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Originally Posted by tokipoki  Awesome! Is butternut squash lower in sugar than sweet potato? I'd like to give sweet potato more often but worry about the sugar content (perhaps unnecessarily?). I'll have to try some butternut squash with Toki! |
Roughly it is 1/2 the carbohydrates of sweet potato and about 1/3 the sugar. It has a lower glycemic load than sweet potatoes by about half. Good source of vitamin A also. Has a decent amount of omega 3 fatty acids too. It's a great food - more than sweet potato I think without the sugar spike.