Eating melon seeds at a gathering of friends or at leisure is a pleasant thing to do. Melon seeds contain a lot of vitamins, proteins, fats, minerals and other nutrients, which have a certain effect on the body's nutritional supplementation.
Therefore, many people prefer to eat melon seeds, but melon seeds as a kind of fried nut snacks, if often eaten, it will also make the body on fire, making people frequently constipated, mouth and tongue ulcers.
Melon seeds also contain a certain amount of oil, eat too much will also be detrimental to the body, such as the body fat, blood viscous, often eat melon seeds may also make the teeth excessively worn.
So, how to eat melon seeds healthily?
1. Control the amount of melon seeds eaten
Although melon seeds are rich in nutrients, everyone can not eat too much at once. Take sunflower seeds, about 100 grams of sunflower seeds contain about 25 grams of oil, every time you eat, it is best to control within 50 grams, which is about two hands in one hand. This avoids excessive intake of oil or causes fire in the body.
2. Select the original melon seeds
The melon seeds on the market come in a variety of flavors, and these melon seeds are made with a variety of spices, sugar or salt, and some unscrupulous merchants will make them into various flavors in order to hide the spoiled taste of the melon seeds.
If you eat a lot of these melon seeds, the harm to the body is greater than the benefit. When making original melon seeds, there is no need to add excessive spices and seasonings, and you can choose to eat the original melon seeds.
3, when eating melon seeds, you can drink more water
Most melon seeds are fried and baked, and eating too much is easy to make the body on fire. In order to avoid this situation, everyone can drink some water appropriately when eating melon seeds, and you can also drink chrysanthemum tea or green tea to dilute the blood and reduce the probability of fire.
While eating melon seeds while drinking water, it is easy to increase satiety, unconsciously helping everyone to reduce the amount of melon seeds.
4. Try to avoid sniffing melon seeds with your mouth
Many people like to use their teeth to sniff melon seeds, and doing so for a long time will lead to excessive wear and tear on the teeth, which may cause defects in the dental parenchyma and affect the appearance of the person.
Moreover, when sniffing melon seeds, the tongue will also be rubbed by melon seeds, and a one-time excess of melon seeds will also cause damage to the tip of the tongue, making it blister, red and swollen or painful.
Therefore, do not overeat melon seeds to avoid excessive damage to your tongue or teeth.
5. Pay attention to contraindications
Not all people are suitable for eating melon seeds, people with high blood lipids, stomach diseases, oral diseases should try to avoid eating melon seeds, so as not to cause increased blood lipids after excessive intake of oil and fat, or cause further stimulation to the stomach and mouth, making people more uncomfortable.
If you want to eat melon seeds healthily, it is best to pay attention to the above five aspects. It is necessary to control their choice of original melon seeds, but also to control the amount of melon seeds, and avoid eating melon seeds during physical discomfort, so as not to cause an increase in the digestive burden of the gastrointestinal tract after unconsciously eating too much, making people more uncomfortable.
In addition, it is recommended that you choose melon seeds produced by regular manufacturers to ensure that there is no problem with the quality of melon seeds, and eating them will not harm health.