Foods Alive, Superfood, Black Sesame Seeds, 12 oz (338 g)

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• Non GMO
• Gluten Free
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Black sesame seeds can be added to all your favorite granolas, yogurts, energy bars, soups, dips, spread and backed goods to add a unique nutty flavor and color appeal.

Black Sesame

In traditional Chinese medicine, black sesame seeds have sweet and neutral properties, and are associated with the kidney and liver meridians

They function to tonify yin jing and blood, moisten the intestines, and help build the spirit, or shen.

A good source of calcium, fiber, iron, protein, phosphorus, magnesium and more. Sesame seeds have a nutty, slightly sweet flavor and aroma that is enhanced by light heating.

Mix black sesame seeds with honey to create a sweet treat called Helva. In ancient times, women are believed o have eaten this mixture to prolong youth and beauty, while Roman soldiers ate this mixture for strength and energy.

Did you know that black sesame seeds have been used in traditional Chinese medicine for mitigating premature gray hair? Foods Alive also presses black sesame oil, which is used for massage and health treatments of the body (abhyanga and shirodhara) and teeth (oil pulling) in the ancient Indian ayurvedic system.