Because sunflower seeds and watermelon seeds are rich in fat, protein,

zinc and other trace elements and multiple vitamins, they can enhance digestive function.

Eating melon seeds can activate the entire digestive system.

The aroma of melon seeds stimulates the taste buds on the tongue, and the taste buds transmit this nerve impulse to the brain.

The brain reacts on digestive organs such as salivary glands, making saliva containing a variety of digestive enzymes ,

The secretion of gastric juice is relatively strong. Therefore, if you crack melon seeds before or after a meal, digestive juice will be continuously secreted, which is very beneficial to digestion and absorption. Therefore,

Eating melon seeds before meals can increase appetite, and eating melon seeds after meals can help digestion.

If several kinds of melon seeds are mixed, the effect will be better.

Although there are many benefits to eating melon seeds, you should not do so uncontrollably.

You must think about the other side of the problem. There are also disadvantages to eating melon seeds.

That is, eating melon seeds will consume a lot of saliva.

In addition to moisturizing the mouthpiece of the mouth to facilitate speech production and food swallowing, saliva also has some more important functions. Modern medical research has found that

Saliva contains substances that promote hemostasis and constrict blood vessels, which can speed up blood coagulation,

reduce wound bleeding, and promote wound healing.

Saliva has a neutralizing effect on the acid produced by bacteria in the oral cavity and can protect teeth.

Prevent dental caries. Saliva contains secretory immunoglobulin A and lysozyme.

It has immune and antibacterial effects; saliva contains digestive enzymes that can turn polysaccharides into disaccharides,

for human body absorption; in addition, saliva is also an anti-cancer agent, which can reduce aflatoxin,

The toxicity of carcinogens such as benzopyrene, saliva also contains salivary hormones,

It has a certain influence on the development of bones and teeth, blood calcium and phosphorus metabolism, protein synthesis, etc.

Therefore, people who eat a lot of melon seeds and consume a lot of saliva are prone to diseases such as aphtha, tongue sore, dental caries,

gingivitis, and mumps. In addition, because melon seeds are often unclean, they can easily spread diseases such as hepatitis and dysentery. This point cannot but attract people's attention.

Reference: Qingyunju