2. Introduction to Black Sesame:
Black sesame (scientific name: black sesame) is the black seed of sesame, which contains a lot of fat and protein, as well as nutrients such as sugar, vitamin A, vitamin E, lecithin, calcium, iron and chromium. It has the functions of invigorating stomach and protecting liver, promoting the growth of red blood cells, increasing melanin in the body, and is beneficial to hair growth.
3. Nutritional value and efficacy of black sesame:
Black sesame has the same origin of medicine and food, and has the effects of "nourishing liver and kidney, nourishing five internal organs, nourishing essence and blood, moistening intestines and dryness", and is regarded as a nourishing holy product. Black sesame has health care function.
Black sesame not only has the medicinal value of supplementing calcium, lowering blood pressure and blackening and moistening hair, but also has:
(1) Beauty and Moisturizing
According to the research of black sesame (20 14), it is believed that the production of free radicals can be reduced, the aging metabolites can be eliminated, and the activity of antioxidant enzymes can be improved. Because when people lack linoleic acid, it is easy to cause symptoms such as dry skin, enlarged scales, slow growth and cholesterol deposition in blood vessels, so linoleic acid is also called "creatine".
(2) Increasing the fertility rate
Black sesame is rich in vitamin E, which not only has a good antioxidant effect, but also has a good promotion effect on human fertility. For men, it can increase sperm production and sperm motility, and for women, it can increase estrogen concentration, so it is also called "tocopherol". Black sesame is also rich in magnesium, which is very important for men. Because magnesium can improve the vitality of sperm and enhance male fertility, it is also called "health care element" for men.
In addition, black sesame can also reduce blood fat, resist arteriosclerosis, inhibit bacteria and corrosion, moisten intestines and relieve constipation, protect liver, scavenge free radicals, resist aging, resist cancer and lower blood sugar.
(3) Black sesame has the effect of caring skin and keeping skin soft, delicate and smooth. For people with habitual constipation, the residual toxins in the intestines will harm the liver and cause rough skin. Black sesame seeds can moisten the intestines and relieve constipation, and have the effect of moistening skin. People who lose weight by dieting will have dry and rough skin because of insufficient nutrient intake.
(4) Black sesame can also lose weight and shape. Black sesame seeds contain egg yolk, choline, muscle sugar and other substances that prevent people from getting fat, so sesame seeds will not get fat if they eat too much. While dieting to lose weight, eating black sesame seeds can improve rough skin.
(5) Black sesame can resist aging. Every hundred grams of black sesame contains protein 2 1.9g, fat 6 1.7g, calcium 564mg, phosphorus 368mg and iron 50mg, and also contains sesamin, arachidic acid, sesamol, oleic acid, palmitic acid, stearic acid, sterol, lecithin and vitamins A, B and D, precisely because black sesame is so rich.
Eating sesame seeds is good for hair, but eating too much will accelerate baldness. Eating too much black sesame seeds will cause endocrine disorders, cause greasy scalp and make fur wither and fall off. Therefore, the appropriate consumption of black sesame seeds should be half a teaspoon a day, not more than one porcelain spoon. In addition, people with poor appetite and loose stool should not eat more black sesame seeds.