1、 Is it cool or hot

Pumpkin is a warm food. It is neither cool nor hot, but a neutral food. Pumpkin is warm and sweet in nature. After eating, it will warm the body and has the effect of Tonifying the liver and restoring vitality. Pumpkin has high nutritional value and is rich in polysaccharides, carotenoids, pectin, mineral elements, amino acids and other nutritional elements. It is of great help to improve human immune ability and disease resistance, and can promote the development of human bone and nervous system. In addition, it contains carotenoids that can be converted into vitamin A in the body, which is good for maintaining normal vision.

2、 Taboo

1. The skin turns yellow. Too much pumpkin will affect the skin color. If you eat too much pumpkin, it contains β- Carotene is deposited in the cuticle of human skin epidermis, and the skin turns yellow.

2. Cause flatulence. Pumpkin is rich in starch, sugar, cellulose and other components, which are easy to cause flatulence. If you eat too much, it is easy for the body to have flatulence or aggravate flatulence.

3. Cause allergy. Pumpkin may become an allergen. After being eaten by some allergic people, they will cause skin redness, diarrhea, indigestion and other allergic symptoms.

4. Promote damp heat. Pumpkin is a warm food. Eating too much will increase the humidity and heat of the body and cause a variety of discomfort symptoms. Especially patients with hot stomach, damp heat and qi stagnation should eat less.