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Health Benefits

  Sunspread™ may enhance your health by supplying healthy unsaturated fats, protein and significant amounts of vitamin E, magnesium and selenium as well as important nutrients like copper, zinc, folate, and iron.

 Some preliminary studies involving intakes of vitamin E higher than the daily-recommended requirement have shown that vitamin E may be useful in treating or possibly preventing:
Selenium has immune-boosting effects and may play a role in fighting the herpes virus that is responsible for cold sores and shingles and it is also being studied for possible effectiveness against the human immune virus.

 

 Health Benefits

A handful of sunflower seeds will take care of your hunger, while also enhancing your health by supplying healthy unsaturated fats, protein and fiber plus significant amounts of vitamin E, magnesium and selenium and important nutrients like copper, zinc, folate, and iron. 
 

  • Unsaturated fat: Almost 90% of the fat in sunflower seeds is GOOD unsaturated fat (monounsaturated and polyunsaturated fat), the types of fat that may protect the heart.
  • Protein: Sunflower seeds are a good source of plant protein
    It supplies amino acids, the building blocks which are important in the structural framework of cells and tissues. 
    It builds, maintain and repair body tissues 
    It transports oxygen.
  • Fiber – the indigestible part of plant foods – promotes good health by 
    lowering blood cholesterol, 
    managing blood glucose ,
    Preventing constipation.
  • Vitamin E: Sunflower seeds are the best whole food source of Vitamin E. 
    Vitamin E (tocopherol) is a powerful antioxidant. It is very important for keeping your cell walls in good condition and maintaining healthy nerves, skin, muscles, red blood cells, heart and circulation.
    Vitamin E also helps the body to use vitamin K.
    Vitamin E has significant anti-inflammatory effects that result in the reduction of symptoms in asthma, osteoarthritis, and rheumatoid arthritis.
    Vitamin E has also been shown to reduce the risk of colon cancer.
  • Magnesium: Sunflower seeds are a good source of magnesium. 
    Magnesium reduces the risk of heart attack and stroke; 
    helps reduce the severity of asthma, 
    lower high blood pressure, 
    Prevents migraine headaches. 
    Magnesium is also necessary for healthy bones and energy production.
  • Selenium has a variety of functions. 
    It helps make special proteins, called antioxidant enzymes, which play a role in preventing cell damage. 
    Selenium also stimulates antibodies after you receive a vaccination. 
    Its immune-boosting effects may play a role in fighting the herpes virus that is responsible for cold sores and shingles, and it is also being studied for possible effectiveness against the human immune virus.Selenium showed promise in preventing cancers of the ovaries, cervix, rectum, bladder, oesophagus, pancreas and liver, as well as against leukaemia.
  • Copper, along with iron, helps in the formation of red blood cells. It also helps in keeping the blood vessels, nerves and immune system healthy.
  • Zinc has numerous functions in the body. 
    This mineral is involved with the metabolism of protein, carbohydrate, fat and alcohol. 
    It is vital for keeping your immune system strong. 
    It fights off infections and helps healing wounds.
  • Vitamin B (Folate), 
    Vitamin B helps in the formation of red blood cells and in the maintenance of the central nervous system.
    Folate also pairs with vitamin B12 to help form hemoglobin in red blood cells, which allows them to carry optimal amounts of oxygen.
  • Other B vitamins: Sunflower seeds contain other B vitamins such as pantothenic acid, vitamin B6, thiamin and niacin which are essential for producing energy from food.
    Vitamin B12, like the other B vitamins, is important for metabolism.
  • Iron: The human body needs iron to make the oxygen-carrying proteins hemoglobin and myoglobin. Hemoglobin is found in red blood cells and myoglobin is found in muscles.