Wheat germ oil: overview of effects and uses

Wheat germ oil is not only in demand for cooking. The cosmetics industry has long since discovered the oil for its health from outside due to its healthy ingredients and positive effects.

Rich wheat germ oil - good effect for the body

Wheat germ oil is valuable, not only because of its numerous healthy ingredients. After all, you need a ton of wheat to get a liter of the oil.

• Therefore, you should pay attention to quality when buying, and definitely use virgin oil. Only in this way are the really important substances such as phospholipids contained. These are important for the construction of cell membranes. In addition, the phytochemicals sterols and tocopherols are missing in refined oil. The latter is a form of vitamin E.
• Wheat germ oil has a very low fat content of only 10 percent. Of these fats, 60 percent are polyunsaturated fatty acids and 88 percent of them are phenolic acids. These are better known as omega-6 fatty acids.
• Wheat germ oil also has many vitamins. The content of vitamin E is particularly high: with 200-300 milligrams of vitamin E per 100 grams of oil, wheat germ oil is far above the content of all other oils. In addition to vitamin E, vitamin groups B, D and A are also present in high concentrations.
• Wheat germ oil also contains the healthy mineral calcium and many trace elements.

For your health: tips for use

The healthy wheat germ oil should have a permanent place in your kitchen.

• The oil is not suitable for cooking, since it develops smoke from 160 degrees. However, it is ideal for cold dishes such as salads. With the oil your body gets numerous important vitamins and especially a lot of vitamin E.
• In addition, the contained omega-6 fatty acids ensure healthy cholesterol levels and lower blood pressure. This prevents cardiovascular diseases if you regularly use wheat germ oil.
• There are numerous cosmetic products with wheat germ oil, but you can also use the oil directly. If you massage some of the oil into the scalp once a week, you can look forward to a healthy scalp and healthy hair. Best of all, you don't even need to rinse out the oil because the fat content is so low.
• If you massage a few drops of wheat germ oil into the skin, it will be supplied with the healthy ingredients and tightened.

In the next article, we'll look at the effects of sage oil.