Back in the days of the czars, every Russian soldier who was in the campaign area given what was called his daily "iron ration' a two-kilo bag of sunflower seeds. Because the army away from the supply bases was sometimes forced to live solely on these seeds, the officers with their men with these tasty light dishes knowing that it gave them all the nutrients necessary for them in good condition. (In addition to the proteins, vitamins and other minerals, two pounds of sunflower seeds contain about 21 milligrams of iron. The average adult male should be at least 12 milligrams of iron per day for optimal health, while the average woman has a minimum of 15 milligrams. These figures it is easy to understand that the Russian soldier at that time must have been a red-blooded guy.)
The Russians, Turks and Arabs living near the Black Sea and in Asia Minor chew sunflower seeds as Americans chew gum. Every house in that Russian region has a bowlful of sunflower seeds to be soaked in at all times, as our homes provide dishes of bonbons. This use occurred in some parts of the United States, where immigrants from Russia settled. In the Dakotas, for example, were a few decades ago the school children are encouraged to sunflower meal called 'Russian peanuts. "
In recent years, several scientists across the country made studies on the nutritional value of sunflower seed to establish. An experiment conducted at Indiana University to sunflower seeds to compare with wheat germ, corn and soybean seed obtained these results: Sunflower meal (in the form of the seed used in the experiment) contains about 750 percent more than niacin, the best quality wheat germ, and is 500 percent richer in this important member of the B complex than either corn germ or soybean meal. Sunflower seed meal also has the same total niacin value, if not more, than peanut meal, so far, an excellent source of vitamin considered.
What this experiment does for you is that the sunflower seeds are a great source of niacin. Further research showed that sunflower seed meal about 60 percent more pantothenic acid (also a member of the B-vitamin family, also known as the "anti-gray hair vitamin ') than soy flours, and considerably more pantothenic acid than either corn germ or wheat germ. It was also learned that sunflower list of all vegetable concentrates above, with 55.4 percent high-quality protein. The report concluded: "Sunflower meal is exceptionally rich in bone-forming calcium. It is an excellent source of thiamine, or vitamin Bi. ".
We have found that sunflower as a regular warehouses for mineral silicon, magnesium, fluorine and phosphorus, in addition to their extremely large amounts of calcium and iron. Because of the close affinity with the sun flower, sunflower seeds are an extremely rich source of vitamin D, as one of the few plants that these "sun vitamin." This is only natural, when we stop to recall that the sunflower is the only plant that can be seen upside down all day on the job to follow the sun across the sky.
Sunflower seeds can you change your diet in several ways. The peeled seeds make a delicious confection, with a taste much better in my opinion, for peanuts. Sunflower seeds, hulled and sometimes roasted, are a delicacy in the East and in the Slavic countries for many centuries. Vegetarians who have tried 'Meat Loaf' made from ground sunflower declare that it is much better both in taste and nutrition they have found another alternative. Sunflower seeds contain a protein that approximates the meat protein in the taste and odor. The meal made from sunflower seeds mixes well with other flours, and bakes quickly. It is delicious, even when used for thickening soups, gravies and sauces.
Sunflower seeds, with millet, a key every vegetarian, and in the diet of the people who are economically well tolerated, young people are protected proteins. The protein content of sunflower seeds and millet is better balanced and more digestible than soy, which until the present, the staff of life "was for most meatless diets. If I can not convince vegetarians at least some meats, fish and poultry in your diet, among other things, by all means let me guess you get at once acquainted with millet and sunflower seeds, its use in the ways described for u- and other users further artciles come.
It is no surprise to me as enthusiastic reports keep coming in from people who have adopted sunflower seeds as a fixed point in their diet. Particularly interesting is the almost unanimous praise for sunflower seeds as a food that remedies bleeding gums, and slows down tooth decay. Of course the explanation is the unusually high content of vitamins A and D and the minerals calcium, phosphorus, silicon and fluorine, all nutrients directly to the health of teeth and gums. The crude sunflower calcium is readily absorbed by the human body. This may be one reason why eating sunflower seeds was believed by our grandparents to cure his rheumatism. Although no extensive research into this still believe, still some of you who suffer from this painful ailment maybe some experimenting on your own to do. A small handful of peeled seeds is the average daily amount that can be effective.
Of course, when sunflower meal in your community, then by all means also introduce this highly nutritious staple in your meals. JI Rodale, one of the most indefatigable of the country crusading for a better diet and a ban on the use of chemical fertilizer noticed that after eating sunflower seeds for about a month he could walk in a snowy road in the bright sunlight without suffering from the fatigue of the eyes that once caused the dazzling brilliance. He also noted that he was no longer suffer from bleeding gums after the introduction of sunflower seeds in his daily diet. He was further satisfied that his skin seemed to get smoother. Nutritional science has proven that calcium and vitamin A are both plentiful in sunflower-are essential in the diet of a person who wants a healthy skin. Silicon, other minerals by sunflower in unusual amounts, enter into the composition of your hair, nails, nerves, blood, albumin and teeth (the latter helped by fluorine). Laboratory research has found that a shortage of silicon, a trace element in the diet leads to early degradation and loss of her teeth, and a greatly reduced resistance to infection. From what I've told about sunflower seeds, you should not encourage to add to your diet this cereal more riboflavin than wheat germ contains, and is an all-round better source of B vitamins and high quality protein than any other grain, except perhaps millet.
