Description
Pleasant to the taste, poppy seeds are nutritious oleaginous seeds used as spices in cooking. Although they are the seeds obtained from the dried fruits of the forest, they are completely free of the harmful side effects of other poppy plant products, such as the opium poppy. The poppy plant is a biennial plant from the Middle East and Asia Minor belonging to the family Papaveraceae, of the genus: Papaver. Scientific name: Papaver somniferum. The ancient Egyptians were aware of harvesting poppy seeds from poppy fruit heads. Through Arab traders, opium cultivation spread to Persia, ancient Khorasan and India. Today, poppy seeds are a well-established commercial crop in many parts of the world, including the Czech Republic, Germany, Turkey, France, India, and the Eastern European region. Poppy seeds are popular ingredients and are generally used as spices and for oil pressing. The seeds, indeed, are very safe to use as food and contain negligible amounts of toxic opium poppy alkaloids. Health benefits of poppy seeds Poppy seeds are composed of many plant-derived chemical compounds that have found antioxidant, disease-preventing, and health-promoting properties. Their unique aromatic flavor is due to many fatty acids and essential volatile oils, which comprise about 50% of the weight net. The seeds are especially rich in oleic and linoleic acids. Oleic acid, a monounsaturated fatty acid, helps lower LDL or "bad cholesterol" and increase levels of HDL or "good cholesterol" in the blood. Research studies suggest that the Mediterranean diet rich in monounsaturated fatty acids helps prevent coronary heart disease and stroke by promoting a healthy blood lipid profile. Poppy seed exterior carp is a good source of dietary fiber. 100g raw seeds provide 19.5g or 51% of the Recommended Daily Allowance (RDA) of fibre. Much of this fiber is metabolically inert content, which helps increase the mass of food by absorbing water in the digestive tract and thus reducing the problem of constipation. In addition, dietary fiber binds to bile salts (a product of cholesterol) and decreases their reabsorption in the colon. Thus, it contributes to the further lowering of LDL cholesterol levels in the blood. The seeds are excellent sources of vital B complexes such as thiamine, pantothenic acid, pyridoxine, riboflavin, niacin and folic acid. Many of these vitamins function as co-factors in the metabolism of the substrate, especially fats and carbohydrates in the human body. Poppy seeds provide good levels of minerals such as iron, copper, calcium, potassium, manganese, zinc and magnesium. Copper used in the production of red blood cells. Zinc is a co-factor in many enzymes that regulate growth and development, sperm generation, digestion and nucleic acid synthesis. Potassium is an important component of cell and body fluids that helps control heart rate and blood pressure. The human body uses manganese as a cofactor for the important antioxidant enzyme, superoxide dismutase. Raw poppy seeds contain very low levels of opium alkaloids such as morphine, thebaine, codeine, papaverine, etc. When consumed in food, these compounds produce minimal effect on the human nervous system. On the contrary, these chemicals have been found to have some beneficial effects on the human body; calms nervous irritability, acts as an analgesic. Seed extracts were useful in pharmacy and in many traditional medicines in the preparation of cough mixtures, expectorants, etc. Poppy seeds (Papaver somniferum), nutritional value per 100 g. Energy 525 Kcal 26% Carbohydrates 28.13 g 22% Protein 17.99 g 32% Total fat 41.56 g 139% Cholesterol 0 mg 0% Dietary fiber 19.5 g 51% Vitamins Folate 82 μg 20% Niacin 0.896 mg 5.5% Pantothenic acid 0.324 mg 65% Pyridoxine 0.247 mg 19% Riboflavin 0.100 mg 8% Thiamin 0.854 mg 71% Vitamin A 0 IU 0% Vitamin C 1 mg 2% Vitamin E 1.77 mg 12% Vitamin K 0 mg 0% electrolytes Sodium 26 mg 2% Potassium 719 mg 15% minerals Calcium 1438 mg 144% Copper 01.627 mg 181% Iron 9.76 mg 122% Magnesium 347 mg 87% Manganese 6.707 mg 292% Phosphorus 870 mg 124% Selenium 13.5 pg 24% Zinc 7.9 mg 72% Wholesale product available on the B2B marketplace, Supreva Market For Business, at wholesale prices directly from the manufacturer.