Today, the popularity of the seeds before increased, that many are grown in their suburban areas pumpkins not to produce pulp and because of the useful seeds. What are the benefits of pumpkin seeds, and whom this product is contraindicated? Let us examine these questions in this article.
What's inside?
To find out what is the use of this product, and what - harm, you need to understand that a secret seed. One of the first in the list of home health recipes, beauty and youth today are pumpkin seeds - benefits and harms are discussed. This is what is present in a unique natural composition:
- B vitamins;
- high content of vitamins A, D, E and K;
- vegetable protein;
- minerals: zinc, manganese, sodium, calcium, iron, potassium;
- high fat content, and with essential and non-essential amino acids with them.
The pumpkin seeds are useful and they help to deal with any illness. This unique composition of the product makes it a natural leader in therapeutic agents against a large number of diseases. Treatment of pumpkin seeds used in the popular recipes in the fight against intestinal parasites, an important role they play in the fight for men's health, helping to lower blood sugar levels are a good diuretic, have laxative properties.
How useful pumpkin seeds
Pumpkin seeds - source of natural vitamins and minerals that strengthen the blood vessels, arteries. The use of the product has a beneficial effect on brain function, memory, concentration.
Regular intake seed cleans the body of toxins and noxious elements (cadmium, lead), a positive effect on the potency, lowers blood glucose. Seeds raise hemoglobin and reduce the risk of anemia, improve the activity of the heart muscle.
Benefits of pumpkin seeds for health:
- Help with nausea, toxemia;
- Stabilization of blood pressure;
- Getting rid the body of the parasite;
- Normalization of the digestive functions;
- Prevention of osteoporosis;
- Rejuvenation of the body;
- Positive impact on the work of the prostate gland;
- Purification of the organism from harmful metals, slags;
- Due to the diuretic and choleretic properties, the seeds are used in the treatment of liver diseases;
- Help in dealing with stress, depression, neurotic;
- As an external compress the seeds is used as a healing agent for burns;
- Is a preventive measure, prevents the development of cancer.
Proper use of seeds helps to normalize the blood, tone the blood vessels, clean the skin from acne and inflammation. Systematic use of the product leads to lower cholesterol, enhance immunity, eliminate flatulence.
Methods of treatment using pumpkin seed
An extensive set of useful substances in the product, can be used pumpkin seeds for a wide range of health problems.
- Bronchitis and asthma. The use of pumpkin seed would be useful due to the high magnesium content. should eat 20 non-fried kernels daily to normalization of lung and bronchial functions.
- Pancreatitis. Take 1 part of seeds and 5 parts of honey. Peeled raw seeds are crushed in a mortar and thoroughly mixed with honey. Medication Take 1 tbsp 15 minutes before meals
- Kidney inflammation. One tablespoon raw peeled seeds filled cup of boiling water and brought to a boil in an enamel pot. Infused for half an hour and filtered. Broth consume 2-3 cups per day, always fresh every time.
- Constipation. One teaspoon crushed nuclei boiled water and infused for 30 minutes. Taken 3-4 times a day in small portions. In chronic constipation recommended daily consumption of raw seeds, at least a few pieces.
- Cleansing the blood. Five glasses cleaned seeds are ground in a mortar and poured into 0.5 L glass vessel brew, there is added to the juice of one lemon. The mixture was infused for 3 weeks in a dark room, it must be periodically shaken. After infusion means filter and take 1 tbsp three times a day for 30 minutes before eating. The treatment lasts until the end in the means. The year can be carried out not more than 1 year.
A huge healing power inherent in pumpkin seeds, benefits and harms that can occur depending on the method of their use. The man himself makes a choice - using them as a salty snack with beer, thereby destroying their health, either in healthy dishes from the diet of healthy eating. When used in fresh form, or with minimal heat treatment, this product not only heal and cleanse the body, but also to give beauty and prolong your youth.
Pumpkin seeds from worms
Small pumpkin seeds contain cucurbitin - a substance adversely affecting the worms. Cucurbitin not only stops the reproduction and growth of pests but also removes them from the body.
For treatment use 125 pieces. raw seeds and 5 teaspoons of castor oil. This volume should be divided into 5 receptions and take throughout the day. First, the seeds are eaten, and after 30-40 minutes was adopted 1 h. l. oil.
It should be taken into account - cucurbitin substance is not in itself the seeds, and thin greenish shell between the shell and the core. For the treatment of change of can not fry.
Benefits for women
They are very useful for health, and to preserve our beauty. The main thing - to be wise. For me personally, there is such a demand for them, I can eat a couple of handfuls and sometimes look at them I can not. Fair. So listen to your body.
Benefits for Men
For the prevention of prostatitis and to preserve the male power to eat every day for about 60 grains of raw, not roasted pumpkin seeds
Harm pumpkin seeds and contraindications
Pumpkin seeds are so good for both children and adults. They can and should be included in the diet and for pregnant women. So it is not necessary to speak about the dangers. The only thing we need to know about is the high caloric content. Therefore, those who care about the figure, do not eat the seeds of more than 60 grams a day. But the flesh of the pumpkin you can afford no such restrictions.
Also I need to remind everyone, perhaps, about the fact that the best seeds to clean hands, so as not to damage the tooth enamel. Frequent luzganie seeds can harm our teeth, until the appearance of tartar.
Use and possession
Pumpkin seeds are preferable to use dried. they can fried and tasty, but if we talk about the beneficial substances, their levels in roasted seeds is reduced by almost 50%. So be sure to pay attention to when buying it. Unless, of course, want to get the benefit, not just regale delicious product.
- Pay attention to the smell. If the seeds are musty, unpleasant odor or the smell of rottenness, it is best not to buy this product. You benefit from it are unlikely to get.
- When buying seeds, try try. If they taste bitter, then this product is also not suitable for human consumption.
The seeds can be cooked himself. After all, pumpkin pulp is also very useful. Therefore, try to buy a whole pumpkin, cut it, choose the seeds and dry them on a baking sheet or some other flat object. Pre Cover the paper this item. When the seeds reach, so to speak to the necessary standard, they should be collected and placed in a glass container. It is possible and in fabric bags. Not in plastic. Under such conditions, this product will not be stored for a long time.
Is it possible to fry?
The possibility of applying heat treatment depends on the intended use of seeds. If they are added to foods as a condiment, the heat treatment (roasting) enhance the taste. If the seeds are needed for treatment and rehabilitation, they are best eaten raw. That full amount of nutrients stored in such of dried beans.
When a heat treatment above 45 ° C lost 50% of biologically active components.
Pumpkin - one of the most useful plants on Earth. It benefits the individual fruits, seeds, flowers, leaves. seed treatment - one of the most affordable and effective natural healing methods.
