This celebration originated from Celtic Halloween in ancient England and Ireland, and was called Samhain at that time, which meant the end of harvest and the arrival of winter. On this day, children will wear special costumes such as witches and elves, carry pumpkin lanterns in their hands, imitate monsters going door to door to ask for candy and cakes, and shout, "Trick or treat!" "

Reason 2: Improve autumn dryness symptoms.

The climate in autumn is dry, and many children will have symptoms such as chapped lips, nosebleeds and dry skin. Now is the high season of "flu", and mothers can't help worrying about their babies' health. Experts suggest that adding foods rich in vitamin A and vitamin E to children can enhance their immunity and help improve the symptoms of autumn dryness. The β -carotene contained in pumpkin can be absorbed by human body and converted into vitamin A. In addition, pumpkin is rich in vitamin E, which can help a variety of pituitary hormones to secrete normally and keep children's growth and development in a normal and healthy state.

Reason three: treating diseases.

Eating more pumpkins can also be used to treat roundworms, tapeworms and diabetes in children, and can reduce the risk and mortality of measles.

Reason 4: Enriching blood

Chen Xiuyuan, a famous doctor in Qing Dynasty, said, "Pumpkin is a good product for enriching blood". Eating pumpkin often can make the stool smooth and the skin rich, especially for women, which has a cosmetic effect. Therefore, young mothers can eat pumpkins with their children.

Reason 5: Weaning

Pumpkin is mostly used to make weaning food, and it is rich in sugar and easy to digest and absorb. Pumpkin is the main source of vitamin A and has high nutritional value. Besides making soup and paste, you can also cook porridge, steam, cook and cook rice.

Eating more pumpkins and eating less pumpkins is not a good thing.

Too much will turn yellow, Cleffa.

Pumpkin is rich in β -carotene and widely exists in yellow-leaf vegetables and fruits, including pumpkin, carrot or lettuce, orange and so on.

When children eat too many pumpkins and take too much beta-carotene, beta-carotene will be deposited in the stratum corneum of the epidermis, so for example, nose, person, forehead, palm, soles of feet, around eyes, nails, joints, or places with the most wrinkles on the body epidermis, the skin will turn into lemon yellow color, making children look like jaundice. This symptom is called carotene xanthoderma.

Jaundice caused by carotene xanthosis and common hepatobiliary diseases seems to be yellow all over the body in appearance. If you don't pay attention, it may cause the doctor's misjudgment. Do you know how to distinguish the two?

Here is a simple way for you to judge: because carotene xanthoderma is formed by the increase of β-carotene, this yellow color will not be colored on the sclera; As for jaundice, it is yellow due to the increase of bilirubin, and this yellow will be colored on the sclera.

Eating too little will make the baby blind at night.

β -carotene is the precursor of vitamin A, which will be converted into vitamin A. Vitamin A can form visual protein by combining with protein, which plays an important role in vision. Once carotene is lacking, it will lead to serious consequences of night blindness or even total blindness, which is more obvious in children.

Proper consumption of pumpkin

Too much carotene, yellow body, scary; Too little carotene will affect your vision. Isn't it like a Halloween child knocking at the door? If you don't handle it properly, he will do something big. Therefore, give children pumpkins, and don't exceed the amount of a staple food every day.