Healthy ingredients all year round! Four Functions of Pumpkin

Pumpkins are produced all year round in Taiwan Province Province, and the peak season is from March to 10. In the peak season, pumpkin milk, pumpkin rice flour, pumpkin pie, pumpkin thick soup and other dishes are wonderful!

Pumpkin is a fruit of Cucurbitaceae, originating from Mexico to Central America. It was introduced into Taiwan Province Province from Chinese mainland during the immigration period, and most people used to call it pumpkin. Cinderella's pumpkin carriage, Halloween pumpkin lantern decoration, pumpkins with various appearances in Gua Tian and delicious pumpkins painted on the dining table can not only be enjoyed, but also bring us rich nutrition!

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Nutritional components (unit:100g)

The main ingredients include vitamins A and B, potassium, chromium, zinc, magnesium and manganese. And other phytochemicals such as beta-carotene, mannitol, pectin, etc.

Health care efficacy

1. Cell protection and antioxidation:

Polysaccharides (including glucose, glucuronic acid, galactose, arabinose, xylose, etc. ), and pumpkin seeds contain vitamin E, zinc, magnesium, polyphenol antioxidants (hydroxybenzoic acid, coumaric acid, ferulic acid, etc. ), lignin, etc. , providing antioxidant properties. Two forms of vitamin E with high bioavailability (α-Toononole and γ-Toononole) only exist in pumpkin seeds.

2. Prostate hypertrophy:

Studies have shown that pumpkin seeds are rich in phytosterols, lignans and zinc. Can relieve benign prostatic hyperplasia. Most of the studies are extracts or pumpkin seed oil, and the effect of direct intake of pumpkin seeds needs to be observed.

3. Reduce blood lipids:

Pumpkin extract 100μg/ml is equivalent to Pravasatin 0.4μg/ml, which inhibits HMG-CoA reductase and reduces cholesterol synthesis.

4. Diabetes nemesis?

Pumpkin contains tetrasaccharide glycerides (QGMG-3 and QGMG-2), which can reduce the blood sugar of diabetic rats induced by streptozotocin or high-fat diet. Most of them are animal studies, which are beneficial to diabetes control by reducing oxidative stress.

Health care efficacy is mainly studied in prostate. The study of 20 1 1 year in Sweden pointed out that zinc intake in diet plays an important role in the disease outcome of patients with prostate cancer, and the mortality rate is low when zinc intake is high (more than 15.65mg/ day).

If you want to increase zinc intake through diet, pumpkin is your good choice! Zinc is mainly on the membrane in the pumpkin seed shell, so it is best to eat it in the shell. When eating pumpkin, you can fully absorb seeds and nutrition!

It should be noted that pumpkin 1 10g is about 1/4 bowls of rice, so it should be replaced according to the size of the meal and the situation of patients with blood sugar to avoid hyperglycemia caused by excessive intake.

The nutritionist reminded me

1. If pumpkin seeds are baked, the baking time should not exceed 20 minutes, otherwise the structure of pumpkin seed oil will change.

2. The content of potassium and phosphorus is high, and patients with kidney disease should pay attention to intake!

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2.Butinar B, Bucar-Miklavcic M, Mariani C C, et al. New vitamin E isomers (γ-toonoel and α-toonoel) in seeds, roasted seeds and roasted seed oil of Slovenska Golica, a Slovenian pumpkin variety. Food chemistry, vol. 128, 2011; Page 505-5 12.

3. Antidiabetic effect of mixed powder of flax and pumpkin seeds: the effect on hyperlipidemia and antioxidant status of alloxan diabetic rats. Journal of Diabetes and its Complications, Volume 25, 20 1 1, pp. 339-345.

4.Mara M, Julie L, et al., Dietary zinc and prostate cancer survival rate in Swedish cohort. American Journal of Clinical Nutrition 20 1 1.

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7. Taiwan Province Food Nutrition Database.

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