Laurel on Health Food

Eating Fabulous recently posted that sunflower seeds have many powerful health benefits. These little tiny seeds found deep in sunflowers are rich in:
* Folate
* Vitamin E, selenium, and copper
* Monounsaturated and polyunsaturated fats (good fats)
* Phytochemicals: choline, lignans, phenolic acids, betaine
* Arginine (an amino acid)

The team of vitamin E, selenium, and copper helps your body fight off cellular damage that can cause cancer, heart disease, etc. Monounsaturated and polyunsaturated fats help your body reduce LDL cholesterol buildup. Phytochemicals may inhibit cancer growth in your body and reduce your risk of heart disease. Check out this PDF for details on the power of sunflower seeds.

Tip: Toss sunflower seeds on top of a salad, in your cereal, or snack on a fruit and nut mix. Good Sense has some tasty organic trail mixes. I like the Organic Feel ‘N Good Mix with sunflower seeds, cranberries, apricots, raisins, soybeans, almonds, apples, and walnuts. (I found it in the produce section at Publix).

This entry was posted on Monday, February 4th, 2008 at 4:04 pm and is filed under Amino acid, Cholesterol, Folate, Heart disease, Monosaturated fats, Nuts, Plants, Vitamin E. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed.

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