SESAME (SESAMUM INDICUM)

Availability

  • Whole Year

Available Forms

  • Seeds

Harvest Season

  • Augest

 

Sesame it is one of the most potent medicinal foods still commonly consumed today. Sesame contains a fat-soluble lignin with phytoestrogen properties known as sesamin, and which has been studied for inhibiting the proliferation of a wide range of cancer cells, including: Leukemia Multiple Myeloma Colon Cancer Prostate Cancer Breast Cancer Lung  Cancer Pancreatic Cancer Lung Cancer Sesamin’s anticancer effects have been linked to the NF-kappa B signaling.[16]Sesame deserves to be recognized, along with garlic, honey, turmeric and a select few other substances, as an easily accessible and affordable food-medicine that, if consumed regularly, could quite possibly save lives.