“The Health Benefits of Pumpkin Seeds for Managing Blood Glucose”

REPUBLIKA.CO.ID, JAKARTA — Many foods can help maintain blood glucose, including pumpkin seeds. Pumpkin seeds is known to offer more benefits than just a spicy taste.

Pumpkin seeds have many health benefits, from magnesium to fiber. According to a health expert from Dr. Fox Online Pharmacy, Dr. Deborah Lee, pumpkin seeds can lower blood sugar levels by up to 35 percent.

Twenty eight grams pumpkin seeds can provide 40 percent of the recommended daily intake of magnesium. Later, this can affect the decrease in glucose.

“Increasing magnesium intake can increase insulin sensitivity. That is, increase the response to the glucose-lowering effect of insulin. It also helps reduce insulin resistance, which means it reduces the inability of cells to respond to insulin,” said Lee, reported by Antara. ExpressThursday (18/5/2023).

Another ingredient that plays an important role in blood glucose metabolism is zinc (zinc). Zinc is essential for insulin synthesis. Zinc is also known to bind itself to insulin receptors and activate the insulin pathway.

Apart from that, pumpkin seeds are also a good source of unsaturated oils with glucose-lowering properties. They are packed with dietary fiber which is known to keep blood sugar under control.

“The presence of fiber in the intestine slows down the rate of stomach emptying, delaying absorption of glucose over a longer period of time,” says Lee.