Nutritionists not accidentally go on about advantage of pumpkin and pumpkin sunflower seeds: this bright orange vegetable really contains the mass of the useful vitamins and minerals improving health and also has unsurpassed taste.
Pumpkin is not only well-known symbol of Halloween, but also very tasty and useful vegetable to which there will be a place on any table. Pumpkin — the champion on the content of the vitamins, minerals, macrocells and valuable minerals necessary for healthy development of a human body. It contains vitamins of group B, T, PP, K, E and With, carotene, magnesium, potassium, calcium.
Nutritionists not for nothing call pumpkin one of the most useful vegetables: it is suitable for a children's diet, is easily transferred by allergic persons, is ideal for dietary food of the people having gastritis and stomach ulcer.
Carotene which contains in pumpkin strengthens immunity, prolongs youth and accelerates a metabolism. High content of carotene and pectin and also low caloric content do pumpkin by a fine dietary dish. The baked pumpkin has excellent gustatory qualities and contains only 40 Kcal on 100 g therefore it should be included in a diet that who seeks to lose excess weight and to normalize metabolic processes. Besides, the substances which are contained in pumpkin strengthen walls of vessels and reduce cholesterol level in blood, so, reduce risk of appearance of atherosclerosis. Separately It should be noted that a pumpkin seed oil richly polyunsaturated Omega-3 and Omega-6 fatty acids. Their quantity in a pumpkin seed oil surpasses cod-liver oil which is quite often considered the champion on nutritiousness. For this reason regular application of a pumpkin seed oil effectively protects from a depression, increases resistance to stress, strengthens heart, nourishes skin and hair. Pumpkin and a pumpkin seed oil — fine means for fatigue, overfatigue, depressive frustration, problems with memory and a psychoemotional background. This unique vegetable quickly and carefully cleans an organism, brings out of it toxins and harmful products of exchange, improves work of kidneys and a secretory system. At last, pumpkin possesses a pleasant sweetish flavor which will be pleasant to children and adults. From it it is possible to cook any dishes, beginning from vegetable stews, finishing with pastries and fruit porridges. Pumpkin — the present proof of that tasty and useful — not antonyms, but synonyms.