Sesame, also known as sesame and flax (scientific name: Sesamum indicum), is the seed of flax.

I. Edible value

1, sesame seeds can be used as cooking materials, such as fillings for cakes, fabrics for snacks and biscuits, and also as food accessories. In daily life, people often eat sesame products: sesame powder, sesame paste, sesame cake, sesame paste. Eating sesame seeds regularly has the following health care effects:

2, skin care and beauty: eating sesame seeds often can keep the skin soft, delicate and smooth. People with habitual constipation, toxins left in the intestines will harm people's liver and cause rough skin. Sesame can smooth intestines to treat constipation, and has the function of moistening skin. People who use dieting to lose weight will have dry and rough skin due to insufficient intake of nutrients.

3, weight loss and body shaping: Sesame contains substances that prevent people from getting fat, such as egg yolk, choline and muscle sugar, so sesame seeds will not get fat if they eat too much. At the same time of dieting and losing weight, rough skin can be improved if it is eaten with sesame seeds.

Second, nutritional analysis

1, sesame contains a lot of fat and protein, mainly glycerides such as oleic acid, linoleic acid, palmitic acid and arachidic acid; Also contains sterol, sesamin, sesamol, folic acid, nicotinic acid, sucrose, lecithin and protein; There are also dietary fiber, sugar, vitamin A, vitamin B 1,B2, niacin, vitamin E, lecithin, calcium, iron, magnesium and other nutrients; Linoleic acid (C 18∶2) in sesame can regulate cholesterol.

2. Sesame is rich in vitamin E, which can prevent the harm of lipid peroxide to the skin, offset or neutralize the accumulation of harmful free radicals in cells, make the skin fair and moist, and prevent various skin inflammations.

3. Sesame also has the effect of nourishing blood, which can treat dry and rough skin, make skin delicate, smooth and ruddy.

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