2. Wax gourd belongs to panicum miliaceum. Melon is shaped like a pillow, also called pillow melon, which is produced in summer, because when the melon is ripe, there is a layer of white powder on the surface, just like frost in winter, which is also the reason. Winter melon is also called white melon.
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Wax gourd includes pulp, pulp and seeds, and is rich in nutrients such as protein, carbohydrates, vitamins and mineral elements. The nutritional components of wax gourd from different producing areas are slightly different. Take wax gourd from Guangdong, China as an example. Every 100 g of fresh wax gourd contains 0.3 g of protein, 0.8g of carbohydrate 1.8 g of dietary fiber, 65 mg of potassium, 0.2 mg of sodium, 0.4mg of phosphorus/kloc-0, 5 mg of magnesium and 0./kl of iron. Vitamin C 27 mg, vitamin E 0.02 mg, riboflavin 0.0 1 mg, thiamine 0.0 1 mg and nicotinic acid 0.2 mg.
Vitamin B 1, which has high content of ascorbic acid, thiamine, riboflavin and nicotinic acid, and has the effect of preventing and treating cancer, is quite rich in winter melon seeds. There are 8 mineral elements such as potassium, sodium, calcium, iron, zinc, copper, phosphorus and selenium, among which the potassium content is significantly higher than the sodium content, which is a typical high-potassium and low-sodium vegetable. For kidneys that need to eat low-sodium food,
Among them, selenium has many functions such as anticancer, and it contains eight essential amino acids except tryptophan, with high contents of glutamic acid and aspartic acid, as well as ornithine, Y- aminobutyric acid and histidine special for children. Wax gourd contains no fat, with dietary fiber as high as 0.8%, which is rich in nutrition and reasonable in structure. The calculation of nutritional quality index shows that Wax gourd is a good food for health.
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