Mustard Seed

Health Benefits:

Anti aging
Anti inflammatory
May regulate heart rate
Promotes heart health

Nutrition:

 Serving size: 1 tbsp; Calories: 32; Fat: 2.3g; Cholesterol: 0mg; Sodium: 1mg; Carbs: 1.8g; Fiber:1g; Sugars: 0.4g; Protein: 1.6g; Potassium: 46mg; Vitamin A: 0%DV; Vitamin C: 0%DV; Calcium: 1%DV; Iron: 3%DV  

Did You Know?

• Mustard Seeds flourish in cold weather and moist soils.
• The Mustard Seed plant grows as a shrub and it takes the seed 3-10 days to germinate.
• Canada is the largest producer of mustard seeds today but other countries including the United States, Hungary, Great Britain and India.

Ways to Eat:

• Used as a spice
• Grounded as a powder

Farming Trivia:

• The Mustard Seed has a long history of religious importance in Christianity, Judaism, Islam and Buddhism.
• Evidence shows that it grows in Europe, Asia, the Mediterranean and the Himalayas.