The squash is a closest relative of pumpkin. Vegetable found broad application in cookery: from it cook various dishes, do house preparations and even cook jam. Long ago the advantage of squash was known, but only recently nutritionists paid attention to this product.
In what advantage of squash? These vegetables – a well of vitamins. They are easily acquired, contain a small amount of calories, in them a set of various minerals: sodium, magnesium, potassium, phosphorus, copper, iron. Besides, squash are distinguished by the high content of C and B vitamins.
Vegetable малоаллергенен therefore perfectly is suitable for food of children. More often children are given it in the form of puree. A large amount of the vitamin C which is contained in vegetable increases immunity and improves work of digestive tract. Marrow pulp is extremely nutritious, contains A,PP vitamins, useful proteins, it is a little starch, cellulose, sugar. It doesn't cause irritation in a stomach, strengthens effect of gastric juice, stimulates functions of a stomach and intestines.
Squash recommend to use to people who have a hypertension, cardiovascular diseases, an anemia. Vegetable helps to remove excess water, reducing arterial blood pressure and cleaning an organism.
Marrow caviar because prepares with onions, is even more useful than a squash. It is useful at an urolithic disease, a metabolic disorder.
In the juice which is squeezed out of a squash there are a lot of vitamins and minerals. The low sugar content allows to drink juice at diabetes, at obesity. It is quite good to use squash juice with honey, it will only enhance medical qualities. Marrow juice is useful to digestive organs, it envelops their mucous, strengthens an intestines vermicular movement. The pectin which is contained in juice promotes removal of hazardous substances from an organism (fecal savings, products of disintegration, poisons). By means of juice of a squash the water-salt exchange is normalized, excess moisture is removed, function of kidneys is stimulated. The folic acid which is contained in juice increases hemoglobin level, considerably improves composition of blood, does vessels by more elastic. Besides, it reduces cholesterol content in blood. Juice of a squash is useful at cholelithiasis, cholecystitis, atherosclerosis, a hypertension, nephrite, an urolithic disease, colitis, locks. Marrow juice perfectly struggles with cellulitis, doing skin equal, elastic, smooth.
Useful properties of a squash are used in cosmetology. Perfectly the mask from a squash cleans and tones up skin. Wonderful lotion can be prepared from a polished squash, it will smooth wrinkles, will strengthen cell regeneration and will cure problem skin.