Benefits and Usage of Sesame Seed

Sesame Seeds may be tiny, but they have huge benefits. They were worth their weight in gold during the Middle Ages, and for many good reasons.

 

Health Benefits:

• Full of Great Protein - Sesame seeds are full of high quality protein making up 20 percent of the seed with 4.7 grams of protein per ounce.

• Helps Prevent Diabetes - Sesame seeds contain magnesium and other nutrients. Sesame oil has been shown to prevent diabetes, and it can also improve plasma glucose in hypersensitive diabetics.

• Reduces Blood Pressure - The same study above reveals how sesame oil lowers blood pressure in diabetics. Sesame seeds are full of magnesium – a key nutrient known to help lower blood pressure.

• Lowers Cholesterol - Sesame helps lower cholesterol levels, because it contains phytosterols that block cholesterol production. Black sesame seeds are especially high in phytosterols.

• Good for Digestion - The high fiber content of sesame seeds helps the intestines with elimination.

• For Healthy Skin - The high zinc content helps produce collagen, giving skin more elasticity and helping repair damaged body tissues. Regular use of sesame oil can reduce skin cancer. Learn more about Sesame Benefits For Your Skin.

• Prevents Cancer - Sesame seeds contain anti-cancer compounds including phytic acid, magnesium and phytosterols. Sesame seeds have the highest phytosterol content of all seeds and nuts.

• Relieves Arthritis - The high copper content in sesame seeds prevents and relieves arthritis, and strengthens bones, joints and blood vessels.

• Prevents Wrinkles - Sesame seed oil prevents harmful ultraviolet rays of the sun from damaging your skin, thus preventing the appearance of wrinkles and pigmentation.

• Hair Benefits - Sesame seed oil is full of nutrients which are needed for a healthy scalp and hair.

Culinary Uses:

• Dry, roasted sesame seeds and vegetable oil are ground into a thin light brown color paste known as tahini. Tahini is one of the main ingredients in famous middle-eastern dip, hummus.

• Dry fried seeds sprinkled over toasts, biscuits, breads, cakes, salads, stir fries, etc.

• The seeds are used in many traditional south-Indian sweet delicacies, often mixed with roasted peanuts, almonds, and jaggery.

• Roasted and crushed seeds often sprinkled over salads, desserts, particularly sundaes and other cream based preparations.

• Sesame oil obtained from the seeds is one of the most sought after cooking oil in Malaysia, Indonesia and southern states of rural India.

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