After
reading the Pumpkin blog yesterday, my friend Sunita said why haven’t you
mentioned the health benefits of pumpkin. So I did my research and here are …
Pumpkin nutrition
facts
Pumpkin
is one of the widely grown vegetables that is incredibly rich in vital
antioxidants, and vitamins. This humble backyard low calorie vegetable contains
vitamin A, flavonoid poly-phenolic antioxidants such as leutin, xanthin, and
carotenes in abundance.
Specifically:
Pumpkin
keeps eyesight sharp – rich in carotenoids
Aids
in weight loss – rich fibre content at very low calorie
The
free radicals of the carotenoids protects the skin
Potassium
rich pumpkin helps after a workout
Pumpkin
is very rich in vitamin C and boosts the immune system
Check out what Huffington Post has to say about pumpkin...
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