Pumpkin is a common vegetable in our daily life and is well received by foodies for its sweet and soft taste and high nutrition. But if pumpkin is used as a sugar-lowering food on the table of diabetics, then it is a questionable thing. Because we have to figure out whether consuming pumpkin raises or lowers blood sugar? That’s the question we’re addressing today. Pumpkin has a GI=75, (GI is the glycemic index. It reflects the intensity of food to raise blood sugar compared to glucose, the higher the value, the more likely to raise blood sugar.) It is a food with high GI, representing pumpkin into the gastrointestinal, the carbohydrates contained will be quickly digested, most of which is absorbed, easily leading to an increase in blood concentration. Therefore, generally eat pumpkin blood sugar will increase. Some people believe that pumpkin can lower sugar because pumpkin contains chromium, pumpkin polysaccharide, pumpkin inositol and other active substances to increase the feeling of satiety, can inhibit the rate of increase in blood sugar after meals. However, the GI of pumpkin is as high as 75, and the rate of raising blood sugar is very large base, even if the active substances reduce some of the rate, the blood sugar will still rise in the end. Although pumpkin has a certain role in raising blood sugar, but diabetics can not eat it? Not so, because the pectin in the melon can regulate the efficiency of the absorption of things in the human stomach. That is, the pectin in pumpkin can slow down the absorption of sugar in the stomach. There is also the soluble fiber in pumpkin can delay the emptying of food in the stomach and control the rise of blood sugar after meals. Pectin can combine with excess cholesterol in the body, which can reduce the absorption of cholesterol and lower the concentration of cholesterol in the blood. There is also the factor that has the greatest impact on blood sugar is the total energy produced by all the food consumed daily, and the excess energy intake is more likely to cause the blood sugar to increase. Therefore, diabetics need to control not only the individual sugary foods, but also the overall intake. Therefore, diabetic patients can also eat pumpkin, but need to control the consumption of 100 grams of pumpkin weight on blood sugar is not much.