Pumpkin seed oil is extracted from the Styrian oil pumpkin and has a thick consistency and a green to dark brown color that results from the shell residues.

Because of its soft shell, it cannot be pressed very well. Fits perfectly with salads and is also used for making marinades like. The pumpkin seed oil is very light sensitive and should be stored cool and dark. With proper storage, keep the oil up to a year, but they should not keep too long in order to ensure optimum flavor. For cooking and frying oil is not suitable.


Word about the cultivation of the gourd, it will weigh up to 10kg and harvested in the autumn, with the nuclei often be obtained even by hand out of the pumpkin. Once the seeds are washed and dried, they are ground and then mixed with water and salt, and a second time and dried at a moderate heat, stirring constantly. The finished cake is then pressed. The pressed cake is then used as cattle feed.

Bladder problems, high blood pressure, elevated blood lipids, hair problems, skin problems, heart and circulatory problems, muscle cramps, kidney weakness, irritable bladder, prostate disease, arteriosclerosis, intervertebral disc disease, enuresis in children.

The oil should be used always cold - just as the valuable nutrients are retained. Even seasoned salads should not be exposed to the sun - is a bitter taste. A good taste is good taste of pumpkin seed oil cannot leave a bitter taste, even after the flesh or fat. A drop sticks on a lettuce leaf and does not dissolve.

Wealth zinc pumpkin seeds and other elements that prevent the conversion of testosterone to dihydrotestosterone, is undoubtedly one reason for the reputation of the effectiveness of large fruit in problems related to the prostate. But there are other favorable factors intervene:

• According to Dr. James Duke of the U.S. Department of Agriculture, pumpkin seeds are rich in amino acids alanine, glycine and glutamic acid.
• A study of 45 men, these amino acids ingested in their purest form has reduced most of the major symptoms of a swelling prostate. For example, the study revealed a reduction in nighttime urination by 95% and reducing the urgency to urinate 81% and the rate of 73%. But a half-cup of pumpkin seed contain five times the amount of amino acids used in the study.
• Another clinical study showed that pumpkin seeds used in conjunction with the Saw palmetto improved symptoms significantly associated with hyperplasia of prostate without side effects.

Note:

All men 50 years and older should take a supplement regular oil pumpkin seed to ensure proper functioning of the prostate.

Toxicity:

There are no known toxicity related to consumption of pumpkin seed.

Determination:

Form extract of pumpkin seed the recommended dose is 100 to 150 mg per day.