Comments on: What are Pumpkin Seeds good for? http://beebleblog.com/2008/04/22/what-are-pumpkin-seeds-good-for/#utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=what-are-pumpkin-seeds-good-for A Fitness, Diet and Health Blog Sun, 22 Aug 2010 03:36:40 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: hugo http://beebleblog.com/2008/04/22/what-are-pumpkin-seeds-good-for/comment-page-1/#comment-19409 hugo Tue, 07 Jul 2009 07:58:46 +0000 http://beebleblog.com/2008/04/22/what-are-pumpkin-seeds-good-for/#comment-19409 I have never heard that roasting pumpkin seeds can cause the build up of fatty deposits in the arteries. Pumpkin seeds are very high in mono and polyunsaturated fats. These are good fats that help keep us healthy when had in moderation. Pumpkin seeds also contain good levels of Phytosterols which are great for reducing cholesterol. Roasting pumpkins seeds is good to help preserve the healthy oils. That said if you look at the nutritional content of pumpkin seeds plain and compare them against roasted the nutritional differences are tiny. To help you compare them here are 2 links to our new diet tools section where we have pumpkin seeds and roasted pumpkin seeds. If you spend some time to compare them you will see that there is very little difference. I know they are with squash seed kernels as well but we are looking at the nutritional difference of roasting them, so it won't make too much difference for our purposes. The links http://beeblefitness.com/diet/food/values/12014/seeds-pumpkin-and-squash-seed-kernels-dried http://beeblefitness.com/diet/food/values/12016/seeds-pumpkin-and-squash-seed-kernels-roasted-without-salt At the end of the day there is a lot of information on the internet that isn't regulated and it can be difficult to find the correct information in amongst all the nonsense out there. Now I am not saying that the other website is the nonsense as they may have more information on the subject than I do. However if it is just a passing comment with very little scientific back up then I would ignore it because as far as I am concerned Pumpkin seeds are very healthy for you and actually can help to clear your arteries. Anyway I do hope this helps and I hope we will see you back at beebleblog.com again soon. All the best Hugo I have never heard that roasting pumpkin seeds can cause the build up of fatty deposits in the arteries. Pumpkin seeds are very high in mono and polyunsaturated fats. These are good fats that help keep us healthy when had in moderation. Pumpkin seeds also contain good levels of Phytosterols which are great for reducing cholesterol. Roasting pumpkins seeds is good to help preserve the healthy oils. That said if you look at the nutritional content of pumpkin seeds plain and compare them against roasted the nutritional differences are tiny.

To help you compare them here are 2 links to our new diet tools section where we have pumpkin seeds and roasted pumpkin seeds. If you spend some time to compare them you will see that there is very little difference. I know they are with squash seed kernels as well but we are looking at the nutritional difference of roasting them, so it won’t make too much difference for our purposes.

The links

http://beeblefitness.com/diet/food/values/12014/seeds-pumpkin-and-squash-seed-kernels-dried
http://beeblefitness.com/diet/food/values/12016/seeds-pumpkin-and-squash-seed-kernels-roasted-without-salt

At the end of the day there is a lot of information on the internet that isn’t regulated and it can be difficult to find the correct information in amongst all the nonsense out there. Now I am not saying that the other website is the nonsense as they may have more information on the subject than I do. However if it is just a passing comment with very little scientific back up then I would ignore it because as far as I am concerned Pumpkin seeds are very healthy for you and actually can help to clear your arteries.

Anyway I do hope this helps and I hope we will see you back at beebleblog.com again soon.

All the best

Hugo

]]> By: Carol http://beebleblog.com/2008/04/22/what-are-pumpkin-seeds-good-for/comment-page-1/#comment-19295 Carol Fri, 03 Jul 2009 04:38:52 +0000 http://beebleblog.com/2008/04/22/what-are-pumpkin-seeds-good-for/#comment-19295 Hello I was reading your information on pumpkin seeds. I had read on another website that they cause build up in the aterys if they are roasted.. so what is the truth? Thanks Hello I was reading your information on pumpkin seeds. I had read on another website that they cause build up in the aterys if they are roasted.. so what is the truth? Thanks

]]> By: hugo http://beebleblog.com/2008/04/22/what-are-pumpkin-seeds-good-for/comment-page-1/#comment-13480 hugo Tue, 16 Dec 2008 15:52:27 +0000 http://beebleblog.com/2008/04/22/what-are-pumpkin-seeds-good-for/#comment-13480 Pumpkin seeds do contain saturated fats but these are far out weighed by the benefits of the unsaturated fats. However as with all nuts and seeds some level of moderation is sensible. Pumpkin seeds do contain saturated fats but these are far out weighed by the benefits of the unsaturated fats. However as with all nuts and seeds some level of moderation is sensible.

]]> By: Seedface http://beebleblog.com/2008/04/22/what-are-pumpkin-seeds-good-for/comment-page-1/#comment-13459 Seedface Mon, 15 Dec 2008 23:22:07 +0000 http://beebleblog.com/2008/04/22/what-are-pumpkin-seeds-good-for/#comment-13459 But don't pumpkin seeds contain a lot of saturated fat? But don’t pumpkin seeds contain a lot of saturated fat?

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