If you want to get your omega six oils from your garden then go nuts! If you have a walnut tree growing in your backyard then you need look no further; they are one of the richest sources of omega 6 containing 28 grams of omega six oils per 100 grams.
The close second are Brazil nuts, which contain 23 grams of omega six oils per 100 grams. Forget your favorites...cashews, almonds and hazelnuts have minute amounts of this important essential fatty acid.
However...the simplest source of omega 6 oils from your garden are sunflowers! Sunflower seeds have 30 grams of heart healthy omega 6 oils per 100 gram serving. And, they are easy to grow!
After Halloween don't throw away the insides of that pumpkin! Those seeds have an astounding 20 grams of omega six oils per 100 grams. To prepare them: sprinkle soy sauce or salt and butter on the raw pumpkin seeds you have scooped out of the pumpkin shell and toast in the oven at a low temperature for half an hour to forty minutes.
Aside from containing both omegas 6 and omega 3 fats that help maintain a healthy heart, pumpkin and sunflower seeds also contain healing zinc, calming magnesium and blood enriching iron. They are also rich in minerals due to their high polyunsaturated fat content.
Eating pumpkin seeds is not only healthy but eating pumpkin seeds is said to bring good luck. Likewise eating sunflower seeds brings luck, fertility and increases the likelihood of a wish coming true.
