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These are pumpkin facts.
1. Pumpkins are related to cucumbers, melons. Pumpkins are technically fruits, rather than vegetables.
2. Uncut pumpkins can be stored for up to three months in a dry and cool place.
3. Pumpkins are grown on every continent except Antarctica.
4. The largest pumpkin pie ever baked weighed 3,699 pounds.
5. Every single part of a pumpkin can be eaten.
Yes, you can eat the seeds, leaves, skin, pulp, flowering parts and even the stem.
7. Pumpkin seeds are very nutritional.
Key minerals and nutrients, like protein, zinc magnesium, manganese, copper. The seed also has a decent amount of vitamin C and fiber.
8. Pumpkins are loaded with antioxidants.
Beta-carotene, which gives pumpkins their orange color. After eating beta-carotene the body converts it into vitamin A, this enhances the skin and eyes functions and strengthens the immune system.
9. Pumpkins are good for your hearing!
The high content of potassium in pumpkins
protect against age-related hearing loss as we get old.
10. Pumpkins are 80 – 90% water.
The high water content of pumpkins means they’re good for you while also being low in calories.
11. The world's heaviest pumpkin weighed over 1 ton.
It was grown in Belgium!
12. The female flower only opens for a day for pollination.
Female flowers are only receptive to pollen for 4-5 hours. If pollination is successful in this opening, the pumpkin will continue to develop. But If it is not, it will shrivel and fall from the vine.
13. Pumpkin has been around for about 5,000 years.
14. There are more than 45 different varieties of pumpkin.
15. Pumpkins have natural healing power for the human skin.
Cut a strip of Pumpkin place it over the wound and the healing process starts to speed up naturally.
Nutritional facts about pumpkins
Pumpkin is not just delicious but also nutritious and has many health benefits. Below is a recorded list of the nutrients of one cup of cooked Pumpkin. (About 250 grams) Calories: 49 Fat: 0.2 grams Protein: 2 grams Carbs: 12 grams Fiber: 3 grams Vitamin A: 245% of the Reference Daily Intake (RDI) Vitamin C: 19% Potassium: 16% Copper: 11% Manganese: 11% Vitamin B2: 11% Vitamin E: 10% Iron: 8% Pumpkin also has a small amounts of magnesium, phosphorus, zinc, folate and alot of B vitamins. Pumpkin also low in calories, as it’s 94% water.
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