Sesame Seeds

You probably know sesame seeds as the flat, light-colored seeds which are sometimes used by bakers to sprinkle over loaves off Vienna bread. Until recently this seed was not believed to have any special nutritional value. But early in 1924 an American scientist began an exhaustive study on the nutritional values of sesame seeds, at the same time using these seeds as the exclusive source of protein and £at in his diet. As a result of these studies, and his own personal experimentation, he found that the protein and fat in sesame seeds are unusually easy to digest. This fact makes sesame seeds of special value in the diets

of invalids and persons with weak digestive organs. Sesame seeds, together with millet and sunflower seeds, contain more lecithin than the soybean. Lecithin is a phos-phorized fat (a compound of phosphorus, fat and nitrogen) which is an important ingredient of the tissues in your nerves, brain and endocrine glands. Your nervous system, for instance, uses lecithin to aid in generating nerve electricity. When your nerves are plentifully supplied with lecithin, your body abounds in nervous energy; and when the supply of lecithin get low, as it does at the end of the day, your nerve energy decreases, and you say you are 'tired and sleepy.' A serious deficiency of lecithin in the diet can bring on a nerve exhaustion that is characterized by a chronic fatigue which rest does not alleviate. Lecithin is also important for your brain, since your 'organ of thinking' contains approximately 28 per cent of this substance, that is, provided you are sane. The brains of persons suffering from serious mental illnesses contain less than half this amount of lecithin.

Your sexual organs likewise demand liberal supplies of lecithin to manufacture normal quantities of youth-preserving hormones. Sesame seeds are known also to contain an important amount of calcium, phosphorus, iron and trace minerals, in addition to their high content of thiamin and the other members of the vitamin B-complex family. Introduced into your diet, in conjunction with millet and sunflower seeds, sesame seeds can provide an additional seed cereal of high nutritional value. In addition to sprinkling these seeds generously on home-baked breads and cookies (made from whole grain flour, of course), sesame seeds may also be made into a meal by crushing slightly toasted seeds under a rolling pin. This meal may then be sprinkled over salads and hot cereals, mixed with fresh or cooked vegetables for added seasoning, added to soups or combined with other seed meals in making gravies and sauces for something different in the way of a taste delight.

And when it comes to confections, if you've never eaten sesame candy or sesame cookies, you don't know what you've been missing. The Greeks, traditionally famous cooks, make liberal use of sesame seeds in their pastries and confections. I have never tasted anything more delightful than a Greek confection, called as I remember it 'baklava,' made principally of sesame seeds and honey. White-sugar and white-flour confections and cookies will add unwelcome years and pounds to your face and figure. But dainties made from whole grains, natural sweeteners and sesame seeds will delight your taste buds at the same time they provide added food values for your planned diet.

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