Winter melon is cold food. Winter melon is sweet in flavor and cold in nature, and from the perspective of Chinese medicine, it is a cold food with the effects of eliminating heat, diuresis and swelling, which is more suitable for people with a hot constitution.

Winter melon, including pulp, flesh and seeds, is rich in protein, carbohydrates, vitamins and minerals and other high nutrients. Research shows that winter melon vitamins to ascorbic acid, thiamin, riboflavin and niacin content is high, with the effect of cancer prevention and control of vitamin B1, in the winter melon seeds in the content is quite rich; mineral elements are potassium, sodium, calcium, iron, zinc, copper, phosphorus, selenium and so on.

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Eat the benefits of the winter melon:

1, weight loss: winter melon in the The vitamin B class, can let the human body class sugar and starch into heat, be absorbed by the human body, which also reduces the sugar to the conversion of fat, in addition it contains trace elements can also decompose the excess fat in the human body, so that they are converted into water with the urine and feces out of the body, which also played a good role in weight loss.

2, the prevention of coronary heart disease: often eat winter melon can prevent the occurrence of coronary artery disease, because winter melon contains some natural plant fats, they enter the human body can be converted into unsaturated fatty acids, can let the human blood cholesterol and triglyceride content is reduced to increase the speed of blood flow, but also can reduce the occurrence of coronary heart disease.

3, anti-cancer: winter melon in the dietary fiber content is very high, per 100 grams of dietary fiber containing about 0.9 grams. Modern medical research shows that dietary fiber can reduce body cholesterol, lower blood lipids, prevent atherosclerosis. Winter melon in the crude fiber, can stimulate intestinal peristalsis, so that the intestinal accumulation of carcinogenic substances excreted as soon as possible.

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