The heat of pumpkin
Pumpkin is a common vegetable in daily life. Mature in summer and autumn, with orange, golden and green fruits, mostly round in shape. Pumpkin is sweet and delicious, which not only has high nutritional value, but also has important curative effect in medicine. Eating pumpkins properly is good for people's health, but some people don't know much about pumpkins. Do you know the calories of pumpkins?
Pumpkin's calories and carbohydrates are very low, and the calories produced per100g of pumpkin are about 8. 1 calorie, so eating more pumpkins or pumpkin products will not lead to obesity. There are three kinds of heat-producing nutrients in human body, namely carbohydrates, fat and protein in food, while pumpkin is mainly carbohydrates, and pumpkin fruit contains nutrients such as sugar, protein, various amino acids and vitamins, so it is a food with low fat content. Pumpkins are high in sugar, but not high in calories. Therefore, pumpkin is especially suitable for dieters and diabetics.
Nutritional value of pumpkin
We all know that pumpkins can be eaten as vegetables and can replace food. Chinese medicine believes that pumpkin is warm and sweet, and it is not only rich in nutritional value but also effective when it enters the spleen and stomach. People who eat pumpkin for a long time can prevent asthma, bronchitis and other frequently-occurring diseases in autumn, and can also treat diseases such as hepatitis, cirrhosis and kidney disease. Let's learn about the nutritional value of pumpkin.
The nutritional value of pumpkin is very rich. Every 1 00g of pumpkin contains 0.6g of protein, 0.5g of fat 1 g, 5.7g of carbohydrate, 6 g of crude fiber1g, 6 g of ash, 0.0mg of calcium10mg, 32mg of phosphorus, 0.5mg of iron and 0.57mg of carotene. Pumpkin polysaccharide contained in pumpkin is a non-specific immune enhancer, which can not only improve the immune function of the body, but also promote the production of cytokines, and exert various regulatory functions on the immune system by activating complement. In addition, the carotenoids in pumpkin can be transformed into vitamin A with important physiological functions in vivo, which has important physiological functions for the growth and differentiation of epithelial tissues, maintaining normal vision and promoting the development of bones.
Efficacy and function of pumpkin
Nowadays, people pay more and more attention to health preservation. Pumpkin is sought after by people because of its rich nutritional value. There are many ways to make pumpkin, which can be used for cooking, stir-frying and frying soup. Summer and autumn are the seasons when pumpkins are on the market in large quantities. People who like to eat pumpkins can feast their eyes. Pumpkin not only brings us delicious enjoyment, but also has many health care functions. So what are the effects and functions of pumpkin?
1, Pumpkin has the effect of clearing away heat and toxic materials: Pumpkin contains vitamins and pectin, and the adsorption of pectin can adsorb bacterial toxins and other harmful substances in the body, such as lead, mercury and radioactive elements in heavy metals, so as to achieve the effect of clearing away heat and toxic materials.
2. Pumpkin has the function of protecting gastric mucosa: the pectin contained in pumpkin can help the human body digest, and pumpkin is the best food for patients with gastric diseases. Pectin can not only protect gastric mucosa from the stimulation of coarse food, but also promote ulcer healing and help digestion.
3. Pumpkin has anti-cancer effect: The zinc contained in pumpkin is not only beneficial to the health of skin and nails, but also promotes growth and development. Among them, antioxidant β -carotene has the functions of protecting eyes, protecting heart and resisting cancer.
4. Pumpkin can prevent hypertension: pumpkin flowers and fruit are rich in nutritional value. Eating pumpkin flowers and fruit for pregnant women can not only promote the development of fetal brain cells, but also prevent pregnancy complications such as edema and hypertension, promote blood coagulation and prevent postpartum hemorrhage.
Homemade method of pumpkin
Pumpkins are really full of treasures. Pumpkin seeds contain active biocatalysts, and pumpkin skin is rich in carotene and vitamins. So when you eat pumpkin, you'd better eat it with the skin. If the skin of the pumpkin is hard, cut off the hard part before eating. When cooking, pumpkin heart contains 5 times as much carotene as pulp, so make full use of it. Since pumpkins are so good, let's take a look at the common practices of pumpkins. Interested friends should hurry up.
First, pumpkin cake ingredients: pumpkin 200g, glutinous rice flour 1 bowl, sugar 2 soup, oil.
Exercise:
1. Peel the pumpkin, cut it into thin slices, steam it in a steamer until soft, put the steamed pumpkin in a basin and press it into a mud, add sugar and mix well. The amount of sugar can be increased or decreased according to your own taste.
2. Put the glutinous rice flour into the dish and mix well with the pumpkin puree. Be careful not to add water, because pumpkin puree already contains a lot of water, and then knead it into dry dough. If the dough is too wet and soft to fry, it is not easy to form and stick to the pot.
3. Divide the dough into ten parts, knead each part into a small ball, and then gently flatten it into a cake blank.
5. After the oil is heated, put the cake blank into the pot and fry it slowly with low fire until it is slightly bulging, which is slightly larger than the original. Be careful to turn it over so as not to burn it. Fry both sides until golden brown, and serve.
Second, pumpkin soup ingredients: pumpkin, carrot, onion, celery.
Exercise:
1. Wash the pumpkin and cut it into pieces, then steam it in a pot, take out the steamed pumpkin and cut it into cubes, and then cut the washed carrots, onions and celery into pieces for later use.
2. Stir-fry onion slices, carrot slices, celery slices, and diced pumpkin in turn, then add stock and cook for about 15 minutes.
3. After cooking, turn off the fire and let it cool, then pour it into the juicer and mash it. Finally, pour the mashed pumpkin soup back into the pot, add all the seasonings and boil.
Will eating pumpkin make you fat?
Huang Chengcheng pumpkin in autumn, together with the existence of Halloween, pumpkin has become an indispensable and important ingredient for health preservation in autumn. Although pumpkin looks ordinary, it has high medicinal and nutritional value. Many people don't know much about pumpkins. They mistakenly think that pumpkins are high in calories, but in fact pumpkins are low in calories and carbohydrates. So will eating pumpkin make you fat?
Eating pumpkin won't make you fat. Eating pumpkin regularly is also helpful for women's beauty and weight loss, because the dietary fiber contained in pumpkin makes people feel full, promotes digestion and makes the stool smooth. Pumpkin is widely loved by dieters because of its low calorie and rich cellulose. Pumpkin is low in calories and rich in magnesium, which can delay the aging of women. In addition, pumpkin is rich in vitamin A, vitamin C, vitamin B, eight essential amino acids for human body and trace elements such as histidine, soluble fiber, lutein, phosphorus, potassium, calcium, magnesium, zinc and silicon necessary for children. Therefore, eating pumpkin will not only not gain weight, but also be of great benefit to people's health.