Sunflower Seeds?

foreveran27
foreveran27 Posts: 17 Member
in Food and Nutrition
I am a big sunflower seeds junkie! I just wanted to get some insights on whether I should stop eating sunflower seeds or reduce. I haven't eaten much lately but summers coming up and thats when I usually have a bowl a day. Thank you for any input on whether sunflower seeds are nutritional or not.

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  • Lovelovesme
    Lovelovesme Posts: 37 Member
    This link to the Worlds Healthiest Foods website should help answer your question :flowerforyou:

    http://www.whfoods.com/genpage.php?tname=foodspice&dbid=57
  • foreveran27
    foreveran27 Posts: 17 Member
    Thank you! (:
  • Meushichan
    Meushichan Posts: 82 Member
    For any food, just check the data on the package. "Nutrition" is a wide variety of things. If you are doing a low cal diet, it is easy to go overboard with them. BUT they have a ton of vitamins and good fats. You just have to decide is that 200 cals worth so and so.
  • pennyllayne
    pennyllayne Posts: 265
    Sunflower seeds are great nutritionally, but they are very calorie dense so if you're trying to lose weight a bowl a day is far too much. You'll also not want to go overboard with them as they are high in omega 6 fats, so balance them out with walnuts and pumpkin seeds which are higher in omega 3 oils.
  • foreveran27
    foreveran27 Posts: 17 Member
    Thank you for the input :)
  • Swiftdogs
    Swiftdogs Posts: 328 Member
    Seeds (and nuts) are great for helping hit your fat and protein macros. Just be careful to weigh and log your portions. I like to mix them in yogurt.

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