Four benefits of pumpkin powder

Pumpkin is rich and comprehensive in nutrition The fruit contains sugar (including starch, glucose, pectin, fructose, pentosan, mannitol, other dietary fiber, etc.), vitamin, protein, a variety of amino acids, fat and other components Among the three major thermonutrients, pumpkin is a good low-fat food, which mainly contains carbohydrates and low fat content Pumpkin is rich in inorganic salts and trace elements, which play an important role in maintaining body health Pumpkin is also rich in potassium, calcium and magnesium, while the content of sodium is low, and the content of selenium, iron and zinc is rich Pumpkin as a high calcium, high zinc, high iron, low sodium food, especially suitable for the elderly and patients with hypertension, is conducive to the prevention of osteoporosis and hypertension According to the amino acid analysis of pumpkin powder by Huo Xiaoqiong et al, there are 17 kinds of amino acids needed by human body in pumpkin powder, among which lysine, leucine, isoleucine, phenylalanine, threonine and other essential amino acids are higher The content of carotene is 8-20 times that of watermelon, which is the source of vitamin A In addition, pumpkin also contains cucurbitacin, squash seed alkali, soluble fiber and mannitol Pumpkin produces the same amount of heat as wheat and corn, the same amount of protein as bean and watercress, the same amount of vitamin A as tomato, and the same amount of vitamin C as cucumber In compendium of Materia Medica, Li Shizhen put pumpkin and Ganoderma lucidum together, saying that it has the functions of Tonifying the middle, liver, heart, lung and essence It is suitable for those who suffer from chronic disease, deficiency of Qi, weakness of spleen and stomach, shortness of breath and tiredness, little food and abdominal distention, and little edema and urine In recent years, the research also shows that pumpkin has a variety of therapeutic and health functions, especially as a nutritional and health food to prevent diabetes The pumpkin with hypoglycemic function is one of the traditional hypoglycemic foods in China In the 1970s, the application of pumpkin powder in the treatment of diabetes was reported in Japan For many years, many researchers have been committed to the prevention and treatment of diabetes in pumpkin It is suggested that pectin, cyclopropyl amino acids, zinc and chromium (CR) may play a major role in the prevention and treatment of diabetes in pumpkin The chromium content of pumpkin is the first of all kinds of vegetables Cr is one of the essential microelements for human body Trivalent chromium is the active center of glucose tolerance factor (GRP), which can stimulate glucose uptake and help maintain glucose tolerance Chromium deficiency in human body is one of the causes of hypertension, diabetes and coronary heart disease Chromium can not only inhibit the production of malignant tumors in the body, but also promote the release of insulin in the body, so that the insulin secretion of diabetic patients is normal, which is very effective for lowering blood sugar Cyclopropyl amino acid can promote the secretion of insulin, enhance the sensitivity of insulin receptor, activate glucose enzyme, accelerate the conversion of glucose and reduce the concentration of blood glucose In addition, pumpkin is rich in pectin, which can reduce postprandial blood glucose and blood insulin level; at the same time, pectin has a satiety effect, which can improve the hunger of patients, so it can control and assist the treatment of diabetes and its complications, which is the best food treatment for diabetes patients In addition, Zhang Yongjun and others isolated Pumpkin Polysaccharide from pumpkin, and preliminarily determined the hypoglycemic mechanism of pumpkin polysaccharide through animal experiments in mice Clinical trials have proved that patients with diabetes eat 100g pumpkin powder every day After 10 days of examination, the patients have improved in varying degrees, some even recovered At present, pumpkin powder has been regarded as the "killer" of diabetes by experts 2 The function of reducing blood lipid was to extract Pumpkin Polysaccharide from pumpkin The animal experiment showed that pumpkin polysaccharide could significantly reduce TG, TCH and LDL in serum of diabetic mice Serum TG, TCH and LDL are the promoters of atherosclerosis, especially the increase of LDL is the risk factor of myocardial infarction The chemical composition of pumpkin polysaccharide contains a lot of glucuronic acid, and there are many acid genes with negative charge Therefore, it is speculated that pumpkin polysaccharide may have the similar effect of phospholipid, which can clear cholesterol and prevent arteriosclerosis In addition, pumpkin polysaccharide with negative charge under physiological pH can combine with LPL, release it from arterial wall to blood, promote the degradation of chyle granules and VLDL, and prevent cardiovascular diseases such as hypertension The pumpkin contains some alkaloids, cucurbitacin, squash seed alkali and other physiological active substances, which can eliminate and catalyze the decomposition of carcinogenic substance nitrosamine and effectively prevent and treat cancer There are abundant pectin in the pumpkin of detoxification, liver and kidney protection function Pectin has excellent adsorption performance, can bond and effectively eliminate the bacterial toxicity and the influence of heavy metals and radioactive elements in the body, has the effect of anti environmental poison, and has significant effect on patients with peptic ulcer Pumpkin contains potassium salt, water and a small amount of sodium salt, which can enhance the secretory ability It has a good effect on accelerating the dissolution of kidney stone and bladder stone when prostate and liver are inflamed In addition, pumpkin powder also has certain effect on the treatment of hepatitis, cirrhosis, kidney diseases and other diseases, because pumpkin, a kind of yellow green vegetable, contains ingredients that can damage pesticides and nitrite and other harmful substances in food, can help patients with weakened liver and kidney functions, and enhance the regeneration ability of their liver and kidney cells According to recent studies in the Japanese Center for prevention and cancer, eating yellow vegetables such as pumpkin and cauliflower daily can reduce the incidence rate of lung cancer and reduce the mortality of lung cancer There are rich vitamin E and β - carotene in pumpkin Vitamin E has a strong antioxidant effect, can effectively protect the body from the damage of some oxygen free radicals and peroxides, and may have a certain anti-aging effect β - carotene can be transformed into vitamin A (VA) which has important physiological effect on human body VA plays an important role in protecting vision, preventing eye disease, maintaining the health of human epithelial tissue, promoting the growth and development of children, and VA plays an important physiological role in maintaining normal vision and vision, promoting bone development, and anti-cancer and anti-cancer of human body As the source of VA in food, pumpkin food is more economical than animal food (such as liver, egg yolk, etc.) It is reported that among the people who often eat pumpkin, those over 80 can still keep good eyesight and read newspapers without glasses