2. Protect the gastric mucosa. Pumpkin tastes delicate and soft, and is rich in pectin. It can protect gastrointestinal mucosa from the stimulation of coarse food and promote the healing of ulcer surface, especially suitable for patients with gastrointestinal weakness and gastric ulcer erosion.
3. Prevent constipation. Pumpkin contains a lot of dietary fiber and pectin. These two substances can strengthen gastrointestinal peristalsis, help food digestion and promote digestion. At the same time, they can also clean up toxins and wastes in the intestines and promote defecation, thus preventing and relieving constipation.
4. Protect your eyesight. Pumpkin is rich in β-carotene, which can be converted into vitamin A after entering the human body. This vitamin has important physiological functions for maintaining normal visual function, preventing eye diseases, promoting bone development and improving skin fineness.
5. Protect your heart. Many foreign studies show that the risk of coronary heart disease is reduced by 40% compared with low fiber diet. Women on a high fiber diet have a 25% lower risk of heart disease than women on a low fiber diet. Pumpkins are rich in cellulose, which is good for the heart.
6, blood. Chen Xiuyuan, a famous doctor in Qing Dynasty, said, "Pumpkin is a good product for enriching blood". This is because the carotene, protein, vitamin C, vitamin B 12 and trace elements such as iron, cobalt, zinc and copper contained in pumpkin are all important raw materials for hematopoiesis. Therefore, women who eat pumpkin in moderation can make their skin plump and ruddy.
7. Prevent heavy metal poisoning. Pectin in pumpkin can not only protect gastric mucosa from damage, but also "adsorb" intestinal toxic substances, including heavy metals, and urge them to be excreted with feces, so it is called "heavy metal scavenger".
Precautions for eating pumpkin 1. It is not advisable to eat too much. The content of carotene in pumpkin is very high. Long-term excessive consumption will lead to excessive intake of carotene, easy to lead to high carotene, and cause some or even the whole body skin to turn yellow.
2, allergic physique carefully eat pumpkin. Generally speaking, eating pumpkin is not allergic. However, a few people who eat pumpkin will have allergic phenomena such as itchy skin, swollen tongue and mouth, diarrhea and wheezing.
Damp heat constitution should not eat more pumpkins. Pumpkins are warm, and eating more will contribute to damp heat. Those with excessive stomach heat, damp-heat due to qi stagnation and fullness due to qi stagnation should not eat more. In addition, patients with beriberi and dermatosis should not eat pumpkin, otherwise it will aggravate itching symptoms.
4. Diabetic patients should not eat old pumpkins. Although dietary fiber and pumpkin polysaccharide in pumpkin can control the rate of blood sugar rising after meals, pumpkin is also a high-sugar food, especially old pumpkin. It is very harmful for diabetics to eat pumpkin in large quantities, especially if the staple food is not reduced. Therefore, it is best for diabetics to choose tender pumpkins and control their consumption.
Food is the source of human nutrition. Every food contains various nutrients. No food can meet all the nutritional needs of the human body. There is no perfect food and no useless food. All kinds of foods have different nutritional characteristics, so it is necessary to mix them reasonably to be nutritious. Nutritional balance is the foundation of health, so we advocate: scientific understanding of food, balanced diet for health care.