Sunflower seeds is a great snack

Sunflower seeds snack

Hello friends, a simple question for you. Sunflower seeds, have you eaten them before? It is something that is highly suspicious with regards to edibility. The most important factor around this suspicion is health. Is it healthy to actually eat it and how should it be eaten?

I believe that they are perfectly healthy, if eaten in moderation and in fact, I believe that they are also more than just healthy. I began eating sunflower seeds because I had a long bus ride to take from Tema to Accra. I forgot to bring a snack, and at the bus station I bought a small packet of sunflower seeds. Midway through that ride, I started worrying that the salt would affect my blood pressure. Despite that thought I continued eating the seeds. I did not experience anything dramatic when I ate it except that I was not quite so hungry when I got off the bus.

Another great bonus of sunflower seeds is that they are a source of vitamins and minerals. They contain a variety of vitamins and minerals like vitamin E, magnesium and bits of zinc. They contain nutrients a lot of people say are helpful to the immune system, and these nutrients help the body fight off viruses and infections. Even though I am not a doctor, maybe fight may be a too strong of a word to describe how these nutrients affect the immune system. Let me just say support, that makes more sense.

Sunflower seeds do have some way of supporting heart health and cholesterol. I did not learn this by reading a chart, but rather I’ve found that when I chose to eat a handful of sunflower seeds during my afternoon snack instead of a cookie, my body felt much more stable. Maybe that is my imagination or maybe it is habit.

I have overdone it once and finished half of a huge bag of sunflower seeds while watching a football game with my brothers and not only did I feel bloated but also felt like I was being too hard on myself. So I would say moderation is key. I will keep on repeating that to myself because I seem to forget it frequently.