Are you all Pumpkined out??
Spiced Pumpkin Latte anyone ? Pumpkin soup or loaf? No? Had enough Pumpkin? We love Halloween too but we are always glad when its over and the last of the sugar goodies have been consumed !
We all know Pumpkin fruit is one of the widely grown vegetables incredibly rich in vital antioxidants, and vitamins. Though this humble backyard vegetable is less in calories, nonetheless, it carries vitamin A, and flavonoid poly-phenolic antioxidants such as lutein, xanthin, and carotenes in abundance.
It is one of the very low calorie vegetables. 100 g fruit provides just 26 calories and contains no saturated fats or cholesterol; however, it is rich in dietary fiber, anti-oxidants, minerals, vitamins. The vegetable is one of the food items recommended by dieticians in cholesterol controlling and weight reduction programs.
Pumpkin is a storehouse of many anti-oxidant vitamins such as vitamin-A, vitamin-C and vitamin-E.
It is also an excellent source of many natural poly-phenolic flavonoid compounds such as a, ß carotenes, cryptoxanthin, lutein and zea-xanthin. Carotenes convert into vitamin A inside the body.
Zea-xanthin is a natural anti-oxidant which has UV (ultra-violet) rays filtering actions in the macula lutea in retina of the eyes. Thus, it may offer protection from "age-related macular disease" (ARMD) in the elderly.
The fruit is a good source of B-complex group of vitamins like folates, niacin, vitamin B-6 (pyridoxine), thiamin and pantothenic acid.
It is also rich source of minerals like copper, calcium, potassium and phosphorus.
So Pumpkin is a great vegetable to lead you into a Northern Hemisphere winter to ensure your body is operating at top nutrition! But , are you absolutely sure your instrument is as finely tuned as it needs to be?
Studio Daily Multi Vitmain for Dancers was created to ensure all Dancers have nutritional balance in their diet to perform at their best . After all Nutcracker season is almost upon us !
To make sure you can cope with the extra performances , make sure your body is fueled! Fuel your Dance today !
