Peel pumpkins for a one-year-old baby?

When you give pumpkins to a one-year-old baby, you must peel them. This is because the pumpkin also has pesticide residues, and the dietary fiber on the pumpkin skin is too thick, which will lead to constipation of the baby.

Nutritional value of pumpkin

1. Detoxification:

Contains vitamins and pectin, has good adsorption, can combine and eliminate bacterial toxins and other harmful substances in the body, such as lead, mercury and radioactive elements in heavy metals, and can play a detoxification role;

2. Protect gastric mucosa and help digestion;

Pectin contained in pumpkin can also protect gastric mucosa from the stimulation of coarse grains and promote ulcer healing, which is suitable for patients with gastric diseases. The ingredients contained in pumpkin can promote bile secretion, strengthen gastrointestinal peristalsis and help food digestion;

3. Prevention and treatment of diabetes and lowering blood sugar:

Pumpkin is rich in cobalt, which can activate human metabolism, promote hematopoietic function and participate in the synthesis of vitamin B 12 in human body. It is an essential trace element for human islet cells and has special effects on preventing and treating diabetes and lowering blood sugar.

4. Eliminate carcinogens:

Pumpkin can eliminate the mutation of carcinogen nitrosamine, has anti-cancer effect, and can help the recovery of liver and kidney function and enhance the regeneration ability of liver and kidney cells.

5. Promoting growth and development:

Pumpkin is rich in zinc, which is involved in the synthesis of nucleic acid and protein in human body. It is an inherent component of adrenocortical hormone and an important substance for human growth and development.

Edible effect

Pumpkin is sweet, warm and enters the spleen and stomach;

Can tonify middle energizer, relieve inflammation and pain, detoxify and kill insects, lower blood sugar and quench thirst;

Indications: qi deficiency due to chronic illness, spleen and stomach weakness, shortness of breath, burnout, loose stool's disease, diabetes, ascaris, etc.

Applicable people

The general population can eat it.

1. Especially suitable for obesity and constipation of the elderly;

2. Pumpkins are warm, those with excessive stomach heat, those with full qi stagnation, and those with damp-heat qi stagnation should eat less; People suffering from beriberi, jaundice, qi stagnation and dampness are not suitable for eating.