Eat More Pumpkins...

[Cajunboy47]

http://www.nutraingredients-usa.com/news/ng.asp?n=78023-pumpkin-diabetes-antioxidants

Not proven in humans, but it has been tested in rats.....

However, in China, Herbal Medicine Doctors have been advising patients for years to include pumpkins and pumpkin seeds in their diets.... It just came to my attention today that pumpkins are good for diabetes control. I had to look it up of course, and the above link has an article on the matter...

I would say it couldn't hurt to "eat more pumpkins". Unless of course one would find it increases their BG. It isn't a regular part of my diet, but I'm probably eating pumpkin 3 times a month and pumpkin seeds are everywhere in China and I find myself snacking on them about once a week....

[RobLL]

I make a pumpkin cheese cake, two cups of pumpkin to 8 oz of cream cheese, and of course other ingredients.

[Rose1942]

If you Google using the keywords diabetes + pumpkin, you get a slew of references to Chinese pumpkin extract. They used an Asian variety of pumpkin, not the orange one we grow here in the west.

However, you also get this, showing that the glycemic index of pumpkin is rather high. http://www.carbs-information.com/glycemic-index-vegetables/pumpkin-gi.htm

[eddiemcm]

Pumpkins?You gotta be kidding.
I would prefer animal fesces.
Just a matter of personal preference,of course.
Eddie

[Nancy LC]

If you Google using the keywords diabetes + pumpkin, you get a slew of references to Chinese pumpkin extract. They used an Asian variety of pumpkin, not the orange one we grow here in the west.

However, you also get this, showing that the glycemic index of pumpkin is rather high. http://www.carbs-information.com/glycemic-index-vegetables/pumpkin-gi.htm
There's something wrong with that... perhaps they used pumpkin pie filling instead of plain old pumpkin.

http://www.nutritiondata.com/facts-C00001-01c20fy.html
Plain old canned pumpkin
Pumpkin -- 1 Cup
Glycemic Load: 6
Carbs: 20
Fiber: 7

Pumpkin Pie Filling -- 1 Cup
Glycemic Load: 20
Carbs: 71
Fiber: 22 (huh?)

[Korban]

Pumpkins?You gotta be kidding.
I would prefer animal fesces.
Just a matter of personal preference,of course.
Eddie
...but you can't make Jack-O-Lanterns out of animal feces...

/smile

[eddiemcm]

"...but you can't make Jack-O-Lanterns out of animal feces..."
If the fesces are shapeable enough and somewhat hard...
Eddie

[Wifezilla]

What...you never heard of Litter Critters???
http://www.bestviral.com/video/6519/snl_litter_critters

[Korban]

What...you never heard of Litter Critters???
http://www.bestviral.com/video/6519/snl_litter_critters
I think my Mother sheltered me, thank God...

/smile

[Cajunboy47]

Animal feces still contain 50% of the original food energy, perhaps its edible...... if you're a dung beetle, I'm sure it is...:)

[RobLL]

A most disgusting hijax - love it.

[Cajunboy47]

I have been eating pumpkins a lot lately and I remembered that someone mentioned pumpkin extract and I did a little more research to see if it is more beneficial to use the extract. Just eating pumpkins and pumpkin seeds can contribute to control of blood sugar and maybe the extract is more beneficial, but if we gotta eat anyway, I feel eating it means not having to take another supplement....

Here in China, most of the pumpkin I'm eating is cut into very small pieces in stir-fries, or in soup dishes. The pumpkin is never served as a main dish or the main vegetable in the dish. It is blended in, so that even if pumpkin isn't that enjoyable to the palate, it can be consumed without hardly noticing it.

I'm not a big fan of pumpkin, but blended in, I can handle it fairly easily. Overtime, just like anything else, a taste can be acquired, although I can't ever envision myself craving more pumpkin... :)

Here are 3 sites I've just read:

http://www.dietdetective.com/content/view/2463/82/

http://www.tranzformations.co.uk/pumpkins-diabetes.php

http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_hb5255/is_200707/ai_n20268893

[Nancy LC]

What...you never heard of Litter Critters???
http://www.bestviral.com/video/6519/snl_litter_critters
There's also a line of yard ornaments (usually shaped like animals) made out of manure. They're meant to dissolve in your garden and fertilize it. :lol:

I bet we could make a jack-o-lantern out of them!

http://www.gardengazebo.com/poopets

[CarolynC]

I love pumpkin. One of my favorite low carb recipes is pumpkin bake, which I sometimes have for breakfast:

http://forum.lowcarber.org/showthread.php?t=53253

[Wifezilla]

Nancy, I love the dung bunnies...LOL

[Cajunboy47]

I have been eating pumpkins a lot lately and I remembered that someone mentioned pumpkin extract and I did a little more research to see if it is more beneficial to use the extract. Just eating pumpkins and pumpkin seeds can contribute to control of blood sugar and maybe the extract is more beneficial, but if we gotta eat anyway, I feel eating it means not having to take another supplement....

Here in China, most of the pumpkin I'm eating is cut into very small pieces in stir-fries, or in soup dishes. The pumpkin is never served as a main dish or the main vegetable in the dish. It is blended in, so that even if pumpkin isn't that enjoyable to the palate, it can be consumed without hardly noticing it.

I'm not a big fan of pumpkin, but blended in, I can handle it fairly easily. Overtime, just like anything else, a taste can be acquired, although I can't ever envision myself craving more pumpkin... :)

Here are 3 sites I've just read:

http://www.dietdetective.com/content/view/2463/82/

http://www.tranzformations.co.uk/pumpkins-diabetes.php

http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_hb5255/is_200707/ai_n20268893

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I went out to a Restaurant last night for dinner. It was a feast actually, 9 courses on the table... All healthy foods.......

One dish was baked pumpkin with black rice. The black rice had been coated with just enough honey to give it a glazed look and it was placed like a mold in the middle of the dish and the baked pumpkin was sliced into half wedges and laid over the round mold of black rice with the pointed end of the wedge up. It was sprinkled on top with some finely slivered greens just for color and appearance. It was a very nice dish to see and eat.....