Most people are familiar with folic acid, women have to take a tablet of folic acid every day when they are pregnant, everyone's cognition of folic acid almost stays at this step, knowing that folic acid can prevent neural tube malformations, in fact, there are many roles of folic acid, and the people who take folic acid are not only pregnant women.
Some elderly people will also take folic acid every day under the advice of their doctors, and many people don't understand why they should take folic acid at first.
Folic acid is a water-soluble vitamin, also known as vitamin B9, which was first found in the leaves of spinach, so it is called folic acid. Folic acid is fully involved in every step of the body's metabolism, and its main active substance is tetrahydrofolate.
In addition to preventing neural tube defects, it has a certain effect on the growth and development of cells, and ensures the normal development of the fetus.
Folic acid is an essential vitamin for the human body, which is not only the guardian saint of the fetus, but also the guardian saint of life.
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Don't miss out on "natural folic acid".
So what are we going to eat to supplement folic acid? The answer is pumpkin!
Don't look at pumpkin is unpretentious, every 100 grams of pumpkin contains 269 micrograms of folic acid, and apples contain only 6.3 micrograms per 100 grams, which is 42 times that of apples, so pumpkin is called a longevity dish.
Pumpkin polysaccharides, rich in potassium and magnesium, help promote cell growth, stimulate and improve the body's immunity, especially suitable for the season when it is easy to cause colds and coughs.
There are often discounts in the supermarket, almost as long as 5 cents ~ 1 yuan / catty!
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Pumpkin is a spleen-strengthening melon
According to the five colors into the five organs, yellow food can be used to replenish the spleen and stomach. Pumpkin is a representative of sweet food and a typical yellow food, known as "spleen melon"!
You may be surprised to say it, pumpkin is divided into 13~30 varieties, and it may be the most diverse vegetable. During the holidays, my spleen and stomach were injured, so it was just right to have some pumpkin.
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Pumpkins are eye melons
Pumpkin is rich in β-carotene. After β-carotene enters the human body, it can be converted into vitamin A, which has an eye-protective effect.
Eat pumpkin in moderation, especially for people who often watch dramas during the Chinese New Year and work on the computer every day after starting work.
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Pumpkins are laxative melons
Pumpkin rind is rich in dietary fibers such as pectin. Moderate consumption can not only moisten the intestines and laxative, but also improve the body's digestion and absorption.
Pumpkin seeds are rich in unsaturated fatty acids, which can reduce the risk of cardiovascular and cerebrovascular diseases such as arteriosclerosis
The next time you eat pumpkin, it's best to keep the pumpkin seeds and pumpkin skin.
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Pumpkins are beauty melons
What's more worth mentioning is that pumpkin has a water content of up to 93.5%, and the calorie is low, only 23 kcal/100 grams, and the pumpkin rich in a lot of water can moisturize the skin!
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Pumpkin diet therapy
Golden pumpkin soup
Ingredients: Pumpkin, pure milk as needed.
Method: Peel and steam the pumpkin, press it into pumpkin puree, add an appropriate amount of fresh milk and stir well.
Efficacy: Strengthens the spleen and stomach, promotes blood circulation.
Pumpkin millet porridge
Ingredients: 300 grams of pumpkin, 100 grams of millet.
Method: Wash the pumpkin, peel and remove the pulp, then cut it into small pieces, and wash the millet. Put the pot on the fire, add an appropriate amount of water to boil, put in millet and pumpkin pieces, boil over high heat, turn to low heat and cook until the millet is soft and the pumpkin is ripe.
Efficacy: Nourishing the body and invigorating the spleen and stomach.