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Friday, December 9, 2011

Pumpkin

Pumpkin is one kind of very large, giant vegetable. It contains a lot of vitamins. Ripe pumpkins taste sweet but green pumpkins are a little bit. It is very useful for our health.

What Are the Medicinal Advantages of Pumpkin Seeds?



It contains a lot of energy and other things. Each 100 gram pumpkins contains
Calories: 13 kcal
Carbohydrate: 6.5 g
Sugar: 1.36 g
Fat: 0.1 g
Protein: 1 g
Iron: 0.8 mg
Magnesium: 12 mg
Phosphorus: 44 mg
Potassium: 340 mg
Sodium: 1 mg
Zinc: 0.32 mg

Pumpkin is used as medicine for many many years especially its seeds. From its crashed seeds one kind of tea is made.

Pumpkin seeds has a chemical that helps the kidney and blood to eliminate water. For this reason, its seeds are used as medicine of inflammation of bladder, kidney infection and urinary retention which cause pro-static hyperplasia or BPH. It also contains a chemical that works against intential worms.Pumpkin is a very good food for pre-diabetic people, especially those who already have diabetics.
One kind of oil is obtained from its seeds.

Its colour is green-red and thick. It is used for cooking and for salad dressing. It has robust flavour so that it is eaten mixed with other oil. It contains a kind of fatty acid which is essential for our body. It helps to maintain healthy blood vessels, nerves and tissues.
To vegetarians pumpkin is considered as very tasty food.
Pumpkins has medical properties which are anti-oxidant, anti-carcinogenic and anti-provocative that is essential for health.
We should try to eat pumpkin and its seed to be healthy.

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