First, the benefits of eating melon seeds
Melon seeds are rich in nutrition, among which the contents of vitamins, protein and oils are among the best. Eating a handful of melon seeds every day is conducive to calming the mood, preventing aging and preventing adult diseases; Can cure insomnia and enhance memory; Prevent cancer, hypertension, heart disease, etc. ).
"gram" has benefited people a lot. After all, it can enhance the digestive function. This is because the fragrance of melon seeds stimulates the "taste buds" on the tongue, making them excited and transmitted to the digestive organs. The secretion of saliva and gastric juice of various digestive enzymes is also correspondingly vigorous, which is undoubtedly beneficial to digestion and digestion. Eat before meals to stimulate appetite; Eat after meals to promote food digestion. Especially after eating greasy food, eating a handful of melon seeds is more beneficial.
It is good to eat melon seeds after meals, because sunflower seeds and watermelons are rich in trace elements such as fat, protein and zinc, which can enhance digestion. Eating melon seeds can activate the whole digestive system. The fragrance of melon seeds stimulates the taste buds on the tongue, which transmit this nerve impulse to the brain and then act on digestive organs such as salivary glands, so that saliva and gastric juice containing various digestive enzymes are relatively exuberant.
Sunflower seeds are rich in unsaturated fatty acids, but also contain a variety of vitamins, folic acid, iron, potassium, zinc and other essential nutrients. Sunflower seeds contain a lot of edible fiber, and every 7 grams of sunflower seeds contain 1 gram, which is much higher than the proportion of edible fiber in apples. The American Cancer Institute has proved in related experiments that dietary fiber can reduce the incidence of colon cancer. The iron content in sunflower seeds is twice that of raisins and peanuts, so it can also prevent anemia. Another point is that protein of sunflower seeds contains arginine. Arginine is an indispensable component in semen production. Therefore, it is very beneficial for men in reproductive period to eat some sunflower seeds every day.
The content of vitamin E in sunflower seeds is very high. Everyone can meet the daily vitamin E requirement by eating only one handful of sunflower seeds every day. People with normal body, eating more sunflower seeds every day is good for supplementing vitamins in the body. People with normal health can meet the needs of vitamin supplementation by eating about 50 grams of sunflower seeds every day.
Second, the disadvantages of eating melon seeds
Melon seeds have high salt content, and the main component of salt is sodium chloride. After sodium salt enters the human body, it will cause water and sodium retention, and one of the important factors of high blood pressure is water and sodium retention. This is also the reason why patients with hypertension are required to eat a low-salt diet.
Every100g of peanut (peeled) contains 589 kcal, and every100g of melon seeds (peeled) contains more than 570 kcal, which is higher than that of rice, pork, mutton, chicken and duck with the same weight. Eating peanuts and melon seeds without restriction will increase the intake of calories and fat, increase weight and blood lipids, which is not conducive to the control of blood sugar and blood pressure.
Multi-flavor melon seeds are made of melon seeds with spices, salt and saccharin. There are two kinds of spices: natural spices and artificial spices. Natural spices such as fennel and pepper all contain a small amount of safrole. The human body ingests more safrole, which will cause liver diseases. Most of the multi-flavor melon seeds sold in the market use artificial spices. Artificial perfume is made of petroleum or coal tar and has certain toxicity. Contact with highly permeable saccharin is harmful to people's lips and tongue. Multi-flavor melon seeds are easy to oxidize at high temperature, and eating more is easy to make people aging. Therefore, multi-flavored melon seeds should not be eaten more.
If you eat too many melon seeds, you may suffer from "melon seeds", tongue swelling and pain, abdominal discomfort and indigestion. This is because the long-term use of teeth to bite melon seeds makes the enamel in some areas of the incisal edge of the upper anterior teeth completely worn, resulting in tiny gaps in the teeth, and in severe cases, some dentin will be exposed. Due to the abrasion of dentin, patients will feel sore when they bite hard objects and drink too cold or too hot drinks, and some will expose their pulp due to excessive abrasion, leading to pulp disease and periapical disease. People will take away a lot of saliva when eating melon seeds, and the lack of saliva is a threat to human health, which may cause dull taste, loss of appetite and even stomach cramps. If you eat too many melon seeds at a time for a long time, the melon seeds rub your tongue repeatedly, which may also cause oral diseases such as swelling and pain on the tip of your tongue and blood bubbles. In addition, excessive consumption of melon seeds, air will continue to enter the gastrointestinal tract with chewing and swallowing, causing abdominal discomfort, affecting the normal digestion of food, leading to indigestion and other diseases. Therefore, nutritionists suggest that you should eat melon seeds in moderation and use fried melon seeds as little as possible. If you eat it, you'd better peel it by hand or use tools to help you peel it. Don't hurt your body because you often bite melon seeds with your teeth. If you get "melon seed disease", in addition to symptomatic treatment, the most important thing is to eat less melon seeds.