Nutrition facts of sesame and its benefits

About half of sesame is fat, mainly linoleic acid and oleic acid that are both unsaturated fatty acid. Unsaturated fatty acid boosts immune system and reduces cholesterol level. Linoleic acid produces cell membrane. As it's one of the essential fatty acids that our human body cannot produces, we need to obtain it from our diet. Linoleic acid dissolves LDL cholesterol also known as bad cholesterol and displaces it. Oleic acid reduces LDL cholesterol also knows as bad cholesterol without reducing HDL cholesterol also known as good cholesterol. It prevents constipation from occurring as it improves slipperiness of stools in the large intestine.