Pumpkin is one of many people's favorite foods. The fruit is successfully used as a delicious culinary dish, as well as in the treatment of various diseases.
Everyone knows the benefits of pumpkins. But pumpkin is not only ripe orange pulp, but also seeds that have a healing effect.
Pumpkin seeds are good for health due to the balanced combination of protein, iron, fiber, magnesium, copper, phosphorus, manganese, amino acids in them.
In addition, the product is a real storehouse of zinc, potassium, calcium, selenium - elements necessary for the normal functioning of the body. For example, thanks to zinc, the general condition of the skin improves with various rashes.
The benefit of pumpkin seeds is the high iron content in them, which makes the product indispensable for iron deficiency anemia.
Magnesium and potassium, which are part of the seeds, improve the functioning of the heart muscle, and the cucurbitin contained in them not only paralyzes, but also destroys parasites.
The calorie content of pumpkin seeds is quite high - 556 kcal per 100 g of product.
Pumpkin seeds are a real source of vitamins. It is believed that round pumpkin has more healing properties than oblong.
Pumpkin seed oil is extremely healthy due to the pectin contained in it - a natural sorbent. With its help, the body is cleansed of toxins and toxins naturally. By the amount of pectin, pumpkin seed oil can compete with apples.
The unique composition of the product allows the use of pumpkin seeds for men. Namely, for the prevention of prostate diseases or in the treatment of existing male pathologies. But more on that below.
The use of pumpkin seeds
• Pumpkin seeds are used raw, fried and in the form of butter.
• For diseases of the genitourinary system, they drink a decoction from the seeds of a vegetable, which is prepared as ordinary tea, making a small spoonful of nucleoli with boiling water.
• Also, a compress of crushed pumpkin and flax seeds, diluted to the state of gruel, is placed on the kidney area.
• Due to its beneficial properties, pumpkin seeds are used as an anthelmintic. To get rid of parasites, a handful of raw product is taken every morning on an empty stomach. You can drink it with water.
• If you know firsthand a problem such as acne, consume about 50-60 grains of the most useful product per day.
• The benefits of pumpkin seeds are also evident with increased hair loss. Rubbing healing oil from pumpkin seeds into the scalp will help strengthen the roots and improve hair growth.
Pumpkin seeds: what are the benefits for the body?
1. The high calorie content of seeds has a positive effect on brain activity, vision, and the digestive and musculoskeletal system.
2. The beneficial properties of pumpkin seeds are, first of all, the rich composition of the product. It is he who makes it possible to successfully use pumpkin seeds in the fight against the scourge of our time - cancer.
Scientific studies prove the fact that pumpkin seeds strengthen the body's defenses, which are so necessary for the treatment of a formidable disease.
3. Regular use of pumpkin seeds makes it possible to get rid of some diseases of the joints. The substances contained in the composition of the product act as a healing agent against, for example, arthritis and, unlike medications, do not give undesirable side effects.
5. How pumpkin seeds act on the prostate is not fully understood. But the benefits of pumpkin seeds for men are obvious.
6. Useful properties of pumpkin seeds - this is a soothing and strengthening effect on both adults and children.
7. The high calorie content of pumpkin seeds allows you to use the product for exhaustion after a disease.
8. Pumpkin seeds are good for health due to their unique ability to normalize sugar levels, lower blood pressure, and strengthen blood vessels.
9. In addition to the above beneficial properties, pumpkin seeds successfully treat burns. Gruel from crushed seeds, applied to a fresh wound or burn is an effective means for healing.
10. Pumpkin seed oil treats a whole bunch of diseases from a common cold and intestinal disorders to tuberculosis.
11. The benefits of pumpkin seeds are protection against cold and wind. Regular use of oil from vegetable seeds allows the skin to remain hydrated and supple for a long time, to be in good shape, as they say.
12. Pumpkin seeds are widely used in cooking. With their help, ordinary dishes acquire a peculiar piquant taste.
As a tasty and healthy additive, both the crushed product itself and the oil from it are used. The latter is more popular in some European countries than the usual olive.
13. The benefits of pumpkin seeds are indicated by their ability to lower the level of so-called bad cholesterol, normalize heart function, saturate the body with energy, and postpone the aging process.
Pumpkin seeds: what is the harm to health?
The main harm of pumpkin seeds is their excessive use. The composition of the product includes salicylic acid, which, when ingested in large quantities, can cause inflammation of the gastric mucosa - gastritis.
In addition, pumpkin seeds roasted and salted are more harmful than healthy. Eating such a product contributes to the salting of body tissues, the deposition of salts in the joints, which will invariably lead to a limitation of their mobility.
Pumpkin seeds are harmful in their ability to destroy tooth enamel. Therefore, when using your favorite product, you should take out the delicious nucleoli with your hands.
Due to its high calorie content, pumpkin seeds can become an "enemy" for losing weight. Those who follow their figure should better limit the use of this product.
Pumpkin seeds for children: useful or harmful
Pumpkin seeds, as mentioned above, are a real storehouse of vitamins and minerals necessary for the normal development of the child's body. Sunflower seeds are an addition to your favorite foods: halva, kozinaki, buns, and liver.
In addition, pumpkin seeds are a natural product that, when used properly, destroys parasites. There is no need to feed the child with expensive and not always effective drugs. Pumpkin seeds do a great job.
They are not toxic, do not cause side effects, are useful and taste good. However, this does not mean that pumpkin seeds are a panacea and children need to eat them in unlimited quantities.
Experts recommend introducing pumpkin seeds into the diet no earlier than 3 years of age. And even that, the dose should be limited to 50 g per day.
It is best for babies to give seeds in dried or calcined form. Immediately before use, the product must be dried and, laying on a hot frying pan, with constant stirring, calcine a little (no more than 5 minutes).
This method of preparation allows you to maximize save the beneficial properties of pumpkin seeds.
Children should not buy seeds that have already been peeled. Yes, such seeds are easier and more pleasant to eat, but they are devoid of those beneficial properties for which they are so appreciated.
Any seeds, including pumpkin, can cause an allergic reaction. Therefore, it is extremely important for the mother to observe the child and at the first problems not to give the child pumpkin seeds.
Pumpkin Seeds: Benefits for Men
Pumpkin seeds are an extremely healthy product for men, especially for those over 35 years old. It is from this age that many members of the stronger sex face purely "male" problems.
Pumpkin seeds contain zinc - an essential element that is responsible for the sexual health of men.
In addition, a sufficient amount of zinc in the body prevents baldness.
Zinc helps to reduce cholesterol, normalize blood pressure, strengthen the cardiovascular system.
Zinc in the composition of pumpkin seeds is useful for men because of its ability to perform protective functions, protecting the body from a disease such as adenoma.
Studies have confirmed the fact that pumpkin seeds when dosed regularly in combination with drug therapy help in the treatment of cancer of the prostate.
To prevent a male ailment, it is necessary to eat 50-60 g of pumpkin seeds every day, and with an existing problem, this recipe will help:
Grind (using a meat grinder) 500 g of pumpkin seeds, add honey (250 g) to the mixture. Mix everything well and roll up small balls. Store them in a glass bowl in the refrigerator. Take one ball every morning before you sit down for breakfast.
Pumpkin seeds for dieters
As was said, high calorie content of pumpkin seeds makes the product extremely useful for the body as a whole. But for those who want to lose weight, you should know that the number of calories in 100 g of seeds is comparable to the number of calories of one small cake.
However, it’s healthier to eat pumpkin seeds (a small handful per day) than to enjoy “sweet pleasure”, which is of no use.
With all its useful properties, pumpkin seeds should not be considered a panacea for all ailments.
If a serious illness is suspected, it is better to seek the help of a specialist, and use delicious orange fruit seeds as additional measures to the main treatment.
