What, Eat Pumpkins? An abundance of tasty autumn vegetables makes it easy to reap the benefits of a plant-based diet, such as diabetes prevention, hypertension control, heart health and more.

Pumpkins are good for more than just carving—they’re jam-packed with immune-boosting vitamin A, are low-cal and low-carb, and can be roasted, mashed, turned into a soup, or used in baking.

Here’s how nutritionists love to use pumpkin puree. And plenty of other autumn veggies can also add a healthy bump to your diet, like fiber-filled beets, vitamin C-packed hearty Brussels sprouts, and potassium-rich sweet potatoes. “Fall is a great to time to get all these new vegetables so you can be smart about the way you change seasons,” says Shanna Levine, MD, a primary care physician and clinical instructor of medicine at Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai in New York City.

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Source: Reader’s Digest