Sunflower Kernels

Sunflower kernels can easily become a regular part of your daily diet. Sprinkle them on your salads, muesli, stir-fries. Stir them into yogurt, pop them into sandwiches, rice, pasta, or add them into your next bread dough the possibilities are as endless as the good qualities of these sun-loving seeds.

Ingredients: Sunflower Kernels
Origin: China [Packaged in Australia]

Nutritional Information: (Per 100gm Serve)
Energy  2394kJ
Protein 23g
Fat Total  18g
-saturated   3g
Carbohydrate   50g
-sugars  6g
Dietary Fibre  10g
Sodium 0g

Some benefits of Sunflower Kernels:

• They control cell damage, thus playing a role in preventing cancer. This is because sunflower seeds are a good source of selenium, which is a proven enemy of cancer.
• They contain bone-healthy minerals. Besides calcium, your bones need magnesium and copper to stay strong. Sunflower seeds have both these minerals. As a bonus, they also contain Vitamin E, which helps ease arthritic pain.
• They keep you calm. The magnesium in sunflower seeds is reputed for soothing the nerves, thus easing away stress, migraines and helping you relax.
• They bring a glow to your skin. The star in this role:Vitamin E again, which combats UV rays and keeps skin youthful.
• They ease every condition that is inflammatory in nature, such as joint pain, gastric ulcers, skin eruptions, asthma and such. That is because sunflower seeds are loaded with antioxidants.
• Just ¼ cup of sunflower seeds a day can keep heart troubles away.These small seeds disallow bad cholesterol from sticking to the walls of your arteries, thus preventing heart attacks.