Health Benefits of Pumpkin

Flavored pumpkin flesh is rich in vitamins such as:

• ascorbic acid, which would save you from autumn colds;
• vitamins of B group, which would save you not just from fatigue, irritancy and insomnia but also would make your hair and skin healthy;
• vitamins A and E, which help to fight wrinkles and premature aging;
• vitamin K, which is beneficial for blood coagulability and it cannot be found in other vegetables.

Pumpkin is rich in vitamin T and due to this it may be called best topping to beef, pork and other fat foods as vitamin T helps to uptake junk food and prevents from obesity. This property makes pumpkin favorite vegetable of dieticians who recommend it to people who want to lose weight. Also pumpkin is rich in iron and therefore people who love pumpkin always have good complexion and are in high spirits.

It is considered that pumpkin juice helps males to maintain their sexual tonus. Experts say that pumpkin helps not only to solve sexual problems but also it helps to fight many serious diseases. Probably, there is no more healthy vegetable for people suffering from cardiovascular diseases. Rich in potassium, pumpkin improves work of heart, strengthens vessels and relieves from edema.

Pumpkin seeds are rich in unsaturated fatty acids which reduce level of bad cholesterol in blood and protect heart and vessels. Also pumpkin seeds contain:

• vitamin D need for strong bones and uptake of calcium
• zinc need for healthy skin, hair, nails and strong immunity
• magnesium need for good working of heart and nervous system and also it helps to normalize arterial pressure

Pumpkin seeds improve appetite and accelerate wound healing. Psychologists recommend people who want to give up smoking to eat pumpkin seeds. It is considered that this process may kill desire for smoking. It would be better not to fry seeds as they lose their healthy properties.