Pumpkin flour is a product that is obtained by cleaning and grinding the seeds of this vegetable. Pumpkin flour is so useful that it is recommended for use by almost everyone.
Benefits and Harms of Pumpkin Flour
The use of pumpkin flour is due to its composition. The chemical composition of wheat and pumpkin flour differs greatly in favor of the latter. Pumpkin flour contains such substances:
- easily digestible vegetable protein;
- arginine;
- vitamin complex, including vitamins A, C, F and group B;
- Mineral substances: zinc, phosphorus, calcium, copper, iron;
- acids: stearic, linolenic, palmitic, oleic;
- vegetable fibers;
- bioflavonoids;
- essential oils.
Due to this composition, pumpkin flour has such properties:
- strengthens the human immune system;
- is the prevention of diabetes, obesity , hypertension;
- has antiparasitic properties;
- improves blood composition, helps fight anemia;
- strengthens the nervous system;
- accelerates the exchange processes;
- positively affects the memory function;
- strengthens the potency.
The harm of pumpkin flour can only be felt by someone who is allergic to pumpkin.
Pumpkin flour for weight loss
Pumpkin seeds help to become not only healthier and younger, but also slimmer. Active substances contained in pumpkin flour, accelerate metabolic processes and lead to the breakdown of fats.
However, it should be borne in mind that the energy value of pumpkin flour is high enough and is about 300 calories per hundred grams of product.
To use pumpkin flour for weight loss, you need to add it to various dishes, sauces and salads, pastries. It will give the dishes a piquant taste and help break down the stored fats. Of course, the use of pumpkin flour should be combined with dietary nutrition.