Sunflower seeds, Friends of the nervous system, scavengers of the arteries .
Sunflower seeds, which are already on sale shell in natural food stores, make a concentrate of nutrients; belong, in fact, the group of oil seeds, as they are composed of essential fatty .
These essential fatty acids can not be synthesized by the body, but should be consumed in the diet are especially useful for the nervous system and skin .
They can be served with the appetizer, salads and added to salads and desserts and bread dough, (but do not overdo it, as they provide 581 calories hectogram).
are rich in vitamin E which, together with A and C, help to slow the aging process, explains Evelina Flack, nutritionist.
Unlike other vitamins, it is not easy to take over the recommended amount (12 mg daily): foods that are rich (especially almonds, avocado and other seed oils) are in fact the energy and call for moderation.
Therefore, some sunflower seeds, chewed as an aperitif or as spezzafame, offers a small supply of vitamin E to enrich your diet without weighing it down.
Even oil sunflower seed is an excellent condiment ; keep at home a bottle of sunflower oil and two or three times a week use it instead of the virgin (but only raw ), it is resistant to heat and thus is not suitable for frying .
The other great virtue of sunflower oil is the content of linoleic acyl , around 60%, adds Nicoletta Pellegrini, researcher.
This is an essential fatty acid omega-6 series , very important to lower cholesterol and triglyceride levels and to maintain the circulatory system, the recommended dose is one tablespoon per day.
also brings iron, folic acid, zinc, copper and B vitamins
If you want to buy sunflower oil controls always on the label that has been obtained mechanical processes of cold pressing (located in the most healthy food stores, bottoglie in dark glass anti-UV).
article: Fitness - 2007
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