In the process of dietary weight loss pumpkin can be used as a staple food to lose weight, because pumpkin contains ingredients that can reduce blood sugar, promote insulin secretion, help to lose weight. The reason why the pumpkin as a staple food weight loss, originating from the pumpkin calories than rice is lower. Pumpkin weight loss also lies in the rich content of dietary fiber, which can increase a strong sense of satiety, but also to promote digestion and promote smooth bowel movements. Now pumpkin also has the protection of the mucosa of the digestive tract, peptic ulcers have a certain therapeutic effect, but also adhesive cholesterol, to prevent atherosclerosis, because the pumpkin fruit 7% to 17% of the pectin, its adsorption is very strong, can be adhesive with the elimination of bacteria in the body and its toxic substances. Alkaloids, fenugreek alkaloids and pumpkin seed alkaloids and other physiologically active ingredients can catalyze the decomposition of carcinogenic substances nitrosamines, which is conducive to the discharge of toxins in the body, improve cellular immunity. Unsaturated fatty acids contained in pumpkin can be laxative and diuretic, helpful for weight loss.