Given the growing body of scientific support on its health benefits, sesame would be as much at home inside a medicine cabinet as inside a kitchen cupboard. Sesame (Sesamum indicum) is one of the oldest cultivated plants in the world, prized as an oilseed for at least 5,000 years. While it’s beginning to regain favor because…
Sesame Oil May Heal Liver Damage
Sesame seeds are one of the most powerful healing foods on the planet. For thousands of years they have been used by traditional peoples for food and medicine. Chinese medicine suggests this ancient food may help relieve the epidemic of liver damage from modern drugs. Hepatotoxicity is liver damage caused by chemicals. It’s a significant problem related to pharmaceutical…
Why You Should Eat Sesame Seeds
In “Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves,” the legendary phrase “open sesame” opens the mouth of a cave where a treasure lies hidden. In a delightful bit of symmetry, opening sesame pods also delivers a treasure of benefits for human health and well-being. Sesame seeds are a reservoir of nutrients, including important vitamins and minerals, phytosterols,…
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