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Per Britannica, pumpkin is technically a type of berry called a pepo, which is a fruit that has a hard outer layer and no dividing chambers. (And for the record, squash is also technically a fruit.)
Whether or not you eat them on a daily basis, there's no denying that many people in the world absolutely love eating pumpkin These are the most amazing and unbelievable health benefits of pumpkin ...
A pumpkin seed, also known as a pepita (from the Mexican Spanish: pepita de calabaza, 'little seed of squash'), is the edible seed of a pumpkin or certain other cultivars of squash. The seeds are typically flat and oval with one axis of symmetry, have a white outer husk , and are light green after the husk is removed.
Seed cycling is the rotation of different edible seeds into the diet at different times in the menstrual cycle. [1] Practitioners believe that since some seeds promote estrogen production, and others promote progesterone production, that eating these seeds in the correct parts of the menstrual cycle will balance the hormonal rhythm. [2] [3]
Spoiler: Too many pumpkin seeds haunted my gut after the fact. ... 14 grams of total fat. 2.4 grams of saturated fat. 4 grams of carbohydrates. 2 grams of dietary fiber.
Flax seed and other oilseeds contained the highest total phytoestrogen content, followed by soybeans and tofu. [24] The highest concentrations of isoflavones are found in soybeans and soybean products followed by legumes, whereas lignans are the primary source of phytoestrogens found in nuts and oilseeds (e.g. flax) and also found in cereals ...
While it has received considerable media attention purporting impact on weight loss, the evidence for Garcinia cambogia supports no clear effect, [4] [5] [14] [15] while gastrointestinal adverse events were two-fold more common over the placebo in a 2011 meta-analysis, indicating the extract may be unsafe for human consumption.
Bob Wood, R.Ph., lists the symptoms of estrogen dominance as "fibrocystic and tender breasts, heavy menstrual bleeding, irregular menstrual cycles, mood swings, vasomotor symptoms, weight gain and uterine fibroids" and believes that testing and "balancing hormones is of benefit to women of all ages". [7]