Pumpkin is not a staple food.
Pumpkin is not a staple food. Staple foods include cereals and potatoes, including the traditional refined rice, refined flour, and mixed grains and beans; potatoes include potatoes, sweet potatoes, purple potatoes and other foods. These foods are staple foods that provide the body with carbohydrates and other nutrients.
Pumpkin belongs to the root vegetables, each 100 grams of pumpkin contains 23 calories, of which 5.3 grams of carbohydrates, 0.7 grams of protein, 0.1 grams of fat, vitamin A148 micrograms, niacin 0.4 mg, potassium 145 mg, calcium 16 mg.
Moderate consumption of pumpkin can provide the body with more water, some energy and other minerals and vitamins. The carbohydrate content of pumpkin is not high, so it can not provide enough energy for the body like staple food, and should not be consumed as a staple food.
Life can be moderate consumption of pumpkin, but should not be overconsumption, otherwise it is easy to lead to excessive intake of vitamin A, β – large carotene, causing skin yellowing, but also easy to lead to indigestion, affecting the intake of other nutrients.