1, pumpkin is just a common vegetable. Pumpkin is rich in nutrition, soft texture, sweet flavor, especially suitable for middle-aged elderly people to eat. Folk has been circulating a saying that eating pumpkin can lower blood sugar, 2, pumpkin is food not medicine! First of all, pumpkin is rich in dietary fiber, pectin, pumpkin polysaccharides, etc. These substances can slow down the gastric emptying of food, increase the sense of satiety, and slow down the gastrointestinal absorption of sugars and fats, which is conducive to the control of postprandial blood sugar. From this point of view, eating pumpkin in moderation is helpful for diabetics to control blood sugar, but this also does not mean that often eat pumpkin can reduce blood sugar. Must know that pumpkin is food not medicine! 3, why advocate pumpkin can lower blood sugar? Because pumpkin calorie is low, every 100g pumpkin contains only 22 calories, fat content is also very low, is low-fat low calorie food, compared with rice and noodles, the same weight of the pumpkin provides to the body’s energy is a little lower. Compared to other foods his glycemic index is a little lower. But after consumption will still be converted into sugar, converted into energy, still able to raise blood sugar. 4, diabetic patients eat pumpkin how to eat, eat how much? Diabetic patients eating pumpkin is best to use the way of steaming, cooking, less fried, braised or meat stew pumpkin. Eat pumpkin once can not be too much, not more than 200g per day, if the day to eat pumpkin should be equal to reduce the intake of staple food. Many people take pumpkin as a hypoglycemic drug to eat, this is a very dangerous practice. Although the pumpkin is good, but after all is food, do not eat a lot of, more can not replace the hypoglycemic drugs.