Fennel seed nutrition facts

Fennel is a herb belonging to the parsley family; a large family of herbs and spices which also includes some of other common members such as caraway, dill, anise, cumin…etc. 

Fennel bulb used as a vegetable, is closely related to seeding fennel.

Health benefits of fennel seeds

• Fennel has many health essential compounds, antioxidants, dietary fiber, minerals, and vitamins.

• Fennel seeds contain numerous flavonoid anti-oxidants like kaempferol and quercetin. These compounds function as powerful antioxidants by removing harmful free radicals from the body thus offer protection from cancers, infection, aging and degenerative neurological diseases.

• Fennel seeds also are a rich source of dietary fiber.  Much of this roughage helps increase the bulk of the food by absorbing water throughout the digestive system and help constipation problems.

• Further, dietary fibers bind to bile salts and decrease their re-absorption in the colon. 

• Fennel seeds compose of health-benefiting volatile essential oil compounds such as anethole, limonene, anisic aldehyde, pinene, myrcene, fenchone, chavicol, and cineole. 

• Fennel seeds concentrated source of minerals like copper, iron, calcium, potassium, manganese, selenium, zinc, and magnesium. Copper is essential for the production of red blood cells. Iron is required for red blood cell formation. Zinc is a co-factor in many enzymes that regulate growth and digestion.

• Potassium is an important component of cell and body fluids that helps controlling heart rate and blood pressure. 

• Fennel seeds indeed are the storehouse for many vital vitamins. Vitamin-A, vitamin-E, vitamin-C as well as many B-complex like thiamin, pyridoxine, riboflavin and niacin particularly are concentrated in these seeds.