1, promoting diet, diminishing inflammation and reducing fever: Momordicoside and picroside can stimulate appetite, strengthen spleen and stimulate appetite; Quinine, an alkaloid substance contained in it, has the effects of promoting diuresis and blood circulation, diminishing inflammation and reducing fever, clearing away heart fire and improving eyesight.

2, anti-cancer and anti-cancer: Momordica charantia protein components and a lot of vitamin C can improve the immune function of the body, so that immune cells have the effect of killing cancer cells; Bitter gourd juice contains some protein components, which can enhance the ability of macrophages and is effective for lymphosarcoma and leukemia in clinic.

3. Hypoglycemic: Fresh bitter gourd juice contains momordicin and substances similar to insulin, which has a good hypoglycemic effect and is an ideal food for diabetic patients.

4, health care and beauty: In the hot summer, women often apply iced bitter gourd slices, which can immediately relieve the dryness of the skin. Bitter gourd can also moisturize fair skin, calm and moisturize.

5, acne: bitter gourd is cold and bitter, enters the heart, lungs and stomach, and has the functions of clearing heat and relieving summer heat, quenching thirst, lowering blood pressure, lowering blood fat, caring skin and promoting metabolism. Bitter gourd is rich in vitamin B 1, vitamin C and minerals, which can maintain vitality after long-term consumption and is of great benefit to the treatment of acne.

6, weight loss: Bitter gourd diet needs to be adhered to, you need to eat at least two or three pieces a day, and at the same time supplement the necessary nutrition, simply eating bitter gourd can not provide the body with the necessary nutrition, weight loss should be based on the principle of good health.

The disadvantages of eating bitter gourd

1. Bitter gourd contains more oxalic acid, which can combine with calcium in food and affect the absorption of calcium by human body. If you eat a lot of bitter gourd for a long time, it will lead to calcium deficiency.

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Therefore, bitter gourd should not be eaten. In order to overcome this shortcoming of bitter gourd, it is best to cut it before cooking and soak it in boiling water, which can remove part of oxalic acid and greatly reduce its adverse reactions.

Family nutrition practice:

Composition:

Two bitter melons, four eggs and half an onion.

Recipe exercise

1. Cut bitter gourd in half, remove seeds, vertically cut into thin strips, and finally cut the thin strips into small pieces, and cut onions into powder;

2. Beat the eggs into a bowl and stir well, then put the prepared diced bitter gourd and chopped green onion into the bowl and stir well;

3. Hot pot, add the right amount of oil;

4. Pour the eggs and bitter gourd into the pot, stir well and season with salt.