Pumpkin seeds: Benefits, nutrition, and dietary tips | Big Size Pumpkin Seeds

Fill a medium-size bowl with water, and add salt until water is heavily salted. Place seeds in the bowl, and let sit for 1 to 2 hours.

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Darrel Daniels, a Wisconsin Syngenta sales representative, (from left) Jay Schumitsch of Schumitsch Seed Inc. and Pat Prasalowicz, a crop specialist for Insight FS, overlook an experimental oat field with plant growth regulator applied.(Photo: Courtesy of Travis Dewitz)

In a fair taste test between seeded and seedless watermelons picked fresh from a field, "the triploids always win," he says. The triploids — the seedless ones — have three sets of genes instead of two, so any genes that affect sweetness, flavor, and texture are more likely to be expressed.

In a medium bowl, combine the slices of red onion and juice of two limes. Let them mingle for about ten minutes while you chop the watermelon.

This powder can be stored in fridge and added in dosa or pancake batter or chapathi dough as required.

Relatively expensive, nyjer seeds should be offered in feeders with very small holes to reduce spillage and waste. If nyjer seeds are offered in a tube feeder with the feeding holes below the perches – feeders commonly known as goldfinch feeders – they will be particularly attractive to goldfinches, which evolved feeding while hanging upside down from flowerheads gone to seed as on thistle plants.

Sunflower seeds are notably rich in magnesium, a mineral involved in more than 300 different bodily functions—and one that most Americans don’t get enough of. “Magnesium can lower blood pressure, improve blood sugar control and reduce the risk of cardiovascular disease,” says registered dietitian Brian St. Pierre. “It’s also a vital component of bone and helps to regulate our nerve and muscle function and contraction.”

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According to JatroSolutions, the nuts contain up to 60% oil that is high in unsaturated fatty acids, around 30% protein and are low in carbohydrates, sodium and sugar. They also pack in the minerals calcium, phosphorus, magnesium, potassium and zinc.

Watermelon seeds are rich in vitamin A. Vitamin A is essential for healthy skin. You should note that Vitamin A, unlike other vitamins, is a combination of substances that include carotenoids. This means it contains antioxidants and therefore can fight the type of free radicals that cause the damage of collagen. Damage to the collagen results in saggy skin which often makes you look older than you are or want to appear to be. Taking in vitamin A also ensures that your skin does not get damaged by the sun. It also ensures that if you are light skinned, you do not suffer the redness that comes with exposure to sunlight for extended periods of time. Vitamin A is also responsible for ensuring healthy skin cell growth. This makes it certain that your skin will remain firm and healthy no matter your age. Vitamin A deficiency has been linked to dry skin that is cracked and more often than not develops wounds.

JatroSolutions, which is looking for partners to scale up cultivation and processing, is currently running several breeding stations and testing sites in Cameroon, Paraguay and India where it is working on yield stability and seed quality.