How many calories are in the seeds?

Seeds. They are loved in Russia from time immemorial. No holiday could do without seeds. In the evenings guys and girls gathered, sang songs, drove rounds and, of course, treated each other sunflower seeds and pumpkins.

Seeds are not only delicious, but also very useful. We will understand what useful properties they have, how many calories in seeds.

Useful properties of sunflower seeds

It turns out that the seeds are superior in their properties to eggs and even to meat! But they are absorbed by the body much faster.
They contain a lot of vitamins, as well as amino acids, which help regulate fat metabolism. So during a diet, with weight loss you can safely eat them.
In seeds there are many minerals: phosphorus, potassium, magnesium, therefore they are useful to people with diseases of the cardiovascular system.
Iron, zinc, fluoride, manganese in seeds is 5 times more than in bananas.

As you can see, sunflower seeds are very useful. Despite their high caloric value - for 100 g. - 700 kcal. - the seeds are digested by the body very easily, so they can be eaten safely, without fear of getting better.

Seeds are useful, are indicated for many diseases, for example, the gastrointestinal tract, liver, heart. And sunflower seed cooked from sunflower seeds is indispensable in the preparation of so many dishes.

Useful properties of pumpkin seeds

Seeds of pumpkin have in their composition almost all the same useful elements as sunflower seeds. Therefore, it is useful to use them for diseases of the genitourinary system, stomach, intestines.
There is one property due to which pumpkin seeds are recommended especially. These are their antidiabetic and anthelmintic (antihelminthic) properties.

Do seeds lose their properties during processing?

Seeds of pumpkin definitely lose. Therefore, they do not need to be roasted. After all, it is in raw seeds that there are so many useful properties, even in the peel and in the gray-green upper layer of seeds.
Sunflower seeds, undoubtedly, are delicious aftertoasting. But they also lose a number of useful properties. So it is better to eat them raw. Remember how our ancestors ate sunflower seeds, holding the sunflower head in their hands and, taking seeds from the cells, ate them without frying. Useful and tasty!

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