It is another wonderful Sunday, I wish us all a Happy Sunday and also happy new month.
Today I will be sharing with us how to make fluted pumpkin smoothie and also tell us the health benefits of each ingredients used for this lovely smoothie.
INGREDIENTS
Fluted pumpkin leaves, which we also call ugwu leaf.
Scent leaf
Apple
Cucumber
Water
Ginger
Sweetener.
HEALTH BENEFITS OF UGWU LEAF
It lower cholesterol in the body
It is rich in iron and also aids in blood production, in my village if you lack blood they will tell you to find ugwu leafs and squeeze water out of it then drink, so we use it as blood tonic.
According to research, it fight against cancer
It helps to keep diabetes under control.
It is rich in vitamins
HEALTH BENEFITS OF SCENT LEAF
It is used to cure stomach disorder
It is rich in calcium and iron so I can say it lower blood sugar level and also benefits the teeth
It is used as spices for cooking.
Scent leafs cute diabetes in the body, if you know someone with the issue of diabetes tell the person to be chewing scent leaf every morning, it fight against diabetes.
HEALTH BENEFITS OF GINGER
It lowers blood sugar level as well.
It is used for cooking.
It helps to quicken digestion after meal.
It also used in curing infections.
HEALTH BENEFITS OF CUCUMBER
We all know that cucumber is very good in hydrating the body and It increase water level in the body.
It helps in weight loss.
It helps in making the skin glow.
Cucumber also helps in curing sun burn in the eyes.
HEALTH BENEFITS OF APPLE
It is very good for weight loss
It is also rich in fiber and antioxidant
It also prevent the body from obesity that is too much fat in the body
HEALTH BENEFITS OF SWEETENER
- I am using honey for my sweetener and honey is a natural sweetener which help the body to glow and also regulate blood sugar level in the body
- It also helps in reducing cough and sore throat.
- It also helps in healing wound and burns quickly, I remembered a time when the heated part of the motorcycle (silencer) touches my leg and people are rushing to bring all sort of medication but when I got to the hospital the doctor prescribe honey for me to be using on the wound and it heals quickly than I expected.
HOW TO MAKE FLUTED PUMPKIN SMOOTHIE
Firstly wash all you ingredients thoroughly to avoid dirt, after that the next step is to rinse our blender and cut our ingredients into pieces, after that pour the ingredients into the blender and add one cup of water into it then blend until it is smooth, if you like you can add ice into it.
This smoothie helps in reducing fat in the body, it helps fight all the particles containing fat in the body, it is really good for weight loss.
Thank you all for taking your precious time to read through my blog, I am happy to participate in today's #creativesunday.