What are the dangers of eating sunflower shells?

They can irritate your digestive tract. Depending on how your body reacts, you might, or not, feel discomfort from bloating. I wouldn’t recommend it, especially to those who have a sensitive digestive system. read more

Eating large amounts of sunflower seeds with shells at once may cause severe constipation (obstipation, impaction) and formation of bezoar (a clump of undigested material) in the rectum, which may need to be removed under general anesthesia (3). read more

Sunflower seeds are high in several other nutrients, large intakes of which could pose dangers to your health. For example, 5 ounces of sunflower seeds contain 1,621 milligrams of phosphorous, which is 232 percent of the recommended daily intake. read more