Pumpkin....

[littlewonton]

Is pumpkin a carb? Is it ok to eat for dinner? Or should I be eating it during the day when i am on the go?

[shruglife]

Is pumpkin a carb? Is it ok to eat for dinner? Or should I be eating it during the day when i am on the go?

Pumpkin is 88% carb, 3% fat and 9% protein. Yes it's a carb source, nothing wrong with eating it for dinner but if your trying to lose weight it's better to eat the bulk of your carbs earlier in the day :wink:

[littlewonton]

Awesome Thanks shruglife. I have been wondering about this for a while now. And yup its for weight loss. Cheers!

[Pseudonym]

When I was dieting for a comp (an embarrassingly long time ago now!) my nutritionist told me I could eat as much pumpkin as I liked. I assumed that was because most of its weight is in water, so the carbs-per-serve was relatively low. Can anyone confirm this?

[bigbird]

According to Jo Stewerts carb count page on Body by Jo (which is really helpful), 100gms pumpkin cooked = 2.2gm carbs.

I am cutting at the moment and my trainer says I can eat as much as I please.

Hope that was helpful.

[roadie]

am i missing something

88%.....thats sugar almost

http://www.nutritiondata.com/facts/vege ... cts/2600/2

[steak]

for those bulking...sounds like you can forget pumpkin pies

[shruglife]

am i missing something

88%.....thats sugar almost

http://www.nutritiondata.com/facts/vege ... cts/2600/2

You may want to do a search on "Glycemic Index" to clear up your misunderstanding. Sugar is a high G.I. carbohydrate, the percentage of pumpkin that is carbohydrate tells you nothing about sugar.

[roadie]

noted....i didnt really mean it like it has come across in the post

[Palmy_chick]

88%.....thats sugar almost

http://www.nutritiondata.com/facts/vege ... cts/2600/2

It's not saying it's 88% carbs, it's saying 88% of the calories in pumpkin comes from carbs - it is still really low in carbs (2%), it just has waaaaay less protein and fat. The nutritional target map is interesting - pumpkin is right up the top, and it says foods near the top are more likely to fill you up with fewer calories \:D/

[shruglife]

88%.....thats sugar almost

http://www.nutritiondata.com/facts/vege ... cts/2600/2

It's not saying it's 88% carbs, it's saying 88% of the calories in pumpkin comes from carbs - it is still really low in carbs (2%), it just has waaaaay less protein and fat. The nutritional target map is interesting - pumpkin is right up the top, and it says foods near the top are more likely to fill you up with fewer calories \:D/

From the above posts it seems pumpkin is mostly made up of water. The actual pumpkin material itself is 88% carbs. Due to the fact it's mostly water the quantity of carbs your eating is very low.

This - "It's not saying it's 88% carbs, it's saying 88% of the calories in pumpkin comes from carbs" - doesn't make sense :?

[biggurl27]

When dieting and Jo had down 100gm Kumara (daytime) I would double that and have 200gms pumpkin sometimes instead. I have it at nighttime at the mo as it has bugger all carbs so good as gold.