Pumpkin is a healthy food for autumn and winter. Dishes like pumpkin porridge, stir-fried pumpkin, and pumpkin-based pastries are all delicious. Below, the editor will introduce some of the nutritional values of pumpkin and its food pairing taboos, hoping to be helpful when you consume it.
I. Nutritional Value of Pumpkin
1. Protects gastric mucosa and aids digestion:
The pectin in pumpkin can protect the gastric mucosa from irritation by coarse foods, promote ulcer healing, and is suitable for patients with stomach ailments. The components in pumpkin can promote bile secretion, strengthen gastrointestinal motility, and help digest food.
2. Prevents and treats diabetes, lowers blood sugar:
Pumpkin is rich in cobalt, which activates the body's metabolism, promotes hematopoiesis, and participates in the synthesis of vitamin B12 in the human body. It is an essential trace element for pancreatic islet cells and has a special therapeutic effect on preventing and treating diabetes and lowering blood sugar.
3. Eliminates carcinogens:
Pumpkin can eliminate the mutagenic effect of carcinogenic nitrosamines, has anti-cancer effects, and helps restore liver and kidney function and enhance the regeneration ability of liver and kidney cells.
4. Promotes growth and development:
Pumpkin is rich in zinc, which participates in the synthesis of nucleic acids and proteins in the human body and is an inherent component of adrenal cortical hormones, making it an important substance for human growth and development.
II. Foods Not to Eat Together
1. Pumpkin and Spinach. Pumpkin is rich in vitamin C decomposing enzymes, which will destroy the vitamin C in spinach, while also reducing its own nutritional value.
2. Pumpkin and Sweet Potato. Both are foods that can cause qi stagnation. If not cooked thoroughly, they can cause bloating. If consumed together, they can lead to more severe gastrointestinal bloating, abdominal pain, acid regurgitation, etc.
3. Pumpkin and Lamb. Both are "heaty" foods. Eating them together may cause bloating, constipation, and other ailments. People with infectious diseases and fever symptoms should not eat them to prevent worsening of the condition.
4. Pumpkin and Vinegar. Acetic acid will destroy the nutritional elements in pumpkin, reducing its nutritional value.
5. Pumpkin and Hairtail. Hairtail is rich in high-quality protein, unsaturated fatty acids, and DHA, vitamins A and D, and has effects such as tonifying deficiency, nourishing the liver, and promoting milk production. However, when combined with pumpkin...
6. Pumpkin and Red Dates. Red dates are rich in vitamin C, sweet in taste and warm in nature, and eating too much can easily cause indigestion. Pumpkin is also warm in nature. When consumed together, not only is the vitamin C destroyed, but it can also worsen symptoms such as indigestion.