Can I eat pumpkin after beginning of spring?

Yes, pumpkin is nutritious and can be eaten all year round.

Nutritional value:

1 polysaccharide

Pumpkin polysaccharide is a non-specific immune enhancer, which can improve the immune function, promote the production of cytokines, and play a variety of regulatory functions on the immune system by activating complement.

2. Carotenoids

Carotenoids in pumpkin can be transformed into vitamin A with important physiological functions in vivo, which has important physiological functions for the growth and differentiation of epithelial tissues, maintaining normal vision and promoting the development of bones.

3. Mineral elements

Pumpkin is high in calcium, potassium and sodium, which is especially suitable for middle-aged and elderly people and hypertensive patients, and is conducive to preventing osteoporosis and hypertension. In addition, it also contains phosphorus, magnesium, iron, copper, manganese, chromium, boron and other elements.

4. Amino acids and active protein

Pumpkin contains many kinds of amino acids needed by human body, among which lysine, leucine, isoleucine, phenylalanine and threonine are relatively high. In addition, the genotype of ascorbic acid oxidase in pumpkin is the same as that in tobacco, but its activity is obviously higher than that in tobacco, indicating that the content of immunocompetent protein in pumpkin is higher.

5. Lipid substances

It is found that the lipids in pumpkin seeds have good therapeutic and preventive effects on urinary system diseases and prostatic hyperplasia.

6. Starch

Starch will be converted into glucose after entering the human body, and the starch in pumpkin has certain other nutrients, which can enhance the body's resistance.