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Benefits Of Tahini Sesame Paste

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Recently I bought some tahini sesame paste for a recipe I found in a cookbook.

For those of you, who are new to this, tahini comes from crushed sesame seeds.

It is one of the world's healthiest foods to eat.

I went to the local shops to buy some, there were two jars, hulled and unhulled.

My instincts told me to get the unhulled which I did, although I was concerned the unhulled tahini sesame paste would not taste as sweet.

Unhulled is stronger in flavour, a little bitter in taste, and darker in colour. However, you soon get used to the taste and after a while, it actually tastes really good.

If you are not sure of the taste you can always add some raw organic honey.

Now, it was time to look into tahini benefits. And could I use it more often? …show more content…

Hulled tahini sesame paste has much of its goodness stripped away and won't give you as many of the vitamins and minerals.

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Tahini Benefits

My anti-aging regime is already jam-packed, nevertheless, there is always room for one more.

Your complexion will glow from all the vitamins and minerals, it is probably the best for looking younger.

It contains all the B vitamins and zinc you need for healthy skin and hair.

Tahini sesame paste unhulled, has two fantastic compounds, sesamolin, and sesamin.

As a result, these two compounds enhance absorption of vitamin E in the body.

This is important, as air pollution alone can cut the amount of vitamin E in the body, and in turn causes wrinkles.

Sesamolin and sesamin compounds are of great benefit to a healthy heart, and hormonal health.

These compounds will protect the liver from toxic damage and help lower high blood pressure.

Do you have arthritis in your knees? If you do, eating a couple of tablespoons daily of tahini sesame paste will help reduce pain.

Researchers discovered this is as good as taking Tylenol, if not better, and certainly

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