For many years now, sabja or basil seeds have been used in Ayurvedic and in Chinese medicine. These small seeds are rich in many nutrients such as fibres, fats, proteins, carbohydrates plus minerals like zinc, iron, potassium, magnesium, Vitamins like A,C and E etc.

Various health benefits of intake of sabja seeds are

Good for weight loss:

Those who are trying to lose their excess weights must try sabja seeds. The presence of fibres plus omega 3 fatty acids in the sabja seeds would make us feel full for a longer duration. By this, we would avoid eating unnecessarily. This would help us to lose weight.

Regulates blood pressure:

It is noteworthy that the presence of potassium in sabja seeds would help in managing blood pressure or BP by dilating our blood vessels. Those with hypertension must consume sabja seeds without fail.

Controls blood sugar levels:

Keeping blood sugar levels in control is essential to avoid serious health complications later on.  Intake of basil seeds would be superb in this aspect. Those with type2 diabetes must consume these seeds without fail for the sake of their health. The presence of dietary fibres in these seeds helps in managing blood sugar levels.

Boosts immunity:

It is worthy to note that intake of sabja seeds boosts our immunity. This is due to the presence of immunity boosting omega 3 fatty acids plus others like orietin, vicenin etc in these seeds.

Fights stress:

For our health to be good, we must not have stress or must have reduced stress etc. For this, intake of sabja seeds would be good. The reason is the presence of antioxidants in these seeds would release tension and stress present in us. Please take care.

Prevents constipation etc:

The presence of dietary fibres in these seeds would help us to get regular bowel movements. As a result, we would be able to avoid constipation issues.

Boosts dental health:

We could avoid getting dental cavities, plaques, bad breath and mouth ulcers etc if we consume basil seeds. The antimicrobial properties of these seeds play a huge role here.

Natural body cooler:

Especially in the hot summer season, consuming sabja seeds would make our body cool down. It is believed that there are certain compounds in these seeds that would lower stomach heat.

Boosts bone density:

Our bone density would get boosted by consuming sabja seeds. Our bone health would be good by intake of sabja seeds rich in calcium, iron and copper etc. Good bone health would help us to have good overall health.

Lowered cholesterol levels:

For our heart health to be good, our cholesterol levels must be low. It is believed that by consuming basil seeds having dietary fibres our cholesterol levels would get reduced. This would lower the chances of atherosclerosis and plaque build up etc in the arteries and blood vessels etc. This would boost our heart health. Eight percent drop in cholesterol levels have been recorded by the intake of 30gms of basil seeds for a month.