Black cumin seeds (Nigella Sativa) could be one of the few foods worthy of the superfood title.
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The use of black cumin seeds is dating back as far as 3000 years.
The prophet Muhammad has been reffering to black cumin seeds as a remedy for absolutely everything except death.
A Greek physician by the name of Hippocrates also spoke a lot about them, especially classifying them as a digestive aid.
Black cumin seeds could obviously be used for a lot of things, altough im not going to go through all of them,
I am going to just give you an idea for what they could be useful.
- Anti-Oxidant
- Anti-Inflammatory
- Increases testosterone in males
- Anti-Depressant
- Anti-cancer effects
- Causes Weight Loss
- Fights Infections
- Anti-fungal and antibacterial
- Boosts the Immune System
The list could go on for a while but im just gonna go through the fat burning and anti-depressant properties.
Fat Burning Properties of Black Cumin Seeds Explained
Black cumin seeds contain phylosterols.
Those phylosterols when ingested limit how much cholesterol is absorbed by the body.
They do so by "mimicing" cholesterol from animal fats and so give the body a signal that it is already saturated with cholesterol, because the body can take up only so much cholesterol at once.
According to certain studies, consuming 2g of black cumin seeds daily reduces LDL (bad cholesterol) by up to 15%.
Black cumin seeds also help people who are struggling with insulin resistance or imbalances in blood sugar levels.
It does so by increasing insulin and glucose sensitivity.
- If you have diabetes consult a doctor before adding black cumin seeds to your diet!
Everybody knows that olive oil is often reccomended for fat loss because of the "high" content of oleic acid.
The oil made from black cumin seeds has a content of oleic acid higher up to 2000% than extra virgin olive oil!
Anti-Depressant and Anti-Anxiety Properties
Black cumin seed oil is also an effective anti-deppresant.
They've been shown to stabilize mood and reduce anxiety due to increasing GABA production in the brain.
- GABA is a natural "deppresant" in a way that it slows down the rate at which neurons operate
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Black cumin seeds and Thymoquinone
Black cumin seeds also contain a high amount of thymoquinone.
That is the compound responsible for the therapeutic properties fo black cumin seeds.
That compound is also responsible for the hepaprotective (liver protective),
anti-inflammatory, cytotoxic and anti-oxidant properties of black cumin seeds.
I tried to keep this post short but still give a decent amount on information about the black cumin seeds!
This post just sums up a few of hundreds of the positive effects that this wonderful creation of nature has on our bodies.
Hopefully you get an idea of how beneficial it is to our bodies, and who knows, one day you might help somebody with it because you read a random post from a guy named planet-green on steemit!
Thanks for reading! :)