In fact, as the authors of a recent Nutrition Today article noted, mushroomsâ nutrient and culinary characteristics suggest it may be time to re-evaluate food groupings and health benefits in the context of three separate food kingdoms: plants/ botany; animals/zoology and fungi/mycology.
Tate Modern today unveils the latest commission in The Unilever Series, Sunflower Seeds, by the renowned Chinese artist Ai Weiwei. The sculptural installation appears at first to be a vast, flat landscape of sunflower seed husks, covering the east end of the Turbine Hall.
1 They contain bone-healthy minerals. 2  Besides calcium, your bones need magnesium and copper to stay strong. 3  Sunflower seeds have both these minerals. 4  As a bonus, they also contain Vitamin E, which helps ease arthritic pain.5  They keep you calm. They control cell damage, thus playing a role in preventing cancer. 2  This is because sunflower seeds are a good source of selenium, which is a proven enemy of cancer. 3  They contain bone-healthy minerals. 4  Besides calcium, your bones need magnesium and copper to stay strong. 5  Sunflower seeds have both these minerals.