Principle of pumpkin weight loss
Pumpkin contains ingredients that can lower blood sugar and promote insulin secretion, which helps to lose weight.
2. Pumpkin has lower calories than rice.
3. Pumpkin is rich in dietary fiber, which not only makes you feel full, but also promotes digestion and makes your stool smooth.
4. There are 7%~ 17% pectin in pumpkin fruit, which has strong adsorption, can bind and remove bacteria and their toxic substances in human body, protect digestive tract mucosa, have certain curative effect on digestive tract ulcer, and can also bind cholesterol to prevent arteriosclerosis.
5. Physiologically active components such as alkaloids, trigonelline and cucurbitacin can catalyze the decomposition of carcinogenic nitrosamines, which is beneficial to expel toxins from the body and improve cellular immunity.
6. Unsaturated fatty acids contained in pumpkin can relieve constipation, induce diuresis and help to lose weight.
Pumpkin diet
Can replace the staple food, can also be used as a snack in two meals, will feel full after eating, so pumpkin weight loss is a non-painful way to lose weight.
Cooking method: it can be boiled or steamed, and we can also cook pumpkin and red bean soup, which can enrich blood and nourish skin!
Pumpkin rice
Pumpkin rice is simple and delicious, and its calories are lower than those of white rice. Eat one more bowl and you won't have to worry about getting fat. Let's learn how to make pumpkin rice delicious and not fat. Pumpkin rice can be used as a staple food to carry out your weight loss plan and avoid the negative effects of dieting and not eating staple food.
Ingredients: 400g pumpkin, 200g rice, 2 tbsp cooking oil, 1 teaspoon salt, 500ml clear water.
Production method:
(1) Peel and remove seeds from pumpkin and cut into small pieces; Wash the rice for later use;
(2) Add 2 tablespoons of cooking oil to the wok and heat for 7 minutes, then add pumpkin pieces and stir fry for 1 minute;
(3) Pour in the washed rice and pumpkin, stir well, then add 500 ml of clean water to make it just pass the rice, cover the pot and turn to medium heat 10 minute, then open the pot and add salt to stir well, then cover the pot and simmer with minimum fire 15 -20 minutes to dry the water.
Extended data
nutrition
Polysaccharide: Pumpkin polysaccharide is a non-specific immune enhancer, which can improve the immune function of the body, promote the production of cytokines, and play a variety of regulatory functions on the immune system by activating complement.
Carotenoids: Carotenoids rich in pumpkin can be converted into vitamin A with important physiological functions in the body, which has important physiological functions for the growth and differentiation of epithelial tissues, maintaining normal vision and promoting the development of bones.
Pectin: Pectin in pumpkin can adjust the absorption rate of food in the stomach and slow down the absorption of sugar. Soluble cellulose can delay the emptying of food in the stomach and control the rise of blood sugar after meals. Pectin can also combine with excess cholesterol in the body, reduce cholesterol absorption and reduce blood cholesterol concentration. ?
Mineral elements: Pumpkin is rich in cobalt, ranking first among all kinds of vegetables. Cobalt can activate human metabolism, promote hematopoietic function, participate in the synthesis of vitamin B 12 in human body, and is an essential trace element for human islet cells. Vitamin C contained in pumpkin can prevent nitrate from being converted into carcinogen nitrite in digestive tract. Mannitol contained in pumpkin can reduce the harm of toxins in feces to human body. Pumpkin can eliminate the mutation of nitrosamine, a carcinogen. It has anticancer effect. Pumpkin is rich in zinc, which is involved in the synthesis of nucleic acid and protein in human body. It is an inherent component of adrenocortical hormone and an important substance for human growth and development.
Amino acids: Pumpkin contains many kinds of amino acids needed by human body, among which lysine, leucine, isoleucine, phenylalanine and threonine are relatively high. In addition, the genotype of ascorbic acid oxidase in pumpkin is the same as that in tobacco, but its activity is obviously higher than that in tobacco, indicating that the content of immunocompetent protein in pumpkin is higher.
Pumpkin leaf: contains a variety of vitamins and minerals, among which the content of vitamin C is very high, which makes it have excellent heat-clearing and detoxification effects. Boiling water with pumpkin leaves in summer can relieve summer heat and boredom.
food therapy
(1) Detoxification: Pumpkin contains vitamins and pectin, which has good adsorption. It can combine and eliminate bacterial toxins and other harmful substances in the body, such as lead, mercury and radioactive elements in heavy metals, and play a detoxification role.
⑵ Protect gastric mucosa and help digestion: The pectin contained in pumpkin can also protect gastrointestinal mucosa from the stimulation of coarse food and promote the healing of ulcer surface, which is suitable for patients with gastric diseases. Pumpkin contains ingredients that can promote bile secretion, strengthen gastrointestinal peristalsis and help food digestion.
⑶ Elimination of carcinogens: Pumpkin can eliminate the mutation of nitrosamine, which is a carcinogen, and it can prevent cancer, help the recovery of liver and kidney functions, and enhance the regeneration ability of liver and kidney cells.
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