For a long time pumpkin sunflower seeds are famous for the unique qualities and useful properties. They are considered as "women's medicine" — doctors recommend to women to include them in the diet. Let's consider in article, than this product is so valuable and useful.
Caloric content and nutrition value
Caloric content of pumpkin sunflower seeds depends on a way of their processing. The number of kilocalories in 100 grams of crude seeds is 450. Caloric content of dried up is a little higher — 550 kcal. Fried contain 600 kcal in oil.
Ratio I WATCH in 100 grams of a product:
- proteins — 24.5 g;
- fats — 45.8 g;
- carbohydrates — 4.7 g.
Seeds of pumpkin contain all necessary amino acids (glutamic, linolenic, arginine) and fatty vegetable acids. As a part of a product there are food fibers, fats and proteins of plant origin.
Important! Sunflower seeds of round pumpkin it is more useful, than sunflower seeds of pumpkin of oblong shape.
Vitamin and mineral structure
Pumpkin sunflower seeds are appreciated by the rich content of vitamins and mineral substances.
Vitamins
Pumpkin seeds — the storeroom of vitamins. They contain the sufficient and balanced amount of vitamins of group B, A, K, E, C:
- Vitamins of group B are presented in full strength — thiamine, Riboflavinum, pantothenic acid, B6 vitamin and folates. They positively influence work of nervous system and mental activity of the person. RR vitamin (nicotinic acid, niatsin) influences exchange processes in an organism, participates in tissue respiration and biosynthesis, reduces cholesterol in blood.
- Vitamin K participates in normalization of processes of fibrillation and strengthens a bone tissue.
- Vitamins A and E — vitamins of youth and beauty, strengthen immunity.
Micro and macrocells
Seeds of pumpkin contain minerals, useful to a female body: zinc, iron, selenium, magnesium, manganese, phosphorus.
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Than are useful to women
The regular use of pumpkin sunflower seeds has useful effect on a female body:
- Content of phytoestrogen normalizes a hormonal background, copes with violations of a menstrual cycle.
- Seeds increase reproductive function of an organism, increase pregnancy approach probability.
- Keep beauty and youth, interfere with formation of wrinkles.
- Normalize work of digestive tract, improve process of digestion of food, reduce nausea at toxicosis and a motion sickness, save from swelling and locks.
- Improve blood indicators, increase hemoglobin content, reduce cholesterol level.
- Pumpkin seeds have positive impact on work of nervous system, help at depressions and stresses.
- Content of vitamins A, B, E, K increases immune protection of an organism, improves memory, saves from fatigue.
- Thanks to fatty acids the seeds of pumpkin improve a condition of skin, hair and nails.
- Moderate portions of seeds are useful at weight loss.
Whether it is possible
Women often have doubts: whether pumpkin sunflower seeds help to lose extra kilos whether it is possible to use them during pregnancy not to do much harm to future kid, they are how useful during breastfeeding. Let's look into it.
Whether you know? Preparation of one liter of pumpkin oil requires about 35 pumpkins.
At weight loss
Despite the high caloric content of seeds, they are used in diets for weight reduction: the efficiency is reached at the use in reasonable quantities. It is recommended to use them in combination with other products. The small handful as having a snack saves from feeling of hunger and provides an organism with necessary minerals and vitamins.
Such products as bran, muesli, linen porridge, rice, carrots, cauliflower, cucumbers, leek, chicken liver, candied fruits will become assistants to the woman in weight loss.
At pregnancy
Pumpkin sunflower seeds as a valuable source of vitamins and minerals are useful in a diet of the pregnant woman. They contribute to the normal, healthy development of an embryo. Help to cope with such trouble as toxicosis of pregnant women, save from heartburn. Availability of vitamin A improves sight as many women complain of its deterioration during pregnancy.
Seeds of pumpkin are an effective remedy of prevention of a lack of iron of an organism. Enough elements as a part of sunflower seeds fills the need of an organism for calcium, improves a condition of skin, strengthens nails and hair.
When breastfeeding
Doctors recommend to women to use pumpkin seeds during breastfeeding, but with extra care. A large number of minerals and active agents as a part of sunflower seeds can cause allergic reactions in the kid. Therefore it is better for the feeding woman to eat them in slightly fried and small portions. Fried seeds increase nutritional value of milk and raise a lactation. Together with milk the child receives all vitamins, necessary for his growing organism.
Important! Standard daily rate of sunflower seeds for the feeding woman — 50–70 grams.
In what look it is better to use and how many it is possible to afford in day
Pumpkin sunflower seeds in the raw as after heat treatment a part of useful components collapses or disappears are most useful to our health. Before the use it is necessary to shell them. The rough shell can damage intestines walls, and sometimes and to cause an appendicitis attack. It is better to use sunflower seeds without salt. That they became even more useful and more tasty, it is possible to mix them with honey.
Read also about useful properties of different types of honey: meadow, forest, flower, mountain, akatsiyevy, buckwheat, sunflower, chestnut, lime, dyagilevy.
The day norm of pumpkin seeds is no more than 100 grams for two receptions.
How to choose upon purchase
Upon purchase of pumpkin sunflower seeds it is necessary to pay attention to their external characteristics and a smell. It is impossible to buy sunflower seeds in the cleaned look — under the influence of oxygen all useful substances which are contained in them are oxidized. The shell has to be dry, whole, without darkening traces. The quality product has no rotten or rancid smell. Buying pumpkin sunflower seeds, surely taste them — they should not taste bitter.
Important! Upon purchase pay attention that on pumpkin seeds there has to be a thin green skin: it — a well of useful substances.
Whether it is possible to fry
Need for heat treatment depends on the purpose of use of sunflower seeds. In the medical purposes and for prevention of diseases it is better to use crude dried grains: in them there are more nutrients. And here for addition in food as seasoning the fried seeds will enhance taste and aroma.
They can be fried in a frying pan without cover on weak fire within 20 minutes, constantly stirring slowly. Frying time in an oven — of 20-30 minutes at a temperature of 100 °C. In the microwave — 5 minutes at full capacity. During frying 50% of biologically active components are lost.
How to store in house conditions
The correct storage conditions of pumpkin sunflower seeds — guarantee of maintaining all useful properties. The best way to keep seeds for a long time is to dry up them. The washed-out seeds need to be spread out to paper and to place under beams of the sun or on the battery before full drying. The dried sunflower seeds store crude from a shell in the closed ware with small openings or in sacks from natural fabric, in the dark and dry room with a temperature about 16 °C. In the fridge they can deteriorate and will be unsuitable to the use. A period of storage — one year.
Learn more about useful properties and contraindications of dried pumpkin sunflower seeds and also study the recipe of their preparation.
Application in cookery
Thanks to flavoring and nutritious properties the pumpkin sunflower seeds more often use in cookery. They are applied in a dried or fried look to preparation of salads, vegetable stews, porridges. The fried sunflower seeds have peanut taste therefore they in a shredded look are added to flour, sauces, goulashes, dough. Powder with the crushed mix rich pastries and sandwiches. They are ideal as having a snack.
Important! The sunflower seeds dried at a temperature up to +75 °C keep all necessary vitamins and minerals.
Vegetable salad
Pumpkin sunflower seeds are an excellent component of various salads with greens and fresh vegetables.
Vegetable salad with pumpkin sunflower seeds
Ingredients:
- lettuce leaves — 1 bunch;
- tomato — 1 piece;
- pumpkin seeds — 1/2 glasses;
- cheese Parmesan — 300 g;
- olive oil.
Preparation:
To tear lettuce leaves on small pieces, to add the tomato cut by segments, the fried sunflower seeds and cheese cubes. To fill salad with olive oil, to prisolit, strew with spicy greens and grated cheese.
Sauce
On the basis of pumpkin seeds it is possible to make sauces for meat and fish dishes.
For this purpose it is necessary to crush fresh or slightly fried seeds and to grind them with garlic and greens on the taste, to add olive oil and fresh juice of a lemon. Sauce is ready! It is possible to mix it with the well-known sauces for creation of new taste.
Whether you know? Pumpkin sunflower seeds in the ancient time used for production of a love potion.
As it is possible to use in the cosmetology purposes
Pumpkin grains are appreciated both in cookery, and in cosmetology. Thanks to rich vitamin structure and a complex micro and macrocells pumpkin seeds effectively affect health of skin and structure of hair. Do face packs, lotions and tonics of pulp of pumpkin and seeds.
These means tone up and purify skin, remove inflammation and interfere with formation of pimples, smooth small wrinkles.
Influencing skin vessels, the mask from pumpkin seeds feeds it and healthy color gives to the face. Regular masks clarify skin, save from pigmentary spots and freckles.
The irreplaceable assistant are masks from pumpkin seeds at hair care. They prevent a hair loss, recover the splitting curls, add them natural gloss, eliminate dandruff.
Pumpkin oil carefully looks after nails, eliminates their fragility and stratification.
Mask for dry skin
To prepare a mask for dry skin, it will be required:
- 10 g of seeds of pumpkin;
- 20 g of cottage cheese;
- 20 g of orange;
- 100 ml of water.
To fill in the crushed seeds with boiled water and to insist 15-20 minutes, to filter. To add pulp of orange and cottage cheese to tincture, it is good to mix everything. To apply ready mix to clean face skin. In 15 minutes to wash away warm water, and then to rinse a face cool. 2-3 times a week are recommended to repeat such procedure.
Nutritious mask
Will help to reduce rashes and to eliminate a greasy luster on skin a nutritious mask. For its preparation mix 3 tablespoons of small shredded seeds of pumpkin with an egg yolk and one teaspoon of honey. Put a mask on a face for 10-15 minutes, and then wash away cool water.
The rejuvenating broth
For preparation of the rejuvenating broth it is necessary to crush one glass of the crude cleaned pumpkin seeds and to fill in with water liter. To bring this mix to boiling and to insist 2-3 hours. Wipe with the filtered tincture face skin, necks, hands. Period of storage of ready broth 1-2 days.
Mask for hair
Pound the cleaned pumpkin sunflower seeds, pour in them in water in such proportion: 1 part of the crushed seeds on 10 parts of water. After hashing apply mix on hair and wrap up the head with a warm terry towel. In 20-30 minutes wash up hair with shampoo.
To strengthen action of a mask and to get rid of dandruff, it is possible to add couple of drops of essential oil to it: eucalyptus, lavender or tea tree.
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Application in traditional medicine
Pumpkin seeds are known as an effective remedy of fight against worms. At diseases of kidneys and inflammatory processes of urinary tract broth of pumpkin sunflower seeds and compresses on area of kidneys will help. Broth on water or milk possesses soothing and easy somnolent action, it helps to fall asleep quicker. Sunflower seeds are useful at cold — they soften dry cough and reduce temperature. Mix from 2 tablespoons of the seeds ground in powder and 2 tablespoons of kefir effectively cleans an organism.
Anthelminthic means
Pumpkin seeds — effective helminthic for children and adults. The greatest advantage is reached from crude seeds: they contain agent, toxic for worms — kukurbin which at hit in intestines of the person leads to death of parasites, their eggs and larvae. The died parasites are brought from an organism in the physiological way. Unlike chemical medicines, sunflower seeds do not make harmful effects on a human body, and effectively destroy helminths. To get rid of them, it is necessary to use within 3 days for breakfast 100 grams of sunflower seeds and to wash down with water.
Important! For fight against helminths the pumpkin sunflower seeds need to be accepted crude on a hungry stomach. To enhance effect, it is possible to combine with garlic.
Contraindications and harm
The product, valuable and unique on structure, is capable to do harm to human health. High-calorific sunflower seeds at big dosages can lead to a set of excess weight.
Seeds at misuse cause disorders of digestive system, colic, swelling. Contents in them salicylic acid can provoke irritation mucous a stomach and worsen the state of health of the people having gastritis or ulcers. So, contraindications to the use of sunflower seeds of pumpkin are:
- obesity;
- individual intolerance, allergic reactions;
- period of exacerbation of chronic diseases;
- the increased acidity and presence of stomach ulcers.
It is possible to draw a conclusion that pumpkin sunflower seeds — a tasty and useful product with wide scope of application. They render big advantage to a female body, favorably influence all internals, help to keep youth and beauty, the main thing is not to abuse them.