2. They contain the antioxidant Beta-Carotene.
Beta-carotene not only gives pumpkins their bright color, it’s also “a powerful antioxidant that, according to the National Cancer Institute, has a role in fighting cancer,” states White. Your body is full of free radicals, which damage cells and may play a role in the development of cancer. That’s bad. “Pumpkin is full of antioxidants that are great at fighting free radicals,” says White. That’s good.
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