Sunflower seeds are indispensable snacks in people's life, sunflower seeds is the best among them. Sunflower seeds can be used not only as snacks, but also as ingredients for cakes. Sunflower seeds are plant seeds, containing a lot of oil, so sunflower seeds are important raw materials for oil pressing. Sunflower oil is a kind of high - grade healthy oil which is highly respected by nutritionists in recent years.
Sunflower seeds are rich in unsaturated fatty acids, of which the essential linoleic acid is about 50% ~ 60%. 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. Sunflower seeds are a great source of dietary fiber, with one gram for every seven grams of sunflower seeds, a much higher percentage than apples. The American Institute for Cancer Research has shown in related experiments that eating fiber can reduce the incidence of colon cancer. Sunflower seeds contain twice as much iron as raisins and peanuts, so may also help prevent anemia. In addition, sunflower seeds contain arginine in their protein. Arginine is an essential ingredient in the manufacture of semen. Therefore, in the reproductive period of men, eating some sunflower seeds every day is very good for the body.
Sunflower seeds in the content of vitamin E is very high, everyone every day as long as eat a handful of sunflower seeds, you can meet the human body a day of vitamin E requirements. Healthy people, eat more sunflower seeds every day to supplement the body's vitamin is good. Healthy people, eat 50 grams of sunflower seeds every day, can meet the need to supplement the body's vitamins.1