Clinically proven effects of sesame oil in hypertensive patients!!

Pavithram Nallenna
Best Sesame Oil Brand in Kerala

Sesame seeds and oil have long been categorized as traditional health food in India and other East Asian countries.Sesame Oil is rich in antioxidant lignans, vitamin E, & unsaturated fatty acids.Sesame oil has been found to contain considerable amounts of sesame lignans, sesamin, episesamin, & sesamolin. 

Sesame oil also contains :

• vitamin E (40 mg/100 g oil)
• 43 percent of polyunsaturated fatty acids
• 40 percent monounsaturated fatty acids. 

The lignans present in sesame oil are thought to be responsible for many of its unique chemical and physiological properties, including its antioxidant and antihypertensive properties . A latest study have evaluated the effect of sesame oil  in hypertensive patients on medication with either hydrochlorothiazide or atenolol as antihypertensive therapy.

The study was undertaken to investigate the effect of sesame oil in hypertensive patients who were on antihypertensive therapy either with diuretics (hydrochlorothiazide) or ß-blockers (atenolol).
Thirty-two male and 18 female patients aged 35 to 60 years old were supplied sesame oil and instructed to use it as the only edible oil for 45 days. Blood pressure, anthropometry, lipid profile, lipid peroxidation, and enzymic and non-enzymic antioxidants were measured at baseline and after 45 days of sesame oil substitution. 

Substitution of sesame oil brought down systolic and diastolic blood pressure to normal. The same patients were asked to withdraw sesame oil consumption for another 45 days, and the measurements were repeated at the end of withdrawal period. Withdrawal of sesame oil substitution brought back the initial blood pressure values. 

A significant reduction was noted in body weight and body mass index (BMI) upon sesame oil substitution. No significant alterations were observed in lipid profile except triglycerides. Plasma levels of sodium reduced while potassium elevated upon the substitution of sesame oil. 

Lipid peroxidation (thiobarbituric acid reactive substances [TBARS]) decreased while the activities of superoxide dismutase (SOD), catalase (CAT), and the levels of vitamin C, vitamin E, ß-carotene, and reduced glutathione (GSH) were increased. 

The results suggested that sesame oil as edible oil lowered blood pressure, decreased lipid peroxidation, and increased antioxidant status in hypertensive patients.

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Ref: NCBI