High in antioxidants

Sesamol and sesaminol, two antioxidants found in sesame oil, may have significant positive benefits on your health. Antioxidants are chemicals that lessen the harm that free radicals do to cells. Free radical buildup in your cells can result in inflammation and illness. Sesame oil supplementation provided protection against cardiac cell deterioration in a one-month investigation on rats.

In the same study, rats who received 2 or 5 ml of sesame oil per pound (5 or 10 ml per kg) of body weight daily had an increase in antioxidant activity. When used topically, sesame oil may have comparable benefits. It may lessen cell damage by preventing substances like xanthine oxidase and nitric oxide, which form free radicals, from doing their work, according to rat research.