The nutritional value and efficacy of sunflower oil

Sunflower seeds, the fruits of sunflowers, is also the main raw material for extracting sunflower oil.The fruit of sunflower contains 30%-45% fat ,even can higher to 60%. Sunflower oil is golden in color, clear and transparent, and fragrant. It is an important edible oil. Sunflower oil contains a large amount of essential fatty acids, such as linoleic acid, which can promote the regeneration and growth of human cells, protect skin health and reduce the accumulation of cholesterol in the blood. It is an advanced nutritional oil.

The consumption of sunflower oil ranks fourth among all vegetable oils after palm oil, soybean oil and rapeseed oil. Global sunflower oil production is stable between 10 million and 12 million tons. Sunflower oil is one of the important edible oil varieties in European countries. In many countries and regions of the world, such as Taiwan, Hong Kong, Japan and South Korea, sunflower oil consumption is as high as 70%.

Nutritional value of sunflower oil：

Sunflower oil is a very healthy edible oil rich in linoleic acid. It also contains vitamins, which is very helpful for your health. The content of vitamin E is also very high, so use sunflower seeds to cooking can reduce the triglycerides and  cholesterol.

The efficacy and effect of sunflower seeds oil:

The sunflower seeds oil can effect to lower cholesterol,because sunflower oil contains a lot of unsaturated fatty acids, the proportion of linoleic acid is very high, it can decompose cholesterol,make cholesterol into bile acid, faster discharge out of the body.So There is no way to accumulate cholesterol in the body, and the incidence of cerebrovascular diseases will decrease.

sunflower oil contains a lot of vitamin E, which can make the skin more healthy, can resist oxidation, and can make the cell aging slower.

Frequently eating some sunflower oil can also strengthen the body and protect the eyes. Sunflower oil contains very rich carotene and soybean oil. The content of carotene is higher than the peanut oil, which can achieve good protection of vision. It can also prevent night blindness, eye diseases such as cataracts, and stronger the immunity.