Do nuts and seeds have the same nutritional benefits?
Asked by anonymous on Sep 15, 2009
in Nutrition
Seeds are a lot smaller and have less meat per shell than in nuts. Can I eat them instead of nuts and have the same benefits as nuts, or are they completely different?
Answer
Botanically, a nut is a type of seed. A nut is the seed of a hard, dry fruit that contains one seed, or sometimes two. Other seeds, such as sunflower, sesame, pumpkin, etc., are the seeds of flowers, grasses, herbs, fruits, and other plants. Nutritionally, they are very similar as you can see by comparing one cup of shelled sunflower seeds to one cup of shelled almonds. Both provide about 30 grams of protein and 70 grams of fat, and both are high in unsaturated fats, fiber, calcium, and iron but low in saturated fat and sugar. Nuts and seeds are interchangeable in the diet.
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