Melon seeds are a kind of snacks that people often eat, which can not only relax their mood, but also benefit their health. Among all melon seeds, sunflower seeds are the most common, but when it comes to pumpkin seeds, their nutritional value is the highest, so pumpkin seeds have become the favorite of melon seeds lovers. Although pumpkin seeds have many functions and are beneficial to people's health, there are also some taboos to pay attention to.

Professor Zhou Shaohu, chief physician of reproductive medicine department of the First Affiliated Hospital of Guangzhou University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, once said in an interview that pumpkin seeds are rich in zinc and fatty acids. Pumpkin fatty acid is unsaturated fatty acid, which can promote the secretion of androgen and the function of prostate after men eat it, and is of great help to men's fertility.

1, lowering blood pressure

Pumpkin seeds can lower blood pressure. Mainly pumpkin seeds contain pantothenic acid, which can prevent cardiovascular and cerebrovascular diseases. It also has a good effect on lowering blood pressure, so patients with hypertension should eat more pumpkin seeds to achieve the purpose of lowering blood pressure.

2, can prevent prostatitis.

Men can eat more pumpkin seeds, which has a very good effect on preventing prostatitis. Because pumpkin seeds contain a lot of zinc, this substance is very effective for male prostate. Part of the reason why you have prostatitis is that you lack zinc in your body. Therefore, in order to prevent prostatitis, men must supplement more zinc and eat more pumpkin seeds is a good choice.

3. Help to expel stones from the body.

Phosphorus in pumpkin seeds can help to expel stones from the body. If the body contains a small amount of small stones, it can be completely washed away by urine. Pumpkin seeds are rich in phospholipids and have a good effect on discharging stones, so people with stones in their bodies can eat more pumpkin seeds appropriately.

1, in order to avoid getting fat, control the amount.

Pumpkin seeds are dried fruits and rich in fat. If you eat too much, you are in danger of getting fat. So don't eat too many pumpkin seeds at a time, or you will lose more than you gain.

2, eating too much is easy to get angry.

The pumpkin seeds we usually eat are fried with raw pumpkin seeds. This kind of food belongs to stir-fried food, and it is very easy to get angry if you eat too much. So in order to avoid getting angry, eat pumpkin seeds in moderation and don't eat too much at once.

3, eat cooked melon seeds can not eat raw melon seeds.

Because raw pumpkin seeds do not have the efficacy of pumpkin seeds mentioned above, you must eat cooked melon seeds to ensure the above efficacy.

4. Patients with stomach heat should not eat pumpkin seeds.

For patients with fever, it is mainly caused by strong liver fire in the body. The body is very angry, and eating pumpkin seeds that are easy to get angry is undoubtedly adding fuel to the fire and making it worse. Fever patients still need to eat some foods that clear the fire to help reduce the liver fire in the body.

Pumpkin seeds are very good for your health, but you can't eat too much, even though it is good. Eating too much will make you fat and get angry easily. It is best to eat pumpkin seeds properly.