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can eating too many nuts and seeds be bad for you?

seefin · 2017-07-11 17:41:48

I'm a really fussy eater and struggle to eat enough healthy foods to meet my calorie needs(I hate all kinds of oils since I was a kid!) I've been eating approx 120g a day of sunflower seeds, walnuts, flaxseed and almonds(30g each). I saw something on internet about too many sunflower seeds being bad as you can overdose on…

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11-07-2017 6:41pm

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I'm a really fussy eater and struggle to eat enough healthy foods to meet my calorie needs(I hate all kinds of oils since I was a kid!) I've been eating approx 120g a day of sunflower seeds, walnuts, flaxseed and almonds(30g each). I saw something on internet about too many sunflower seeds being bad as you can overdose on some mineral( I think it was selenium??) Now I'm wondering if other potential risks of eating this amount of nuts etc daily? Be ironic if turns out I was better off eating a big bar or chocolate.

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