Are sunflower seeds an acceptable source of fat?

Maggie

Hi Maggie, Sunflower seeds are not favorable they consist of mostly Omega-6 fatty acids.

Dang it!

Thanks for the info

I thought they are alkalizing and thus a good choice?

What about walnuts? :-)

Natty

Walnuts are not a terrible choice, but they do have more omega-6 fatty acids than other nuts. Your better choices are almonds and macadamia nuts.

Thanks!

Sarah/Natty

what about brazil nuts?

You could use www.nutritiondata.com to look them up, it is possible to look at the fats breakdown and identify their omega-6 content.

I took a peek and did a comparison of brazilnuts and almonds.

Per 1 oz (28g):
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Brazil nuts
total fat: 19g
mono fat: 6.9g
omega-6: 5758

per 1g fat:
mono fat 0.36g
omega-6: 303
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Almonds
total fat: 14g
mono fat: 9g
omega-6: 3375

per 1g fat:
mono fat 0.64g
omega-6: 241
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So, you can see that when I compared gram per gram of fat, almonds have almost twice as much monounsaturated fat and less omega-6 fat than does brazilnuts.

thanks!

I looked up peanuts on nutrition data, too. http://nutritiondata.self.com/facts...cts/4448/2

One ounce
total fat: 13.9g
mono fat: 6.9g
omega-6: 4393

per 1g fat:
mono fat 0.49g
omega-6: 316

It looks like Brazil nuts are a bit better than peanuts. I've been eating some natural peanut butter because Dr. Sears mentions it as a favorable fat. I'll cut back a little.

Macadamia nuts are the best, by far.

One ounce
total fat: 21.2g
mono fat: 16.5g
omega-6: 363

per 1g fat:
mono fat 0.77g
omega-6: 17

Only 1 Brazil not per day (3 grams Fat) is necessary.
it provides enough Selenium et. al. in only 1 nut per day.

Looking at Nutrtiondata.com again. Olive oil and avocados only have about 100 mg of Omega 6 per gram of fat.