egusi nutrition facts 100g
You know melon seed popularly called in our local language as egusi seed…egusi seed is used to make egusi soup…
In this article I am going to look into the nutritional value or nutritional information of egusi seed per 100g.
❤❤THIS SEED RIGHT HERE 👇👇IS A NUTRIENT DENSED DELICACY WE SHOULD HARNESS ITS VALUE. PACKED WITH HEALTHY FAT AND PROTEIN.
❤JUST 100 GRAMS WILL PROVIDE:
✅28GRAMS OF PROTEIN
✅49GRAMS OF FATS
✅11GRAMS OF CARB.
✅3.5GRAMS OF FIBRE.
✅OVER 70% OF DAILY RECOMMENDED INTAKE OF ZINC.
✅42% DAILY RECOMMENDED INTAKE OF IRON.
✅OVER 150% DAILY RECOMMENDED INTAKE OF PHOSPHORUS.
✅OVER 20% DAILY RECOMMENDED INTAKE OF POTASSIUM
…..AND SO MANY OTHER MICRONUTRIENTS.
❤❤THE TYPE OF FATS IN EGUSI SEED ARE HEALTHY ONES LIKE POLYUNSATURATED AND OMEGA 3 FATTY ACIDS. THE TYPE OF FATS THAT LOWER BAD CHOLESTEROL.
❤❤WE CANT BE TALKING ABOUT CHOLESTEROL WHEN WE TALK ABOUT PLANTS. PLANTS DONT HAVE CHOLESTEROL. SO ITS EVEN WRONG TO SAY CHOLESTEROL FREE. HOWEVER, THERE ARE SPECIAL TYPES OF PLANT CHOLESTEROL CALLED ” PHYTOSTEROLS …THEY HELP TO LOWER LDL AND EGUSI SEED CONTAINS THIS SPECIAL CHOLESTEROL.
❤❤WHAT MAKES UP THAT HIGH PROTEIN IN EGUSI SEED IS THE COMBINATION OF MANY AMINO ACIDS WHICH ARE THE BUILDING BLOCKS FOR OUR PROTEIN. TRYPTOPHAN, ARGININE AND SO MANY OTHER ARE ALL PRESENT IN EGUSI SEEDS..
❗❗HOWEVER, DUE TO ITS HIGH FAT CONTENT…ITS HIGH IN CALORIES. JUST 100GRAMS OF THE SEEDS WILL GIVE YOU LIKE 600Kcal. SO MAINTAIN PORTION CONTROL. DO NOT ADD TOO MUCH OIL TO IT AGAIN.
❤❤WHEN I SAY WE ARE BLESSED WITH OUR FOODS!!! I GENUINELY MEAN THAT. WE JUST NEED TO UNDERSTAND THEIR NUTRITIONAL INFORMATION AND VALUES.
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❤DO YOU LIKE EGUSI??? I LOVE IT ON MY WHITE RICE.
Abdulkadir Oriyomi Rhodiyah
