Amazing safflower oil

Since ancient times, the safflower plant was grown by farmers. It was popular enough among folk medicine men, in cooking and at home. Chinese doctors used safflower to eliminate pathologies of blood vessels and heart. In ancient Egypt, the plant was used to color mummy dressings. The dried flowers of safflower were found during excavations in the pyramids. The plant was cultivated in India, Asia and Africa, and later it appeared in Europe.

Safflower in Russia was called wild saffron. Originally it was grown as a seasoning, which found its use in cooking and bakery. Somewhat later, in the eighteenth century, a beautifully flowering plant began to decorate the gardens of Moscow. Over time, from his seeds began to produce safflower oil. It was a valuable nutritious product. By its quality characteristics, it was not inferior to sunflower oil. And in many respects even surpassed it.

Safflower oil, the benefit of which is manifested by the presence of linoleic acid in its composition , is an indispensable component of the daily nutritional diet of man. In addition, the product has excellent moisturizing characteristics. This allows you to use it for the treatment of dehydrated skin areas.

Safflower oil has a light aroma with a touch of meadow flowers and a weak nutty taste. It is transparent and golden. Unrefined safflower oil is somewhat lighter. At the same time, it has practically no taste and smell. The product is obtained by cold or hot pressing. The solvent extraction method is also used. In the production of the product, the seeds of the plant are used.

Safflower oil, the properties of which are due to its chemical composition, contains vitamins F, K and E, as well as various minerals. There are active substances in the product, such as glycogenides halkonovye and derivatives of serotonin. In the safflower oil are various acids: stearic and myristic, palmitic and oleic, linoleic and behenic, eicosapentaenoic and lokosahexlenic.

Safflower oil is loved by the culinary specialists of the whole world. It tastes like sunflower, but it smells like flowers. Most widely it is used in Asian recipes. The product has a high value of the smoke point. Therefore, it is great for deep-frying and frying. Due to the ability of safflower oil not to harden, keeping the liquid consistency on cooling, it is widely used in those salads that are served to the table cold. Apply the product in the preparation of mayonnaise and sauces, as well as cold dishes.

In addition to cooking, oil from safflower seeds is used in cosmetology. It moisturizes and softens the skin, while it is ideally absorbed by the epidermis and improves the blood circulation of the capillaries. The use of oil from the seeds of safflower allows you to tighten the skin. At the same time, signs of premature aging are eliminated. The curative product is recommended as an anti-inflammatory and healing agent. It is effective in the fight against cellulite.

It shows the use of safflower oil for metabolic disorders, constipation and diabetes, obesity and problems with the digestive system. It helps with insect bites, and is also used as a choleretic and diuretic.