No one knows where caraway seeds were first grown, the benefits and harms of which have been studied for millennia. One gets the impression that he was always. He was found in the tombs of Egyptian pharaohs and even during excavations of stone age buildings . Therefore, definitely, the oldest spice is caraway.
Benefit and harm are at the same time characteristic of all food products. However, this statement applies to this spiciness to the least extent, since it can only do harm to certain small groups of the population. Let's denote the negative effect on the human body that cumin may have. The benefits and harms of this spice are not comparable for people who are individually intolerant, in other words, allergic to this spice. Unfortunately, some organisms inadequately respond to caraway, therefore, whatever praises sing its features, for them this spice is a taboo.
In addition, people with diseases such as
gastritis with high acidity and
cholelithiasis should be treated with caution
. For patients with such diagnoses, caraway seeds, the benefits and harms of which in this case are poorly comparable, can bring unexpected complications, therefore it is better to refuse it altogether.
Another feature of this spice - to strengthen immunity - can also be a very dubious benefit for some people. We are talking about patients who have undergone organ transplantation. They have caraway seeds can contribute to the rejection of foreign cells.
Basically, this spice is simply extremely useful for the human body. This is due to its composition. Cumin contains more than one hundred useful components. Among them: lipase (a catalyst for the natural biosynthesis of cells), flavonoids, alkaloids and tocopherols, tannins and enzymes. Black cumin is the richest in substances useful to the human body . Its benefits and harms (in the above cases) are many times stronger than other varieties of this spice. It, among other things, contains about 35% fatty oil, melantin, bitterness, and essential oil (0.5%).
Caraway seeds of any variety also contain B vitamins, copper and calcium, iron, zinc and phosphorus. In general, it is just very good for your health. Our ancient ancestors still knew about this. Therefore, cumin has received the widest application - from cooking to medicine.
As a seasoning, caraway seeds are used in many countries of the world. Almost no dish in the Baltic countries, Scandinavia and Germany can do without it. Caraway bread in these regions is a prerequisite for healthy food. Add it to sweet pastries, as well as alcohol, desserts, any fish or meat dishes.
Cumin promotes digestion, fights with increased gas formation, strengthens the immune system. In general, this spice has the best effect on the entire digestive tract of a person, therefore it is so important to regularly take it for food.
Cumin helps many people not only to maintain health, but also to return it. He takes pride of place among traditional medicine. Based on it, decoctions are made that increase breast milk in nursing mothers, stop headaches, stabilize the intestines, and fight pneumonia and bronchitis.