Sesame is divided into black sesame and white sesame.

Black sesame seeds

1, edible value

Sesame honey cake: stomach, liver, promote the growth of red blood cells.

Black Sesame Mulberry Paste: This paste tonifies the liver and kidney, moistens the five organs, dispels wind-dampness, clears the fire, and can be used to cure the deficiency after illness, premature whitening of hair, and dizziness.

2, medicinal value

Black sesame is dual-purpose, with "tonifying the liver and kidneys, nourishing the five organs, beneficial to the essence and blood, moistening the intestines and dryness," and other health effects, is regarded as nourishing the Holy Grail. On the one hand, because it contains high-quality protein and rich minerals, on the other hand, because it is rich in unsaturated fatty acids, vitamin E and precious sesamin and melanin.

Calcium

There are many calcium supplement commodities on the market, although the advertisements say that its absorption rate is much higher, but the actual effect may be far from the scientific point of view, calcium supplement is still better to food supplement. Improve food calcium, people can easily think of milk and eggs, but do not know that the calcium content of black sesame is much higher than the first two, per 100 grams of black sesame seeds containing calcium close to 800 milligrams per 100 grams of milk in the calcium content of 200 milligrams or so, it can be seen that the black sesame seeds is a good supplemental calcium.

Lowering blood pressure

The cause of hypertension is multi-faceted, one of the important one is a high salt diet, nutrition experts recommend that each person's daily intake of salt is no more than 6 grams, but in practice, the absolute majority of people are unable to do so, therefore, the recommendation of a high-potassium diet is very important, because one of the main roles of potassium intake into the body is to promote the discharge of sodium. Black sesame seeds are rich in potassium, per 100 grams of black sesame seeds contain high potassium, while containing much less sodium, the ratio of potassium to sodium content is close to 40:1, which is very important for controlling blood pressure and maintaining a healthy heart.

Hair moisturizing

Modern research has proved that the hair follicle melanocyte secretion of melanin reduction is the main cause of gray hair, which tyrosinase number is reduced is one of the pathological mechanisms, the study found that the black sesame seed aqueous extract can promote the expression of tyrosinase, the synthesis of melanin can be improved, gray hair can therefore become black again.

Skin care and moisturizing

Research suggests that reducing the production of free radicals, removing aging metabolites and improving antioxidant enzyme activity is an effective way to slow down skin aging. Black sesame is rich in natural vitamin E, its content is high in plant foods, vitamin E is a good antioxidant, appropriate supplementation of vitamin E can play a role in moisturizing the skin.

In addition, sesame is one of the four major oil crops, black sesame oil content in most of the unsaturated fatty acids, and linoleic acid on about half each. Linoleic acid is the ideal skin beauty agent, because when the human body lacks linoleic acid is also prone to cause dry skin, scales, hypertrophy, growth retardation and cholesterol deposition in blood vessels and other symptoms, therefore, linoleic acid is also known as the "beauty of the acid".

White sesame:

1, white sesame contains a large amount of fat 25% ~ 50% and protein 8% ~ 20%, and sugar 3% ~ 10%, vitamin a, vitamin e, lecithin, calcium, iron, magnesium and other nutrients; white sesame linoleic acid in the regulation of cholesterol;

2, white sesame seeds are rich in vitamin e, can prevent the damage of lipid peroxide on the skin. Lipid peroxide damage to the skin, offset or neutralize the accumulation of free radicals of harmful substances in the cell, can make the skin fair and moist, and can prevent various skin inflammation;

3, white sesame also has the effect of blood, can treat the skin dry, rough, so that the skin is delicate and smooth, rosy and glossy.

4, therapeutic:

There are blood tonic and bright eyes, remove wind and intestines, raw milk, beneficial to the liver and hair, strong body, anti-aging effect.

It can be used to treat weakness, dizziness and tinnitus, hypertension, hyperlipidemia, cough, weakness, premature whitening of hair, anemia and atrophy, lack of fluids, dry stools, low milk, blood in urine and other conditions.

Extended information:

How to choose and buy black sesame seeds:

Normal black sesame seeds will have a slight discoloration phenomenon after being soaked in water but the color will not be too dark. The natural pigments in black sesame seeds are dissolved in water in a process, so raw black sesame seeds placed in cold water at room temperature will not quickly lose color, except for aged black sesame seeds.

Putting raw black sesame into cold water, if it loses color quickly, it is likely to be dyed. In addition, since only the seed coat of black sesame is black and the endosperm part is still white, you can use a knife to cut the black sesame to see if it is white inside. You can also put the black sesame seeds in the palm of your hand, if the palm of your hand quickly appears black, indicating that the black sesame seeds are likely to be dyed.

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