The effect of bitter gourd

In summer, bitter gourd is the choice of many people. Because bitter gourd has evil heat, eyesight, detoxification. Studies have shown that bitter gourd contains substances that lower blood sugar, can prevent and improve the complications of diabetes, and can increase appetite.

The bitter gourd fruit contains various nutrients and is the highest vitamin C in the melon vegetables. It is second only to the pepper in vegetables. The tender fruit has a high content of glycosides and bitter taste. As the fruit matures, the sugar glycosides are decomposed, the bitterness becomes lighter, and more tender fruits are eaten. Bitter gourd heat-resistant, less pests and diseases, easy to cultivate.

In addition to being a vegetable, bitter gourd has other effects:

1. For hot and thirst, heat stroke and so on.

2. For bloated, dysentery.

3. For liver heat or redness or pain.

4. It is used for fever and pain in summer days.

5. For stomach pain.

Bitter melon or low-heat vegetable, 100 grams of fresh products only contains 19 kcal (79 kJ), containing 1.4% dietary fiber, suitable for summer consumption. Vitamin C content as high as 56 mg%, the crown of melon vegetables, 2 times more than tomatoes. This is a good choice for crushers who want to lose weight.

Although bitter gourd is good, but because the bitter gourd is cool, so the spleen and stomach Deficiency Shen Shen.