispanica l.) powder intake on the hormonal balance in experimental female rats.
The present study was performed on twenty five female rats of Sprague Dawley strain which were divided into 5 groups (five rats in each group) as follow: The first group (group 1) aged between 7- 9 weeks as negative control group and fed on basil diet. The other four groups aged between 19–21 weeks and weighed from 200 to 205 g, group 2 was a positive control group and fed on basil diet while groups 3, 4 and 5 fed on basil diet with chia seeds powder in percent 5, 10, 15 g/kg diet for 8 weeks. At the end of the experiment period serum samples were collected to determine serum lipids profile and sexual hormone profile. Results showed that feeding on chia seeds powder lead to significant (P≤0.05) decrease in serum blood lipid level, estrogen, follicle stimulating hormone (FSH), luteinizing hormone (LH) and progesterone (P4). On contrast results showed significant (P≤0.05) increase in testosterone hormone concentration in serum. Thus, results of this study recommend that women could use chia seeds in diet because they contain high amount of protein, phenolic, poly unsaturated fatty acids which contribute to weight loss and more sexual hormonal balance.