When people watch TV shows at home, they like to watch variety shows while eating melon seeds. Sunflower seeds are a small snack with a bit of salty taste, so it is easy to eat too much. Many people will ask, will eating melon seeds make you fat? Can we eat melon seeds during the weight loss period?
Will eating melon seeds make me fat?
Sunflower seeds themselves are quite nutritious, and the content of vitamins, proteins, and oils is among the best. However, melon seeds are also a high-calorie food. The calories of melon seeds are 597 kcal, 23.9 grams of protein, 34.53 mg of vitamin E, 49.9 grams of fat, and 264 mg of magnesium. Such high-calorie food, once you eat too much, it is easy to gain weight. Eat a small amount, the nutritional value is still good!
- Although the fat content in sunflower seeds accounts for about half, the fats in sunflower seeds are mainly oleic acid and linoleic acid, saturated fat only accounts for 14%, and there is no cholesterol. Appropriate amounts of both oleic and linoleic acids have the effect of lowering total cholesterol and “bad cholesterol”, which are beneficial to the body.
- Melon seeds contain 20% to 30% protein, and also contain a lot of important nutrients such as vitamin E, folic acid, magnesium, potassium, copper and dietary fiber.
- The melon seeds are protected by a strong shell, and there is no need to artificially open a crack during processing. Therefore, compared with other bare nuts, the fat and vitamin E in the melon seeds are not easily oxidized, and are more completely preserved. The nutritional content of melon seeds is a good choice among nuts. It’s not that you can’t eat melon seeds, but you should pay attention to the amount of melon seeds you eat, and it’s easy to get thirsty after eating melon seeds, so remember to drink plenty of water.
