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Little sunflower seeds, good for your health

Pubtime:2018-03-04Author:Source: Hits:

1. Sunflower seeds contain about 50% fat, which is mainly unsaturated fatty acids and does not contain cholesterol, linoleic acid content of up to 70%, it help to reduce blood cholesterol levels in your body and be beneficial to protect the cardiovascular.

2. Rich in iron, zinc, potassium, magnesium and other trace elements to make sunflower seeds have the role of prevention of anemia and other diseases. Sunflower seeds are good sources of vitamin B1 and vitamin E.

3. It is said that to eat a handful of sunflower seeds every day, can meet the needs of the human body of vitamin E for a day.

4. It is good for stable the mood; prevent cell aging, and the prevention of adult diseases.

5. It also has the role of treatment of insomnia, enhance memory. It has a certain preventive effect on cancer, hypertension and neurasthenia.

6. In addition to rich in unsaturated fatty acids, sunflower seeds also contain a variety of vitamins, folic acid, iron, potassium, zinc and other essential nutrients. There are a lot of edible fibers in sunflower seeds, 1 gram of sunflower seeds contains 7 grams of edible fiber, and it is much higher than the apple’s edible fiber.

7. American Cancer Research Institute has proved that the consumption of fiber can reduce the incidence of colon cancer in relevant experiments. The content of the iron in sunflower seeds is two times that of raisins and peanuts, it can also prevent the occurrence of anemia.

8. Besides, the sunflower seeds contain arginine. Arginine is an essential ingredient in the production of semen. As a result, it is very good for a man who wants a baby to eat some sunflower seeds every day.