Benefits of Pumpkin

Benefits of Pumpkin

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All About Pumpkin

Pumpkin is a food that is rich in vitamins A and C, minerals, and carbohydrates. There are five species commonly known pumpkin, Cucurbita maxima Duchenes i.e., Cucurbita Ficifolia Bouche, Cucurbita mixta, Cucurbita moschata Duchenes, and Cucurbita L. pipo the fifth species in Indonesia pumpkins called pumpkins water fruit (pumpkin) because it has characteristics similar. 

Pumpkin Health Benefits

Based on research conducted by the Nutrition and health experts, pumpkins have enormous benefits for health to cure various diseases and also for beauty.

Pumpkin fruit in fact contain a variety of content that are beneficial to health, benefits and efficacy Pumpkin can also be used for treatment, there are many types of pumpkins but only a few types of squash are widely used, namely squash, yellow squash fruit, and fruit flask of water. Pumpkins can also be found in almost all places in the world, the celebration of Halloween and the story of Cinderella is 2 things that have always been associated with a pumpkin.

Pumpkin Benefits to Health

Did you know that pumpkin also contain a variety of nutrients that are needed by the body? Several types of vitamins contained in fruit squash is Vitamin C, Vitamin A and beta-carotene. It makes eating pumpkin is very good for maintaining eye health and to increase endurance.

6 Health Benefits of Pumpkin

1. Pumpkin is rich in mineral deposits such as iron, potassium; phosphorus and calcium are needed by the body.
2. Water content and high fiber in pumpkin also have benefits for digestion, fight fever, diarrhea and resolve inflammation.
3. Consuming pumpkin is also health for kidneys and heart and is able to prevent premature aging due to the high antioxidant content of a pumpkin.
4. Another benefit of a pumpkin that is able to treat thrush as well as laxative urine (diuretic)
5. Pumpkin Fruit content of alkaloids containing useful as anti-cancer, which is very good for preventing attacks cancer cells.
6. To the young lady pumpkin Fruit Benefits for skin care, prevent bone loss and beneficial boost immunity.

Other Benefits of Pumpkin

In addition to the flesh, the skin turns a pumpkin is also rich in benefits. Based on research conducted by scientists in South Korea was found protein substances in the skin of a pumpkin is very effective for treating fungal diseases.

Hopefully with article about a thousand benefits of a pumpkin can be useful for the readers.

Pumpkin Healthy Benefits

Pumpkin Healthy Benefits

Nutrition and Benefits of Pumpkin

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Pumpkin by the United States and some other countries is often used as one of the attributes of Halloween. In Indonesia, many hunted pumpkin season of Ramadan came to be made into a compote or fresh fruit mixed drinks. Pumpkin flour can be used in a series of food products, for example in noodles, bread, ice cream, biscuits, cake, and others. Pumpkin pulp can be used directly through several stages of processing into chips and pumpkin stick.

Nutrition and Benefits of Pumpkin
Heavy yellow pumpkins can reach 3-5 kg. Usually this fruit has green and pale yellow. Pumpkin fruit or the color orange has a very high carotenoid. Carotenoids in pumpkins mostly have beta-carotene which is a source of antioxidants, which can prevent premature aging and cancer.

Pumpkin also contains Vitamin C which serves as an immune function for the formation of iron-rich blood, potassium is useful for maintaining water and electrolyte balance in the body and pumpkins also contain fibers that serve to the body's digestive

Pumpkin is also known to contain quite a lot of potassium, a mineral that is said can reduce the risk of developing hypertension.

Other minerals contained in the pumpkin are zinc, which can improve the immune system (defense) body. Not to mention the ability to reduce the risk of osteoporosis, because zinc plays a role in supporting bone density.

Fiber content in high enough pumpkin is useful in digestive health to reduce the risk of constipation. In addition, according to research, that fiber can also reduce the risk of cancer and heart disease.

Pumpkin juice is useful as an antidote to poison animals and seeds can be a tapeworm medication. The juice of the fruit can also be used as natural dyes in traditional food processing because it has a yellow color due to the content of beta-carotene.

In addition to meat, pumpkin seeds also have the benefit, which is to relieve the symptoms of arthritis, because it contains anti-inflammatory substances.

A simple way to eat fruit that is mixed with yellow squash cut, peeled, roasted and spiked olive oil, salt, and pepper as a simple dish that was delicious. Pumpkin seeds or commonly called pepitas, can be found at the nearest supermarket. Usually the pumpkin seeds are available in the form of an instant that could be eaten.