Black sesame seeds are an especially rich source of macrominerals and trace minerals. Your body requires trace minerals only in small amounts, while macrominerals are required in larger quantities.

A higher intake of macrominerals like calcium and magnesium is associated with improved heart disease risk factors, particularly high blood pressure (3Trusted Source, 4Trusted Source, 5Trusted Source).

Some of the trace minerals in black sesame seeds — in particular iron, copper, and manganese — are important for regulating your metabolism, cell functioning, and immune system, as well as the circulation of oxygen throughout your body, among other activities (6Trusted Source, 7Trusted Source, 8Trusted Source).

Because more than half of a sesame seed is composed of oil, sesame seeds are also a good source of healthy monounsaturated and polyunsaturated fats (9Trusted Source, 10Trusted Source).

The most recent scientific evidence suggests that replacing foods high in saturated fats with foods high in unsaturated fats may lower your risk of heart diseases