Sunflower seed net carb count

Aaron Baugher wrote:
:: "Roger Zoul" writes:
::
::: Why do they sell them in stores in various flavors with those shells
::: on? Are people supposed to spit them out or chew them up? I once
::: bought a bag...too much work to be spitting them out and certainly
::: didnt want to eat wood. Frankly, I don't understand sunflower seeds
::: in shells....but I do enjoy the kernels.
::
:: I've bought them before, figuring if I had to crack them open one by
:: one, I wouldn't be able to down the whole batch of them in one
:: sitting as I'm wont to do with seeds and nuts. It's a lot of
:: trouble, though. I think some people actually do chew them up and
:: spit out the shells, but that just sounds nasty.

I think they were meant as possible bird food.