Saturday, March 6, 2010

The pumpkin, a very finished food

Fruits, vegetables, vegetables, vegetables, … are a series of necessary food to take a healthy life. From this health blog we want to contribute to it, therefore we tell you which the best properties of this food are. In this occasion, there has come the turn to know the benefits of the pumpkin, which is composed basically of water.

pumpkin girls


It is a food with many benefits for the organism, more even of those that you had thought. The pumpkin is composed of 90 % of water and 5 % of sugar. And s rich in vitamins and in mineral salt and also it has good antirust properties. In the same way, the pumpkin has a high place contained in fibre and has a low calories contribution: 40 for every 100 grams.

This way the pumpkin, a food appears with good properties for the organism. On the other hand, also we are so then the pumpkin is good to fight the cholesterol. Also it is good to fight the hypertension or for those persons who have a slightly flagging immune system.

The pumpkin also is diurética, it has laxative effects and it is a food saciante. Other of the elements that they emphasize in the composition of the pumpkin is the caroteno, which turns into vitamin A, that it is good for the vision or the growth of the bones, between others.

On the other hand, we can say that the pumpkin also presents dose to be born in mind of magnesium or potassium, therefore it is good so much for sportsmen as to eliminate liquids. In fact, the majority of vegetables (for not saying all) is rich in potassium.

Finally, we can point out that the pumpkin pips are good to fight the cancer of prostate or the illnesses of cardiac type, especially if they eat up the native, that they keep all the properties. So, already you know, to eat more pumpkin.

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