1. Anti-aging: For middle-aged and elderly people whose digestive function has been weakened, the rich aroma of sesame oil can not only stimulate appetite, but also facilitate the absorption of nutrients. The digestion and absorption rate of sesame oil itself is also very high, reaching 98%. At the same time, sesame oil is rich in vitamin E, which can promote cell division and delay aging. Long-term use of sesame oil by middle-aged and elderly people can also prevent hair loss and premature gray hair.
2. Protect blood vessels: Sesame oil has a good effect on softening blood vessels and maintaining blood vessel elasticity. Its rich vitamin E is beneficial to maintain the integrity and normal function of cell membrane and reduce the accumulation of lipids in the body. Sesame oil contains about 40% unsaturated fatty acids such as linoleic acid and palmitic acid, which is easily decomposed, absorbed and utilized by human body, promotes cholesterol metabolism and helps to eliminate deposits on arterial wall.
3. Runchang laxative: Sesame oil contains a lot of oil, and it also has a good effect of runchang laxative, which has a certain preventive effect and curative effect on constipation. Patients with habitual constipation, drinking a mouthful of sesame oil on an empty stomach in the morning and evening, can moisten the intestines and relax the bowels.
4. Reduce the poison of tobacco and alcohol: People with smoking habits and alcohol addiction often drink sesame oil, which can reduce the direct stimulation and damage of smoke to teeth, gums and oral mucosa, as well as the formation of smoke spots in the lungs, and also have a relative inhibitory effect on the absorption of nicotine.
5. Reduce the harm of alcohol: Drinking sesame oil before drinking will protect the mouth, esophagus, stomach, cardia and gastric mucosa.
6. Protect your voice: Drinking sesame oil often can enhance the elasticity of vocal cords and make the glottis open and close flexibly and effectively, which has a good recovery effect on hoarseness and chronic pharyngitis.
7. Treatment of rhinitis: For patients with chronic rhinitis, applying sterile cotton balls dipped in sesame oil to the affected part of nasal cavity can relieve symptoms.
8. Freckle removal and moisturizing: Lecithin in sesame oil can not only moisturize skin, but also remove freckles, especially age spots.
9. Reduce the damage of fishbone to esophagus: When fishbone, jujube pit and broken bone are swallowed by mistake, drinking sesame oil can make foreign bodies slide smoothly through esophagus and reduce the damage.
10. Auxiliary treatment of tracheitis, etc. People with bronchitis and emphysema can obviously relieve their cough by drinking sesame oil before going to bed at night.
Two taboos for eating sesame oil
1, sesame oil is not suitable for high-temperature cooking. High-temperature cooking will destroy the nutritional components of sesame oil, so that sesame phenol will volatilize and the flavor will disappear. Therefore, sesame oil is most suitable for cold salad, soup, stuffing and flavor snacks.
2. People suffering from bacillary dysentery, acute gastroenteritis and diarrhea should not eat more.