Pumpkin

October 14, 2010 at 2:00 pm · Filed under Health, Health Supplements, Healthy Living, Nutrition, Women Business Owner ·Tagged , , , ,

With Fall upon us, ‘tis the season for pumpkins! My family loves this time of year and we have pumpkins of all sizes around the house. My kids paint the little ones and then we carve larger ones with fun faces.  We also eat pumpkin in many different ways! There’s pumpkin bread, pumpkin muffins, and of course, pumpkin pie. I also found some yummy looking recipes for pumpkin ice cream and pumpkin pancakes! A lot of us treasure this season just so we can eat that delicious stuff, but did you know all of the wonderful things pumpkin can do for your body? Pumpkins taste great and are a great source of fiber, vitamins C and E, and potassium. They are also chock full of caratenoid pigments like alpha-carotene, along with beta carotene and lutein. There are many benefits pumpkin provides, such as cholesterol lowering, bone health, kidney stone prevention, anti-inflammatory benefits, and anti-oxidative properties. Pumpkin seeds have many health benefits too, some of which include a good source of protein, zinc, and other vitamins, and are even said to lower cholesterol. One gram of pumpkin seed protein contains as much tryptophan as a full glass of milk. Pumpkin seed oil contains fatty acids that help maintain healthy blood vessels and nerves, and are loaded with essential fatty acids that help to maintain healthy blood vessels, nerves and tissues.

Perhaps the most noteworthy of the benefits of pumpkin are specific to prostate health.  Benign Prostatic Hypertrophy (BPH), which involves an enlarged prostate, commonly affects men over the age of 50. The components in pumpkin seed oil interrupt the chain of events that cause the enlargement, and provide potential prostate benefits. The carotenoids and omega-3 fats found in pumpkin seeds are also being studied for their potential prostate benefits, as men with higher quantities of carotenoids in their diet are less prone to suffer from BPH.

 

Men can get a daily pumpkin fix with the Vita Nutritionals® products Superior Wellness for Men and Daily Prostate! And women can eat all the pumpkin dishes this season and know you’re getting some healthy stuff too!

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