2. Smell, the ripe pumpkin has fragrance, and the immature pumpkin has cabbage flavor.
3, hands-on, the old pumpkin skin is hard and tight, if the pumpkin skin is broken, it proves that the maturity is not enough. In addition, pinch the short stems on the pumpkin with your hands. If it feels hard, it proves that the timing of pumpkin picking is more appropriate.
4, cut, cut pumpkin can also see melon seeds, because the fullness of melon seeds is also one of the manifestations of high maturity of pumpkin.
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The health care function of pumpkin:?
First, nursed back to health pumpkin: pumpkin is a good food for nursed back to health. Pumpkin is rich in provitamin A, which can participate in the normal metabolism of gastric epithelial tissue, protect gastric mucosa and promote ulcer healing. Pectin can protect digestive tract from the stimulation of coarse food and prevent gastritis and gastric ulcer.
2. Pumpkin protects kidney: From the perspective of traditional Chinese medicine, pumpkin has the functions of tonifying middle energizer, diminishing inflammation and relieving pain, detoxifying and killing insects, lowering blood sugar and quenching thirst. Modern medical research has proved that pectin in pumpkin can help people with impaired liver and kidney function to enhance the regeneration ability of liver and kidney cells. ?
Third, pumpkin and diabetes: pumpkin is rich in vitamin A, vitamin C and vitamin E, which can promote insulin secretion; Pectin in pumpkin can delay the emptying of food and the absorption of sugar in intestine, thus controlling the increase of blood sugar. In addition, the mineral cobalt contained in pumpkin is necessary for insulin cells to synthesize insulin. Therefore, diabetics should eat some food made of pumpkin properly.
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