In our time there are a huge number of varieties of pumpkins, there are perennial species, decorative, and even those that can not be eaten. Today we will talk about the most ordinary pumpkin, it also has about a hundred relatives. Many varieties of pumpkin are used for food, also they make very tasty and healthy juice.
What is in the composition of pumpkin juice
At present, it is no longer a secret for anyone that vegetable juices are a structured fluid that has a beneficial effect on the body. A common pumpkin is also no exception, it is 90% of the liquid consists of this liquid, so it can greatly benefit your health. Pumpkin juice is rich in carotene, mineral salts, fats, proteins, and vitamins A, B, E, and K. are also present in the juice. The unique juice of pumpkin makes it contain vitamin K. This vitamin normalizes blood coagulability and is contained only in pumpkin, in other vegetables, it practically does not occur.
The most valuable ingredient in pumpkin juice is pectin. It plays an important role in the metabolism. Pectin reduces the concentration of cholesterol in the blood, normalizes the work of the intestine, normalizes the peripheral circulation. Pumpkin juice has the ability to purify our body of various harmful substances: pesticides, toxins, and even radioactive elements.
Properties of pumpkin juice
Contained in pumpkin juice Vitami A and E fight wrinkles and help to maintain youth, vitamin B keeps healthy fingernails and hair, and also helps to get rid of stress. Another pumpkin juice is useful for people who suffer from cardiovascular diseases. Pumpkin juice gives the body energy and strength, fighting colds. Even insomnia can be defeated with the help of pumpkin juice.
Since pumpkin juice is a valuable dietary product, it should be given to children. Gastroenterologist and nutritionist will certainly give recommendations on the benefits of pumpkin juice and tell about the daily intake of its consumption, but on average the juice should be drunk in an amount of 2-3 glasses per day.
Norm of the use of pumpkin juice
People who are in good health are recommended to drink a glass of pumpkin juice 30 minutes before a meal as a preventive measure. To improve the taste of pumpkin juice, it can add apple or carrot juice. You can also add lemon juice. Such a mixture will give your body all the necessary vitamins and minerals that will bring a lot of benefit to the human body.
With some diseases, juice intake should be increased to three times a day. The course of drinking juice for at least 10 days, at a time should drink at least 100 ml.
What kind of problems can pumpkin juice help?
Those who suffer from insomnia, will help to fall asleep half a glass of pumpkin juice with honey. Pumpkin has the ability to normalize work in the body, resulting in a person quickly falling asleep.
With urolithiasis juice should be consumed 100ml. 3 times a day for 10 days. Be sure to consult with your doctor. The course of pumpkin juice can be repeated after 14 days.
With obesity, you need to expand the diet at the expense of fruits and vegetables, while doing unloading days, using only pumpkin juice. To achieve a noticeable result, fasting days should be carried out 3 times a week. It is advisable to stop eating after 6 pm.
Those who suffer from diabetes can regularly eat pumpkin juice, after a constant intake it is necessary to donate blood for the analysis of sugar in the blood.
Traditional medicine advises men with prostate disease to drink every day a glass of pumpkin juice for three weeks.
Pumpkin juice is applied externally when curing acne, burns, eczema, acne.
Pumpkin juice in cosmetics
The recipe for a nutritious mask from pumpkin juice: Stir: 3 tablespoons of pumpkin, 1 egg yolk and 1 tsp. honey, put on the skin of the face and hold for 10-15 minutes, after which everything is washed off.
Tonic for all skin types: A thin layer of cotton wool or a gauze dressing, folded in several layers, soak the pumpkin juice and apply to the face. Keep the gauze bandage with this compound for 15-20 minutes. Then rinse your face with cool water. This procedure should be repeated three times a week. It is desirable to conduct 20 such procedures.
The recipe for cooking pumpkin juice
Take a cleaned pumpkin in the amount of 500 grams, a whole lemon and 100 grams of sugar. Pumpkin should be grated on a fine grater, sugar boil in 1 liter of water. Add in the boiling water with sugar the mashed pumpkin and squeeze into this mixture the juice from the lemon. Allow to cool slightly and mix with a mixer. Keep juice in the refrigerator for no more than a day.
Freshly Squeezed Pumpkin Juice
For freshly squeezed juice you need to take a young pumpkin. Cut and clean the pumpkin and pass through the juicer, or squeeze it through the cheesecloth. Use oil cake for face masks.
It is best to squeeze the juice just before the reception, as it quickly loses its useful properties.
Prepared by both prescription juice is preferably taken in the morning 30 minutes before breakfast.
Contra-indications of pumpkin juice
Pumpkin juice is contraindicated in people with low acidity, prone to diarrhea and disorders of the gastrointestinal tract. It should be noted that juice is a strong laxative, so it can cause an aggravation of these diseases.