Pumpkin Fruit Can Prevent Diabetes

 

Pumpkins are rich in nutrients such as vitamin C, vitamin A, and fiber, as well as having good taste. Even the pulp and pumpkin seed oil offers health benefits such as lowering blood glucose levels, shrink enlarged prostate and prevent baldness in men.

Pumpkin and pumpkin seed oil contains alkaloids, flavonoids, and 3 types of essential fatty acids, so that the pumpkin has anti-inflammatory, anti-carcinogenic, and anti-diabetic.

One cup of raw pumpkin contains 30 calories, no fat, milligrams of sodium, 8 grams of carbohydrates and one gram of protein. Glycemic load on the size of the pumpkin is 3, so the pumpkin into a good food choice for diabetics.

As reported by NaturalNews, Thursday (10/18/2012), according to research conducted by the East China Normal University in 2007, found that pumpkin successfully promote regeneration of damaged pancreatic cells in diabetic rats.

Pumpkin consumption can lower blood glucose levels in mice by enhancing insulin function. The researchers believe the pumpkin extract may be useful for humans to prevent or treat diabetes.

In 2009, a team of Japanese researchers also found that the pumpkin paste is applied to the group of mice that develop type 2 diabetes by laboratory controls. Pumpkin Pasta considered effectively improve glucose tolerance and insulin resistance.

In addition to the fruit, pumpkin seeds can also be used to extract the oil. Pumpkin seed oil produced from pumpkin seeds raw or roasted. Pumpkin seed oil is rich in essential fatty acids, such as oleic and alpha-linoleic acid.

Linoleic acid contained in pumpkin seed oil can improve brain function and skin elasticity. Oleic acid in pumpkin seed oil lowers bad cholesterol and promote heart health and heart.

Urology International published a study conducted in 2006 on the effects of pumpkin seed oil to male rats who have an enlarged prostate. The study showed that mice treated with pumpkin seed oil alone or in combination with other solutions shrank significantly enlarged prostate.

Pumpkin seed oil also contains healthy fatty acids omega-6 and omega-9, phytosterols, and vitamins E and K. Pumpkin seed oil is also a source of beta-sitosterol, which also inhibits the enzyme that converts testosterone into DHT, which can prevent hair loss in men.

The recommended dosage to get the health benefits of pumpkin seed oil is one teaspoon three times a day or you can also eat a pumpkin or pumpkin seeds from pumpkin seeds are processed naturally without added salt.

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