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Any orange vegetable is a nutrition power house … carrots, sweet potatoes, and pumpkin, and Thanksgiving is a great opportunity to get a huge boost of Vitamin A along with excellent fiber and carbohydrates benefits.

Pumpkin is absolutely loaded with beta-carotene, and antioxidant that is converted to vitamin A in the body. Beta-carotene may reduce risk of cancer and heart disease.

Other nutrients in pumpkin such as lutein, help reduce some effects of aging. Lutein helps reduce the risk of cataracts and macular degeneration.

A few great ways to have pumpkin at Thanksgiving … pumpkin pie of course, pumpkin custard, pumpkin bread.

You can also toast the pumpkin seeds, which is so great for you, but that’s a whole other post!

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