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Sunflower Seed Nutrition Facts

Sunflower seeds can be essential to a healthy diet. They contain many vitamins and minerals and poly and monounsaturated fats. Approximately 90 percent of the fat found in sunflower seeds is unsaturated fat that may help to lower bad cholesterol and help to maintain the good cholesterol in your body.

  1. Vitamin E

    • Sunflower seeds contain are rich in vitamin E. Organic nutritionists consider it to be the best whole food source of this vitamin as an ounce of sunflower seeds contain 76 percent of the recommended daily allowance.

    Selenium

    • There is 31 percent of the recommended daily allowance of selenium in one ounce of sunflower seeds. Selenium helps protect your cells from damage.

    Copper

    • One ounce of Sunflower seeds contains 25 percent of the recommended daily allowance of copper. Copper helps carry oxygen to your red blood cells.

    Protein

    • Almost 12 percent of the recommended daily allowance of protein is found in one ounce of sunflower seeds. Protein helps your body repair and maintain tissues.

    Folate

    • One ounce of sunflower seeds contains 17 percent of the recommended daily allowance of folate. Folate helps your body's cells manufacture the building blocks of life: DNA and RNA.

    Zinc

    • At least 10 percent of the recommended daily allowance for zinc can be found in one ounce of sunflower seeds. Zinc helps the body with healing and helping you fight infections.

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