Pumpkin - the surprising plant, first, isn't present exact information, than it is: vegetable, fruit or berry, and secondly, it is the real natural vitamin-mineral complex. And whether it is possible to lose weight on pumpkin?
Advantage of pumpkin
Pumpkin contains beta carotene and also vitamins C, E, B1, B2, P. In it relatively there is a lot of potassium, calcium and iron. Consumption of pumpkin pulp reduces risk of atherosclerosis and also normalizes water-salt balance of an organism and positively influences a blood system. Pumpkin juice and sunflower seeds are still very useful. The last are sources of polyunsaturated fatty acids and vegetable protein, are rich with vitamin E.
Pumpkin and weight loss
Pumpkin is perfectly acquired by a human body. It removes excess water, at the same time without having negative effect on kidneys. Besides, pumpkin is low-calorie, 100 grams contain only 22 kilocalories - it is the most real dietary product. Pumpkin juice - an excellent natural antioxidant, from it it is even possible to make fat-burning cocktail. For this purpose it is necessary to mix 2 parts of pumpkin juice, 2 parts a tomato and 1 part of lemon. It is considered that this recipe was thought up by the Italian nutritionists.
Important!
Contains in pumpkin almost as much carotene how many and in carrots therefore its regular use can lead to such phenomenon as ""karotinovy jaundice"". It arises at surplus in an organism of carotene and proyavltsya in the form of yellowing of integuments. That it didn't occur, the vklyuchayena pumpkin in a diet not more often than 2-3 times a week. To revitalize an organism, there will be quite enough such quantity.
Dietary recipes
Pumpkin - a universal product, it is good as in the boiled, and baked look. It is combined with meat, cheese, grain, eggs and even pasta. Below couple of simple dietary recipes from pumpkin are offered.
Pumpkin ginger cream soup
- 500 g of pulp of pumpkin
- 2 carrots
- 1 bulb
- 200 ml of milk
- 20 g of a desi
- 1 tablespoon of fresh polished ginger
- pumpkin sunflower seeds for ornament, salt
To clean, cut, fill in pumpkin and vegetables with water, to add 1 h a spoon of salt and to cook to softness. Add milk and oil, to turn into puree by means of the blender. Add grated ginger, decorate with sunflower seeds before giving.
The pumpkin slices fried on a grill
- 500 g of pumpkin
- 2 tablespoons of orange juice
- 2 tablespoons of olive oil
- 2 tablespoons of mix of dried spicery
- salt
Pumpkin wash up, take out seeds, cut pulp with segments. Mix juice, oil and slightly salts. Grease with marinade of segment and fry on a grill of 10 minutes. Then to strew with spicery. A tax with any sauce.