Written by Smart Poppy Seed
Edible poppy seeds are good for various recipes or as an addition to your meal or cereals. Adding poppy seeds to your nutrition has the advantage of providing you with a good source of dietary fibre and Oleic acid. Oleic acids help lower the presence of bad cholesterol in your blood and promote good cholesterol. A diet rich in such monounsaturated fat helps to minimize the risks of coronary and artery diseases as well as preventing strokes.
Poppy seeds are good antioxidants and have numerous health promoting and disease preventing properties. The frequent consumption of poppy seeds also brings several minerals such as iron, magnesium, zinc and potassium to your organism. Poppy seeds also act as great sources of numerous B-complex vitamins such as pantothenic acid, riboflavin, folic acid, niacin, thiamin and pyridoxine. These vitamins namely contribute to substrate metabolism.
If you intend to use poppy seeds often, you can opt for unwashed poppy seeds with a low morphine content. Generally, you might opt to buy your poppy seeds in bulk. Usually supermarkets would unfortunately be selling only small containers and you can find poppy seeds in specialized cultural markets such as Mediterranean or Indian markets. You could also opt to buy your poppy seeds online and you might benefit from certain discounts with the convenience that it will be shipped to your address.
Smart Poppy Seed is one such online store offering poppy seeds for sale in bulk. Their blue poppy seeds have a purity rate of 99.9% and a low morphine content.