1. Can you eat pumpkin for gestational diabetes?
You can eat pumpkin for gestational diabetes. It is rich in various dietary fibers (including hemicellulose and pectin) and is one of the vegetables suitable for diabetics. Pumpkin is rich in cobalt, which ranks first among all kinds of vegetables. Cobalt can activate human metabolism, promote hematopoietic function, and participate in the synthesis of vitamin B12 in human body. It is an essential trace element for human islet cells, and has a special effect on preventing and treating diabetes and lowering blood sugar.
But pumpkin is not a "special food" for treating diabetes. Like other vegetables, pumpkin also contains substances such as sugar and protein, which can generate heat energy. Therefore, it must be calculated when eating, and it can be "exchanged" with other vegetables according to the principle of "food exchange method for diabetes" to avoid excessive intake of total calories due to eating more pumpkins, which will affect blood sugar control.
2. Can you eat pumpkin in confinement?
You can eat pumpkin in confinement, and pumpkin is rich in vitamins A and D; Vitamin A can protect gastrointestinal mucosa and prevent gastritis, gastric ulcer and other diseases. Vitamin D can promote the absorption of two mineral elements, calcium and phosphorus, and then strengthen bones and tendons. It is also good for conditioning during the confinement period.
pumpkin polysaccharide is a non-specific immune enhancer, which can improve mommy's immune function, promote the production of cytokines, and play a variety of regulatory functions on the immune system by activating complement.
3. Precautions for eating pumpkins in confinement
During confinement, the diet should be light as much as possible, so when cooking pumpkins, it is necessary to avoid being too greasy, and spicy things such as garlic, leeks, garlic moss and garlic seedlings should not be eaten with pumpkins.
Pumpkins are warm, and those with excessive stomach heat, full qi stagnation and damp-heat qi stagnation should eat less. People who suffer from beriberi, jaundice and qi stagnation and dampness resistance should not eat.
4. Pumpkin recipes suitable for confinement
(1) Fried shredded pork with pumpkin
Ingredients: 25g pumpkin, 45g shredded pork, 15g ginger slices, vegetable oil, soy sauce, salt and chopped green onion.
1. Wash the melon, peel it, pulp it, and cut it into blocks for later use; Pour oil into the pan and heat it.
2. fragrant ginger slices and chopped green onion, then add shredded pork, soy sauce and salt, and stir-fry for 1 minute.
3. Add pumpkin, stir-fry for 2 minutes, add water, cover the lid, and simmer for 1 minutes until the pumpkin is cooked and soft.
(2) stewed tofu with pumpkin
Preparation ingredients: 2g pumpkin, 1 tender tofu, 2g pea kernel, 3 slices ginger, proper amount of soy sauce, salt, black sesame oil and water.
1. Peel and dice the melon. Cut tender tofu into pieces.
2. Heat the oil in the pan, stir-fry the ginger slices until fragrant, add the pumpkin, fry it for nine times over low heat, and then press it into mud.
3. Add soy sauce and water, bring to a boil, and add tender tofu, pea kernels and salt.