What are the effects and benefits of wheat germ oil?

Wheat germ oil is a cereal germ oil extracted from wheat germ as its raw material. It concentrates the nutritional essence of wheat and is rich in vitamin E, linoleic acid, linolenic acid, octacosanol and various physiologically active components. It is a valuable functional food with very high nutritional value. In particular, its vitamin E content is the highest among vegetable oils, and it has been widely recognized as a functional oil with considerable nutritional and health benefits. It helps regulate the endocrine system, aids weight loss, and prevents spots, dark patches and pigmentation; it has an antioxidant effect, reduces the formation of lipid peroxides, promotes the skin's moisturizing function, makes the skin supple and delays aging; it promotes metabolism and skin renewal, resists wrinkles, prevents wrinkles, prevents skin aging and fades scars; it regulates blood lipids, softens blood vessels, and helps prevent arteriosclerosis, high blood pressure and stroke.

Nutritional components

Rich in vitamins E and B, protein, minerals, fresh coconut oil, and various unsaturated fatty acids such as linolenic acid and linoleic acid, it is called the vitamin treasury of the skin and has long been known as the “king of vitamin E.”

Wheat germ protein accounts for more than about 30% of its content, 4 times that of flour protein. It contains the 8 essential amino acids for the human body, especially lysine, which is scarce in ordinary grains. Each 100 grams contains 205 mg of lysine, tens of times more than rice and flour. Lysine can effectively promote the growth and development of young children. Wheat germ contains relatively abundant amounts of calcium, iron, magnesium, zinc, potassium, phosphorus, copper, magnesium and other elements. Each 100 grams of wheat germ contains about 12 mg of iron. These trace elements play an important role in promoting children's growth and development.

1. Humanity's natural nutritional treasury

Wheat germ oil is an oil obtained from wheat germ through pressing or extraction processes. It is brown and has the distinctive odor of wheat germ oil. Each 10 tons of wheat germ can produce about 5 kg of germ oil. Wheat germ oil is a cereal germ oil mechanically extracted from wheat germ as its raw material, produced by mechanical low-temperature pressing, with no residual other components or impurities, no additives whatsoever, and 100% pure and natural. It concentrates the nutritional essence of wheat and is rich in oleic acid, linoleic acid, linolenic acid, octacosanol and various physiologically active components. Its vitamin E content is the highest among vegetable oils, and it has been widely recognized as a functional oil with nutritional and health benefits and very high nutritional value. It has been praised by nutritionists as a warehouse of natural vitamin E. It contains all four types of vitamin E: α, β, γ and δ. Its physiological activity is 30 times that of synthetic vitamin E, and it is easily absorbed by the human body. In the body it prevents the formation of lipid peroxides, protects cell membranes, inhibits free radicals, promotes human metabolism, delays the aging of the body, improves liver function, lowers cholesterol and boosts immunity. It is one of the few truly effective antioxidants used by humans against aging. It can prevent and assist in the treatment of certain diseases of middle-aged and older people, such as heart disease, stroke, myocardial infarction, high blood lipids, arteriosclerosis, emphysema, menopausal disorders, anemia and muscular dystrophy. The content of essential unsaturated fatty acids in wheat germ oil is as high as over 80%, with linoleic acid alone accounting for over 55%. Unsaturated fatty acids can maintain the relative fluidity of cell membranes, ensure the normal physiological functions of cells, esterify cholesterol, lower blood cholesterol and triglycerides, reduce blood viscosity, improve blood microcirculation, increase the activity of brain cells, and enhance thinking ability and memory. In the early 1970s, when US President Nixon visited China, the health product he carried with him was wheat germ oil. Wheat germ oil is also an ideal beauty base oil, known as a cosmetic you can eat. It can strengthen the skin's connective tissue, improve blood circulation and maintain skin elasticity, and is especially suitable for mature and aging skin. It can reduce scars caused by injuries or surgery, and can also reduce the marks left by acne on the face. It also has a very good effect on regulating dry skin and dark patches.

2. How to use wheat germ oil

① It can be taken directly orally, 5 ml per day, and can also be used as an ingredient to dress cold dishes.

② Wheat germ oil is suitable for all parts of the body. After cleansing the skin, take an appropriate amount and apply it to the skin surface, then massage gently. Its antioxidant function can effectively protect the skin from the harm of the natural environment. It is especially effective for moisturizing dry skin and aging skin around the eyes.

Medicinal benefits

1. Functions and indications

① Regulates the endocrine system, protects skin cells, and prevents spots, dark patches and pigmentation;

② Has an antioxidant effect, reduces the formation of lipid peroxides, promotes the skin's moisturizing function and makes the skin supple;

③ Promotes metabolism and skin renewal, resists wrinkles, prevents wrinkles and prevents skin aging;

④ Regulates blood lipids, softens blood vessels, and helps prevent arteriosclerosis, high blood pressure and stroke.

2. Characteristics

Contains abundant high-potency vitamin E and is a well-known natural antioxidant (preservative) that can stabilize essential oils and make their effects longer lasting. Therefore, adding just a little wheat germ oil to them can extend the shelf life of essential oils by one to two months. When blended with other vegetable oils, it can prevent the blended oil from spoiling and extend the freshness period of the blend.

① Beauty: Its free radical-scavenging properties can delay skin aging; it is highly moisturizing and can fade fine lines, stretch marks and scars, increase the skin's moisture retention, and is extremely helpful for dry, dehydrated, aging and wrinkled skin. It can reduce the marks left by acne on the face. It is suitable for all skin types and has a certain effect on dark patches, psoriasis and eczema. It also has a sunscreen function and can be used for body sun protection.

② Consumption: When consumed, it has benefits such as delaying aging, helping prevent stroke, myocardial infarction, heart disease and emphysema, enhancing immune system function, and improving fertility.