Can eating too many sunflower seeds cause cancer?
Ms. Xia asked Money News Senior public **** dietitian Zhang Weifeng replied to Ms. Xia Sunflower seeds are rich in unsaturated fatty acids, a variety of vitamins and trace elements, and have a lot of benefits for the body; however, it is very high in oil and fat, so the calorie content is also very high. Eating sunflower seeds itself does not cause cancer, but eating so many melon seeds every day, as this lady did, may potentially increase the risk of cancer. The reason for this is that sunflower seeds themselves do not cause cancer and are very nutritious, but if they become moldy, they will produce aflatoxin, which has been shown to have a direct relationship with the development of cancer. Eat so much every day, then eat into the "bad" or moldy melon seeds is also very likely to accumulate over time, it is not good to say. Suggested daily health care amount is a handful, eat more will be too much energy intake, easy to cause obesity. Huang Min (Original title:)