There are numerous varieties of pumpkin, with different shapes and colors. Most have orange pulp, firm and at the same time very juicy. Inside are its seeds, which are delicious and nutritiousboth fresh and dried. The shell is thick and allows it to be preserved and eaten almost all year round.

Pumpkin provides essential vitamins and minerals without providing hardly any calories. It is especially rich in the antioxidant beta carotenewhich is converted to vitamin A as the body needs it. It also contains significant amounts of vitamins C and E, both antioxidants, whose action is reinforced by lycopene, the same pigment that gives tomato its color.

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Pumpkin gives your health a boost

Due to its nutritional composition, pumpkin is advisable at all stages of life, especially during childhood. Its sweet flavor is liked by children, but does not provide too much sugar. In fact, diabetics can consume it.

In general, it especially contributes to the good condition of the skin and eyes, and the nervous and digestive systems. Natural medicine recommends it to correct night blindness and photophobia, to prevent and treat skin conditions. cardiovascular system, such as high cholesterol or hypertension. It is also indicated to strengthen the immune system in its fight against pathogenic bacteria and viruses.

How do you prepare raw pumpkin?

There are many traditional recipes: cakes, stews, soups, etc. But the live feeding It offers you other possibilities that will surprise you.

• Grated: yes, like a carrot. Although it may seem strange, pumpkin can be consumed raw. Grated it can become another ingredient in a salad, for example.
• In juice: You can pass it through a juice extractor and obtain the juicy sweet liquid that you can drink alone or combine it with apple, carrot, celery, beet or green leaves, among other possibilities. Experiment.
• Gazpacho: Puree the pumpkin together with lemon, olive oil, apple, salt, pepper, turmeric and water for a delicious fresh soup. I recommend it to you. It is one of my Spiritual Chef recipes, the essential foods of the soul (Ed. Urano).
• Powdered: Dry it in the dehydrator or in the oven at the lowest temperature, then reduce it to powder and use it as a sweet condiment or decoration.
• In a sweet cream: Prepare a cream of soaked cashews, mix it with grated pumpkin, sugar and coconut oil, a little vegetable milk and blend. It is a spectacular cream: try arranging it on a base of almonds and crushed dates.