Difference Between Pumpkin Seeds and Sunflower Seeds Ⅱ

About two weeks ago, we’ve made a comparison between two common snack food pumpkin seeds and sunflower seeds, and here let’s continue the previous topic.

• Nutrient Value

As we talked before, pumpkin seeds and sunflower seeds are both nutritious and popular foods, and very good for human health. However, they have their own characteristics.

• For Pumpkin Seeds,

Raw pumpkin seeds are much richer in amino acids, unsaturated fatty acids and carotene. And also abundant in minerals, among them, magnesium content is twice as much as cashew nut, 3 times as walnut and 9 times as chestnut, besides zinc and phosphorus content are also very rich.

• For Sunflower Seeds,

Sunflower seeds contain over 30 percent protein, which could be comparable to soybeans, lean meat, eggs and milk. By the way, sunflower seed kernels contain more than 570 kcal based on every 100g, higher than rice, pork, lamb, chicken and duck meat under the same conditions.

• Effect and Function

Pumpkin seeds could do more on preventing diabetes, protecting neurons and improving immunity. While sunflower seeds will be a better choice for children, they could help remove parasites in the body and rich calcium content could promote the development of children’s bone and alleviate the complication of calcium deficiency .

Above are the other differences between pumpkin seeds and sunflower seeds. Hope you’re interested in it.

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