Gizi Buah Labu

Pumpkin is one of the vegetables that are grown and have a high content of antioxidants and
vitamins for health. Pumpkin has a low content of calories and enriched with vitamins A, poly-
phenolic flavonoid antioxidants such as leutin, xanthin, and carotene. Pumpkin including in fast-
growing plants and enter into the kind of family Cucurbitaceae. Pumpkin is one of the most popular
plants cultivated worldwide, including in Indonesia. Pumpkin varies greatly in shape, size and color.
Generally, the size of the pumpkin is 4-6 kg and capable of achieving the greatest weight is 25 kg. In
general, orange or yellow, some varieties show dark green, brown and gray. The color is influenced
by the yellow-orange pigment in the skin.

Nutritional content Pumpkin

Pumpkin is one of the vegetables are very low in calories. 100 g fruit provides only 26 calories and
contains no saturated fat or cholesterol, but rich in dietary fiber, anti-oxidants, minerals, vitamins.
Pumpkin is one of the vegetables recommended by medical experts to reduce cholesterol and
weight loss badan.Labu is a vegetable that has a lot of anti-oxidant vitamins such as vitamin A,
vitamin C and vitamin E. Pumpkin in 100 grams contains vitamin A top of the family vegetable
Cucurbitaceae containing about 246% of the RDA. Vitamin A is an anti-oxidant powerful and needed
by the body to maintain the integrity of the skin and mucous membranes. It is also an important
vitamin for good visual sight. The study showed that natural foods rich in Vitamin A helps the body
protect against lung and oral cavity cancers. Pumpkin is a vegetable that lack the natural anti-oxidant
that has a UV (ultra violet) rays filtering action in the macula lutea in the eye retina. Thus, it helps
protect against age-related macular disease (ARMD) in the elderly. The content of pumpkin is a good
source of B-complex group of vitamins such as folate, niacin, vitamin B-6 (pyridoxine), thiamin, and
pantotenat.Selain acid it contains minerals like copper, calcium, potassium and phosphorus. Not only
will the pumpkin meat, but the content of pumpkin seeds is an excellent nutritional fiber and
unsaturated fatty acids that are good for heart health. In addition, the seeds are concentrated
sources of protein, minerals and health-benefits of vitamins. For example 100g of pumpkin seeds
provides 559 calories, 30 g protein, 110% RDA of iron, 4987 mg of niacin (31% RDA), selenium (17%
RDA), zinc (71%). Further, pumpkin seeds are good nutrition to keep health, especially the content of
the amino acid tryptophan to brain health.