Sunflower Seeds

Sunflower seeds are loaded with essential vitamins and minerals.They are the best whole food source of vitamin E, an antioxidant essential for women’s fertility, immune system and skin health. They are also packed with healthy fats, vitamins and minerals, including vitamin B1 & B6, magnesium, zinc and selenium which help reduce PMS symptoms, menstrual migraines, period & breast pains, support thyroid health, make the skin glow and come with numerous other benefits. These seeds are rich in:


Vitamin B6

Women’s Health:

  • Minimizes premenstrual syndrome [1, 2, 3, 4, 5]
  • Reduces breast pain [6]

Overall Health:

  • Prevents eye diseases [7, 8]
  • Improves mood and concentration [8]


Magnesium

Women’s Health:

  • Reduces menstrual migraines [9, 10]
  • Reduces premenstrual syndrome [11, 12, 13, 14]
  • Relieves premenstrual mood changes [15]
  • Reduces premenstrual water retention [16]

Overall Health:

  • Improves sleep [17, 18]
  • Lowers risk of developing diabetes [19, 20, 21, 22]
  • Reduces inflammation [23, 24, 25, 26, 27]


Vitamin E

Women’s Health:

  • Reduces cyclical breast pain [28, 29, 30, 31]
  • Minimizes menstrual migraine [32]
  • Reduces period pains [33, 34]
  • Reduces premenstrual syndrome [35]
  • Improves fertility [36, 37]

Beauty:

  • Prevents ageing and wrinkles [38, 39, 40, 41]
  • Helps reduce UV skin damage [42]


Zinc

Women’s Health:

  • Boosts mood [43]
  • Reduces period pains [44, 45, 46, 47]

Overall Health:

  • Reduces inflammation [48, 49]
  • Keeps immune system strong [50, 51]

Beauty:

  • Helps treat acne [52, 53]
  • Supports wound healing process [54, 55]


Flavonoids

Overall Health:

  • Reduce inflammation [56]


Linoleic acid

Overall Health:

  • Lowers blood pressure [57]
  • Helps lower cholesterol levels [58]

Beauty:

  • Improves skin barrier function [59, 60]
  • Improves skin moisture, elasticity & firmness [61, 62]


Selenium

Overall Health:

  • Supports thyroid health [63, 64]
  • Fights oxidative stress [65]
  • Lowers risk of certain cancers [66, 67]
  • Supports immune system [68, 69]