Thank you for this very informative article. I am going to add some black sesame to my diet. I'm wondering if the researchers used raw or roasted sesame seeds and if that would make a difference in the beneficial effects.
So Sayer, in this study we are really talking about maybe a teaspoon of black sesame seeds? I mean it's a no-brainer to add something like that. no risk or downside and it may yield real benefits. Thank you for sharing this with us.
I’ve followed your work on Green Med Info for more than ten years—your natural products database is uniquely enlightening—and am grateful that you are on Substack now. Thank you!
Really Interesting Article! Thank you so much for sharing! I shall definitely be adding some black sesame seeds to our diets.😊 Wishing you many Blessing and excellent health.✨🙏🏻❤️
I enjoyed and appreciated your article Sayer, which helped me understand hypertension and the various treatments. My doctor once told me I had to take blood pressure meds indefinely or else suffer heart problems and great risk. I tried it for a little while but kept researching alternatives.
These days I've got no use for Pharma drug solutions or narrow minded doctors.
Everything I found on making your own black sesame meal involves toasting the seeds first? Can you please explain where to purchase black seed meal or how you would make it? Thank you
The black sesame meal was prepared at the Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Khon Kaen University, Thailand. The sesame seeds were roasted before being pressed. The remaining sesame meal was grounded into powder and mixed with an adsorbent. This process is the same as that used for commercial preparation. Each capsule of black sesame meal was formulated to contain 0.42 g of black sesame meal.
My first reaction when I saw the article was that it was about Black Seed or Nigella Sativa, but the article clearly states sesame. Black Seed (also known as black cumin seed) is an amazing healing seed, but that's a different story.
Thank you for very clear reporting (as always). One clarification needed - is black sesame seed meal from “nigella sativa”, available as black seed oil?
Thank you, Heather. I’ve searched more specifically now for Sesamum indicum and find various resources (mostly “seeds”) but one listed as “hulled”. As with flax seeds I buy the whole seeds then grind small batches to preserve nutrient value. I suspect this might be the best method as well for black sesame seeds?!? Agreed?
I guess probably the whole seed as you note is best as he mentions lignans in the article. I was concerned about freshness of the oil why I'd personally avoid the commercially available capsules. Do you toast the seeds or just grind them raw? I've only ever heated nuts for nut butters just enough to release the oils and have never made tahini.
Yes they are 2 different seeds . I have been taking black seed cumin powder for years , and I stlll have a slight high BP that requiries 12mg of metroprolol a day.
Thank you for this very informative article. I am going to add some black sesame to my diet. I'm wondering if the researchers used raw or roasted sesame seeds and if that would make a difference in the beneficial effects.
So Sayer, in this study we are really talking about maybe a teaspoon of black sesame seeds? I mean it's a no-brainer to add something like that. no risk or downside and it may yield real benefits. Thank you for sharing this with us.
I’ve followed your work on Green Med Info for more than ten years—your natural products database is uniquely enlightening—and am grateful that you are on Substack now. Thank you!
Really Interesting Article! Thank you so much for sharing! I shall definitely be adding some black sesame seeds to our diets.😊 Wishing you many Blessing and excellent health.✨🙏🏻❤️
I enjoyed and appreciated your article Sayer, which helped me understand hypertension and the various treatments. My doctor once told me I had to take blood pressure meds indefinely or else suffer heart problems and great risk. I tried it for a little while but kept researching alternatives.
These days I've got no use for Pharma drug solutions or narrow minded doctors.
Everything I found on making your own black sesame meal involves toasting the seeds first? Can you please explain where to purchase black seed meal or how you would make it? Thank you
From the linked study:
Preparation of black sesame meal
The black sesame meal was prepared at the Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Khon Kaen University, Thailand. The sesame seeds were roasted before being pressed. The remaining sesame meal was grounded into powder and mixed with an adsorbent. This process is the same as that used for commercial preparation. Each capsule of black sesame meal was formulated to contain 0.42 g of black sesame meal.
A stunning article! Thank you for bringing this and all that you do! GreenMed information is the best!!
Is this about black seed or black sesame seeds? Nigella Sativa is actually black seed, not black sesame seeds.....
My first reaction when I saw the article was that it was about Black Seed or Nigella Sativa, but the article clearly states sesame. Black Seed (also known as black cumin seed) is an amazing healing seed, but that's a different story.
Swanson make a 500mg capsule of black sesame seed.
What about black sesame oil?
That wouldn't contain the lignans so the paper is about the whole seed as meal.
I would never upgrade ,where is the Summary? Facts, facts, not Avalanche of Words. My Time is limited!!
Thank you for very clear reporting (as always). One clarification needed - is black sesame seed meal from “nigella sativa”, available as black seed oil?
I believe it's black sesame seed (Sesamum indicum) not black seed from the plant Nigella sativa.
Thank you, Heather. I’ve searched more specifically now for Sesamum indicum and find various resources (mostly “seeds”) but one listed as “hulled”. As with flax seeds I buy the whole seeds then grind small batches to preserve nutrient value. I suspect this might be the best method as well for black sesame seeds?!? Agreed?
I guess probably the whole seed as you note is best as he mentions lignans in the article. I was concerned about freshness of the oil why I'd personally avoid the commercially available capsules. Do you toast the seeds or just grind them raw? I've only ever heated nuts for nut butters just enough to release the oils and have never made tahini.
Yes they are 2 different seeds . I have been taking black seed cumin powder for years , and I stlll have a slight high BP that requiries 12mg of metroprolol a day.
Black seed cumin is the same as Nigella Sativa - so different to the black sesame seed the research is about.
A Midwestern Doctor has stated that BigHealth has consistently lowered and lowered the BP target to get patients on drugs.
Given the black sesame seed contains oils and were toasted for the study - would black tahini work as well? Any thoughts?