These are eaten as a daily snack
Health Benefits
- Magnesium
Magnesium has been shown to benefit your blood pressure and help prevent sudden cardiac arrest, heart attack, and stroke, the pumping of your heart, proper bone and tooth formation, relaxation of your blood vessels, and proper bowel function.
- Zinc for Immune Support
Zinc is important to your body in many ways, including immunity, cell growth and division, sleep, mood, your senses of taste and smell, eye and skin health, insulin regulation, and male sexual function, chronic fatigue, depression, acne, low birth weight babies, learning problems and poor school performance in children, among others.
- Prostate Health
Pumpkin seeds have long been valued as an important natural food for men’s health. This is in part because of their high zinc content, which is important for prostate health
- Heart and Liver Health
Rich in healthy fats, antioxidants and fibers, may provide benefits for heart and liver health
- Tryptophan for Restful Sleep
Pumpkin seeds are a rich source of tryptophan, an amino acid (protein building block) that your body converts into serotonin, which in turn is converted into melatonin, the “sleep hormone.” Eating pumpkin seeds a few hours before bed, along with a carbohydrate like a small piece of fruit, may be especially beneficial for providing your body the tryptophan needed for your melatonin and serotonin production to help promote a restful night’s sleep.
- Pumpkin seeds are high in protein and plant based fatty acids, which help regulate cholesterol levels, protect against arthritis, promote healthy skin, and improve brain function
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