Tiny Sesame Seeds Pack Legendary Nutrition

'Pumpkin seeds come from pumpkins, sunflower seeds come from sunflowers and sesame seeds come from... sesames?


Actually, sesame seeds come from a tropical plant called Sesamum indicum which is believed to have originated in Africa and today is commercially cultivated mostly in India, China and Mexico. In the Caribbean and southern U.S., sesame seeds are often known by their African name, benne.


Archeological evidence suggests that the sesame plant was grown at least 2,500 years ago and it has a rich mythological heritage. An Assyrian legend tells of the gods drinking a wine made from sesame seeds on the day before they created the world.'




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DIY Raw Seeds Milk – Sunflower, Sesame, Chia, Hemp…

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'I love experimenting on a new seed flavors making them into raw seed milks, it has by far many beneficial nutritional properties much more then standard milk! It’s cheaper to make it yourself, easy, and has multi-uses on the raw milks and seeds left-overs!

Health benefits of Raw Sunflower Seeds:

Sunflower seeds are perfect phytochemical-rich seed for those of us looking to lose weight, as they promote healthy digestion and increase fiber intake. They are also extremely rich in folate, a very important nutrient for women. They are packed full of good fats, antioxidant-rich Vitamin E, selenium and copper, all crucial elements in preventing heart disease, cancer, and other forms of troublesome cellular damage.'

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Open Sesame! 10 Amazing Health Benefits Of This Super-Seed

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'In fact, its history as a medicine goes back 3600 years to Egyptian times where it was listed in the scrolls of the Ebers as a favored medicine.  Also, women in ancient Babylon were believed to use a mixture of honey and sesame seeds (havla) to prolong youth and beauty, and Roman soldiers ate the mixture for strength and energy.

In the past twenty years, a glut of scientific information has poured in demonstrating that sesame seed, and its components, have over three dozen documented therapeutic properties [see sesame research page].  Given these new revelations, it would seem that sesame would be just as at home in a medicine cabinet as it would be a kitchen cupboard.

Here are just 10 evidence-based medicinal properties of this food-medicine:

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