Each 100g of pumpkin contains 23 calories, which is a low-energy food. Eating steamed pumpkin every day, instead of some staple foods, usually does not make people fat. Pumpkin contains minerals, vitamins, dietary fiber and phytochemicals, such as pumpkin polysaccharides, carotenoids and other nutrients, which have the ability to promote digestion and enhance satiety, replacing part of the staple food helps to lose weight. The pectin and fiber in pumpkin help prolong the time of gastric emptying, slow down the absorption of sugar and reduce fat production, which has a certain effect of promoting weight loss, and also helps prevent and relieve constipation. At the same time, pectin and fiber can also adsorb harmful substances and microorganisms in the gastrointestinal tract, playing a detoxifying effect. In addition, steamed food can retain more nutrients and be more easily absorbed by the body than fried, cooked, or seasoned with salt, sugar, soy sauce, etc., which is also healthier. However, it should be noted that although pumpkin has a high nutritional value and helps in weight loss, it is not recommended to rely solely on eating pumpkin to lose weight, you need to achieve a balanced diet, with reasonable exercise to achieve the purpose of healthy weight loss, to avoid causing malnutrition, hypoglycemia and other adverse reactions. People who want to lose weight, first of all, need to quit fried, spicy, sweet and greasy diet, increase the intake of fresh vegetables, fruits, coarse grains, as well as to ensure quality protein intake, while increasing exercise, you can choose to jog, play badminton, swimming, etc., so that energy intake is less than energy consumption, which helps healthy weight loss.