Garlic cucumber, bitter gourd stuffed with meatballs, vinegar zucchini and finally steamed pumpkin.
You don't need to do too much seasoning, just cut the pumpkin and steam it in a pot, which is a delicious dessert. Soft pumpkin meat and pink pumpkin skin, if you like, you can add a little ice to the refrigerator, which is simply the enjoyment in the days after autumn.
However, not everyone can eat pumpkins casually! How to eat is healthy? I came for you.
Pumpkin, North Melon and Old Wogua are all a family.
There are many pumpkins in the market. Although the shapes are different, some are long and some are round, but the tastes are similar.
There are only two common pumpkin varieties on the market, Chinese pumpkin (pumpkin) and Indian pumpkin (pumpkin). The main difference between them lies in the fruit stalk. Pumpkins are trumpet-shaped and pumpkins are straight.
These names are a bit playful to say. Both Chinese and Indian pumpkins come from the American continent, where pumpkins have been planted for more than 5,000 years. But it was not until16th century that European explorers brought it back to Europe and carried it forward. As for China people eating pumpkins, it was after the Ming Dynasty.
However, this does not prevent them from becoming the darling of China's dining table.
It is rich in carotene.
Pumpkins and pulp that we often eat are orange-red, and this color comes from carotene in them.
Every100g of pumpkin contains 3100g of-carotene and 369 micrograms of vitamin A, which is equivalent to 46% of the daily intake.
We often recommend you to eat vegetables of various colors, and this orange is also essential. Carotene and vitamin A have many important functions in human body. Lack of vitamin A, the first manifestation is easy to see things at night, which is the so-called "night blindness".
It is often said that carrots need to be fried to absorb carotene, but why should this pumpkin be steamed?
In fact, the absorption of carotene has little to do with refueling. Be careful, don't add too much oil to carrots!
In addition, there is another interesting thing: if you eat too much carotene, you may turn yellow all over! But don't be too alarmed. After a while, you will recover.
Pumpkin can lower blood sugar?
Every 100g pumpkin contains 6.5g sugar (carbohydrate), which contains a lot of starch, 1.36g soluble sugar such as sucrose and fructose, and 0.5g dietary fiber.
Among them, pumpkin polysaccharide is considered to have the ability to lower blood sugar. In some animal experiments, pumpkin polysaccharide can stimulate the activity of islet and increase insulin secretion, thus reducing the blood sugar level of animals. Unfortunately, this mechanism has not been confirmed in human trials.
On the contrary, it should be noted that although pumpkin polysaccharide may have the ability to lower blood sugar, a large amount of starch and soluble sugar in pumpkin can not be ignored.
These sugars are no different from those in steamed rice, so pumpkin is also a standard high blood sugar (GI) food. The glycemic index of cooked pumpkin is as high as 75, which is equivalent to that of rice and white bread.
Therefore, diabetics should never eat pumpkins on an empty stomach.
How about pumpkin seeds?
Compared with pumpkin, pumpkin seeds with high fat, high protein and low sugar are a choice for people with high blood sugar.
In addition, pumpkin seeds have long been considered as an effective insect repellent, among which pumpkin seed amino acids are considered as effective components to repel parasites such as tapeworms, pinworms and roundworms. However, there is still a lack of evidence.
However, eating a handful of nuts every day is very beneficial to your health.
Tips for eating melons
Starch and other sugars in pumpkin contain a lot of energy. If you don't eat properly, it may become the chief culprit of obesity.
If you are normal or overweight, you can change some staple foods into pumpkins, which can reduce your daily calorie intake and achieve the effect of losing weight.
For people who are thin and malnourished, taking pumpkin as a vegetable or snack after meals is a good way to supplement their bodies.
However, no matter how you eat it, don't put sugar in it!