Q: What are the benefits of organic black cumin seed oil? – J. Washington
A: Black cumin oil, or black seed oil, comes from the natural substance nigella sativa. It is widely known and used for its many healing properties.
Taking just two tablespoons of it a day with honey have been shown to produce favorable results.
Some of the many conditions reportedly treated with consistent ingestion of black cumin oil include, but are not limited to:
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Croatian scientists evaluated the antitumor activity of thymoquinone and thymohydroquinone in mice and discovered that the two phytochemicals in black seed oil can resulted in 52% decrease in tumor cells.
Being rich in both chemicals, black seed is unique in that it can help prevent and treat cancer through a variety of mechanisms:
– Anti-proliferation
– Apoptosis induction
– Cell cycle arrest
– Reactive oxygen species generation
– Anti-metastasis
– Anti-angiogenesis
According to one study, “The anti-tumor effects of thymoquinone have also been investigated in tumor xenograft mice models for colon, prostate, pancreatic and lung cancer.
The combination of
thymoquinone and conventional chemotherapeutic drugs could produce a greater therapeutic effect as well as reduce the toxicity of the latter.”
The liver is one of the most important organs in the body. Nearly every toxin gets processed through the liver, and the bile from the liver is the key to digesting fats and keeping your mind and body happy and healthy.
For those that have struggled with poor liver function due to medication side effects, alcohol consumption, or disease, black seed oil could greatly speed the healing process.
In a recent study, scientists discovered that black seed oil benefits the function of the liver and helps prevent both damage and disease.
Explained in a recent article published by the Journal of Endocrinology and Metabolism, researchers from the Indian Council of Medical Research highlight that black seed oil “causes gradual
partial regeneration of pancreatic beta-cells, increases the lowered serum insulin concentrations and decreases the elevated serum glucose.”
This is actually quite profound because Nigella sativa is one of the few substances on the planet that is suggested to help prevent both type 1 and type 2 diabetes.
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The Journal of Diabetes and Metabolic Disorders published a study systemically reviewing the literature for plants that have anti-obesity properties and discovered that black seed oil was among the most effective natural remedies on the planet.
It’s an incredible anti-inflammatory agent that is known to help people lose weight in the same way that it helps diabetics. Specifically, by decreasing
these weight gain triggers, black seed oil has helped thousands shed excess weight:
– Appetite
– Glucose absorption in the intestine
– Liver gluconeogenesis
– Blood glucose levels
– Cholesterol
– Triglycerides
Probably one of the most unique black seed oil benefits is its uncanny ability to help restore hair loss.
No one quite understands why it happens, but it’s not too hard to guess that it has something to do with its powerful antioxidant and antimicrobial properties.
By strengthening hair follicles, there is a very good reason to see how black seed oil can help promote strengthened hair roots.
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