Baruch Ha-shem, for the last 20 years we have been recommending only olive oil and sesame oil as the only edible oils.
The results in these studies are nearly to nice to believe!!
By the way: sesame oil is also a wonderful antiseptic, for wounds for example and I often recommend this instead of useless antibiotic ointments which NEVER should be used!
Never use the highly promoted canola-oil.
Sesame Oil Lowers Blood Pressure [Reported April 30, 2003 ] After 60 days, the patients’ systolic blood pressure levels dropped from 166 to 134. Their diastolic blood pressure levels fell from 101 to 85.
SAN ANTONIO (Ivanhoe Newswire) — A new study shows cooking with sesame oil helps reduce high blood pressure and lower the amount of medication needed to treat hypertension.
Researchers tested more than 300 patients with high blood pressure who were taking 10 milligrams to 30 milligrams of the calcium channel blocker drug, nifedipine. The participants had moderate to severe long-term hypertension but no history of heart disease or stroke.
Researchers gave the patients an average of 35 grams of sesame oil to consume for 60 days. They measured the participants’ baseline blood pressure about every two weeks.
After 60 days, the patients’ systolic blood pressure levels dropped from 166 to 134. Their diastolic blood pressure levels fell from 101 to 85.
Patients also needed less medication after 60 days. Doses of nifedipine were reduced by more than 15 milligrams a day by the end of the study.
Researchers say the compounds in sesame oil — polyunsaturated fatty acids along with sesamin — are what lower patients’ blood pressure. Both compounds reduce blood pressure in hypertensive rats. Sesamin also inhibits the absorption of cholesterol in lab tests.
Devarajan Sanker, D.O., Ph.D., of Annamalai University in India, tells Ivanhoe Broadcast News there are no disadvantages to consuming sesame oil.