30 FOODS FOR BETTER BODY (4)<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n SQUASH<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n The two main categories of squash are winter squash and summer squash.<\/p>\n Winter squash turns out to be the primary food source of alpha-carotene and beta-carotene in the entire diet! For lutein, zeaxanthin, and beta-cryptoxanthin (three other health-supportive carotenoids) winter squash also comes out among the top three food sources in several studies. winter squash exert a protective effect against many cancers, esp lung cancer. Diets that are rich in carotenes (especially<\/p>\n pumpkins) offer protection against cancer, heart disease, and type 2 diabetes. The winter squash group includes pumpkin, acorn, butternut, and spaghetti squash. Winter squash, like other richly colored<\/p>\n vegetables, provide an excellent source of carotenes. Studies have also shown that pumpkin seeds are helpful in reducing symptoms of benign prostatic hyperplasia (BPH). They also offer a very good source of pantothenic acid, fiber, and potassium. Winter squash are also a good source of vitamin B6 and niacin. content. They protect against dehydration and the carotenes help to protect against<\/p>\n the damaging effects of the sun. They are low in calories and rich in potassium, vitamin c and high water content. Summer varieties, such as those with thin, edible skins and soft seeds, include chayote, yellow crookneck, and zucchini.<\/p>\n Total benefits include, they are good for weight loss, nutrition rich, good for health, good for eyes (fight against cataracts), good for preventing cancer (anti-oxidant) and fight against heart disease. One cup of squash weekly twice recommended for preventing heart attacks and cutting down your cholesterol intake.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" SANGEETHA 30 FOODS FOR BETTER BODY (4) SQUASH The two main categories of squash…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":158,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[707],"tags":[755],"class_list":["post-22364","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-english","tag-sangeetha"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","featured_image_urls":{"full":"","thumbnail":"","medium":"","medium_large":"","large":"","1536x1536":"","2048x2048":"","covernews-featured":"","covernews-medium":""},"author_info":{"display_name":"\u0b9a\u0b99\u0bcd\u0b95\u0bc0\u0ba4\u0bbe \u0b9a\u0bc6\u0ba8\u0bcd\u0ba4\u0bbf\u0bb2\u0bcd\u0b95\u0bc1\u0bae\u0bbe\u0bb0\u0bcd","author_link":"https:\/\/www.vallamai.com\/?author=158"},"category_info":"English<\/a>","tag_info":"English","comment_count":"0","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vallamai.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22364","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vallamai.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vallamai.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vallamai.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/158"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vallamai.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=22364"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.vallamai.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22364\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vallamai.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=22364"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vallamai.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=22364"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vallamai.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=22364"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}![\"\"](\"http:\/\/hwfceducation.files.wordpress.com\/2010\/10\/squash.jpg\")
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Summer squash are especially beneficial during the summer months due to their higher water<\/p>\n