Getting Beany, Nutty and Seedy

Snacking is likely the second reason diets fail after binging. Beans, nuts and seeds are a healthtastic snack. Low-to-medium calorie, enriched with essential vitamins, minerals and substances.

Quick 411 on nutritional benefits:

• Sunflower seeds are minefields, bountiful in calcium, iron, magnesium, phosphorus, potassium, zinc, copper, manganese and selenium. Swallow that mouthful because we're just getting started, vitamin A, vitamin C, thiamin, riboflavin, niacin, vitamin b6, vitamin B12, vitamin E, vitamin k and folate, all too are packed into this seductive seed.


• Almonds pack a close hit to sunflower seeds minus the vitamin C. Almonds are however high in sugar compared to to other alternatives so these are recommended as treat snacks. Energy for exercise this are the best nuts (hehe).


• Cashew nuts are technically seeds. Scrawny: protein, fiber, potassium, iron, and zinc, give this nut little punch. Why mention them? They have some nutrition value with substantially lower fat levels.


• Kidney beans inferior to sunflower seeds too, miss out from a lack of vitamin A and vitamin B12.


• Pumpkin seeds again pack the same hit as sunflower seeds minus the vitamin B12 and vitamin E.


• Soybeans (organic) bring to the table something new, protein. Helpful for building muscles and don't forget it has all the other nutrition of sunflower seeds.


• Walnuts busts it out and breaks it down with omega-3 richness. Copy cat, walnuts bar the vitamin B12 mimic sunflower seeds.

Treat yourself, you deserve it and there is no need to feel guilty. For more beans, nuts and seeds, just search google. No pretty pictures today, keeping it fresh :)