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Pumpkin in a healthy diet

 Pumpkin pulp is beneficial to regulate digestion . Amount of pumpkin in the diet should increase you suffer from constipation, you have sensitive or sick stomach or intestines.Pumpkin is a natural diuretic and are supposed to eat people with urinary tract infections , inflammation of the kidneys, bladder and bile and ill prostate .
Halloween | Halloween Pumpkin contains a high percentage of water ( up to 95 % ) , and a small percentage of fat , so it is useful in all diets.
Pumpkin meat is easy to digest foods , low energy value , and contains significant amounts of vitamins and minerals. Energy value of pumpkin is about 26 kcal per 100 grams. It is especially rich in beta carotene , vitamin C , E and B vitamins , and minerals potassium, calcium and phosphorus.
Pumpkin can be prepared salad , juice , or used in the preparation of a variety of savory and sweet dishes
Pumpkin cut into cubes or slices can be cooked by steaming or boiling water , simmer, grill or fried . Cooking is enough for about 5 minutes .
Choosing cooking technique is just the beginning in preparing dishes of pumpkin.
Cooked pumpkin can be used with butter as a main dish or side dish, in sauces and cold salads . Stewed pumpkin can be an integral part of the stew alone or with other vegetables , as part of the filling for pancakes, rolls and pies. Roasted pumpkin can be a main dish , alone or in combination with meat .
With dishes of pumpkin used spices such as parsley , thyme , sage , bay leaves, ginger and cinnamon .
The diet used pumpkin oil. Oil contains all the vitamins and minerals such as pumpkin pulp , but in much larger quantities. Oil contains useful essential fatty acids , and it is interesting that the oil pumpkin source of alpha linolenic oleic acid which is often lacking in our traditional cuisine .Pumpkin oil for its nutritional and medicinal properties of one of the delicacy of oil.
Pumpkin seeds are also a great nutritional value. Energy value seeds twenty times higher than the fleshy part of the pumpkin. But they are considerably richer in minerals and vitamins. Pumpkin seeds are a great remedy for intestinal parasites , and are recommended for children's worms .
Pumpkin cut into cubes or slices can be cooked by steaming or boiling water , simmer, grill or Pohatu . Cooking is enough for about 5 minutes .