One Spoon of Unsalted Pumpkin Seeds
One tablespoon of pumpkin seeds, roasted without salt. It is a small snack. It does not treat blood pressure, the heart, or the prostate, and it does not replace medicine.
Important: this remedy is only a supportive home measure. Keep taking any medicine your doctor has prescribed, monitor your readings, and consult your doctor before adding anything new.
One tablespoon, roasted, and unsalted
Pumpkin seeds are a kitchen snack. Dry-roast a small batch without oil or salt, then measure one tablespoon. That spoon is the whole serving. It is not a blood-pressure medicine, not a heart medicine, and not a prostate treatment, whatever a packet may imply.
Leave them if seeds have troubled your stomach or if you have been told to limit fats. They are hard, so chew them. Small children can choke on them. Keep any prescribed medicine as it is. Chest pain, a sudden severe headache, or breathlessness is a reason to see a doctor, not to eat a second spoon.
Ingredients
- Pumpkin seeds
- A dry pan
- No salt and no oil for this batch
How to prepare
- Dry-roast the seeds on a low flame until they smell nutty. Do not let them smoke.
- Cool them, then measure one tablespoon onto a spoon or into a small katori.
How to use
- Eat that one spoon, chewed, as a snack.
- Do not pour from the tin. The spoon is the measure.
- Keep taking heart or blood-pressure medicine as prescribed.
Helpful habits
- A bitter or burnt smell means that batch is spoiled. Throw it out.
- An airtight tin keeps the rest for other days, still one spoon at a time.
Precautions
- Unsalted. Salted or fried seeds are a different snack.
- One tablespoon is the serving, not a cup.
- This does not treat the heart, blood pressure, or the prostate.
Frequently asked questions
Can I eat a cup to help my blood pressure?
- No. The amount here is one unsalted tablespoon. It is not a blood-pressure treatment.
Should I add salt so they taste better?
- Not on this page. Salt changes the snack. If you want salt, that is ordinary food, not this measure.
Are they a prostate medicine?
- No. They are a spoon of seeds. Prostate symptoms need a doctor, not a larger tin.
