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Sesame Seeds Natural
Category: Seeds
Sesame Seeds should be dry milled in a blender or a coffee mill, or crushed, or ground into a paste before consumption, failing which most of the seeds will pass through the intestine without being digested. For improved nutrition, add milled or crushed Sesame Seeds to soups and stews or blend into health shakes.
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Used in traditional dishes, cookies, cakes, breads and bread crusts, sweets (Halva) and spreads (Tahini) and to make sesame milk. Roasted sesame seeds are often used in seasonings and herbal salts. Sesame seeds can be eaten raw, dried, roasted and cooked.
In the Middle East sesame seeds are called “the seed of immortality.”
Sesame seeds are an excellent source of calcium for those avoiding cow’s milk.
“Sesame seeds contain almost 30% complete protein of good quality, with all the essential amino acids, particularly methionine, being present in substantial amounts. They are a good source of the minerals magnesium, zinc, calcium and iron, and the calcium levels are in fact, more than twenty times higher than in steak.”
“Sesame seeds contain sesamin, a lignin which lowers cholesterol levels. They also contain antioxidant substances.”
“If sesame seeds were regularly incorporated into foods such as bread or spreads they could make a significant contribution to dietary mineral requirements.” (Prof. W. Veith, Diet & Health, p167-8)
| Nutrional Info (per 100g) | |
| Kilojoules | 2395.1kj |
| Calories | 573 Kcal |
| Carbohydrates | 23.4 g |
| Protein | 17.7 g |
| Fat | 49.7 g |
| Fibre (Crude) | 11.8 g |
| Sodium | 11 mg |
