Health Blog:Daily Health Tips » folk medicine http://www.healthgolb.com Your personal health guide Sat, 09 Apr 2011 13:31:47 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.1 Pumpkin – Diet Vegetable With Many Good Health Features http://www.healthgolb.com/helthy-food/pumpkin-diet-vegetable-with-many-good-health-features/ http://www.healthgolb.com/helthy-food/pumpkin-diet-vegetable-with-many-good-health-features/#comments Thu, 16 Oct 2008 19:32:55 +0000 admin http://www.healthgolb.com/?p=7 pumpkin Pumpkin Diet Vegetable With Many Good Health FeaturesPumpkin – annual vegetable, originated from the South and Central America. There are many different species of pumpkins.

Although our lunch or dinner tables with pumpkin dishes are not very common, it is worth to try. 100 grams of pumpkin contains 128 mg of vitamin A, 12 mg of vitamin C, 1.1 mg of vitamin E, some B group vitamins, it is rich in carbohydrates – starch, sugar, pectin. As well as minerals – potassium, sodium, iron, calcium, phosphorus, magnesium. 100 grams of these vegetables contains 25 kcal of energy.

The squash has dietary and medicinal properties. They contain pectin which removes from the body cholesterol and other harmful substances, such as lead, cobalt, radioactive strontium. Pumpkins are used in folk medicine to treat atherosclerosis, bowel, stomach, kidney, liver and gall diseases.

Those who want to loose excess weight are advised to eat pumpkins, because they improve intestinal activity and the body easily takes it.

So remember that pumpkins are not only for Halloweens night!

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