Sometimes too much of something, even something good, is not a good thing.
I cut apples into bite size pieces. It hurts my jaw to eat an apple without cutting it.
We didn't usually cut up the pumpkin as jack o lanterns ( I think because my Mom was worried about the candles in them) but my Mom would cut up the pumpkin & make pumpkin pie. Sometimes she would roast the seeds but we had to shell them ourselves after she did.