Nutritionist Olga Perevalova said that, despite the benefits of pumpkin, people with exacerbations should not eat it.
Pumpkin is good for the eyes and kosha due to its highlevels of carotenoids, pumpkin seeds have anthelmintic properties. But with an exacerbation of gastritis, colitis, peptic ulcer, pancreatitis, as well as with poisoning, it is impossible to eat the fetus. Also, the product is effective for detoxifying the body.
Perevalova warned that people with a weakbowel pumpkin can provoke diarrhea. According to the doctor, problems with bile secretion may begin, because the pumpkin has a choleretic effect. At the same time, if a person suffers from constipation, pumpkin should be eaten to improve intestinal motility.
“As a rule, in these cases, not only pumpkinundesirable, but generally any vegetables. They contain coarse fiber, which, passing through the gastrointestinal tract, can, so to speak, peel the mucous membrane, peel off the mucous membrane, which is already inflamed, and thereby worsen the patient's condition, ”the doctor said about contraindications to the use of pumpkin.
The doctor said that a healthy person can eat 200-300 grams of pumpkin per day.
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