Bitter gourd needs higher fertilizer. If there is enough organic fertilizer, plants will thrive, stems and leaves will flourish, flowers will bear more fruits, and the quality will be good. Especially in the late growth stage, if there is insufficient fertilizer and water, the plant will be weak, with yellow-green leaves, few flowers and fruits, small fruits, increased bitterness and decreased quality.
Momordica charantia will be processed into a health drink when it comes into the market in summer, which can be drunk all year round. There are bitter gourd honey juice drinks, summer drinks, instant health drinks, health drinks made of bitter gourd and pumpkin or garlic, kumquat, balsam pear tea, bitter gourd milk and so on. As long as the bitter taste is eliminated, more people will get used to drinking it.
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Nutritional value of bitter gourd;
1, clearing away heat and toxic materials: Momordica charantia can release the heat in the heart and eliminate toxins in the body. The best way to eat bitter gourd is cold salad.
2, beauty and skin rejuvenation: eating bitter gourd often can enhance the vitality of the cortex and make the skin tender and bodybuilding.
3, lowering blood sugar: Mussel bitter melon soup is the top grade of lowering blood sugar. Bitter gourd crude extract contains substances similar to insulin, which has obvious hypoglycemic effect. Chinese medicine believes that bitter gourd is sweet, bitter and cold, which can clear away heat, relieve annoyance and quench thirst.
References:
Baidu encyclopedia-bitter gourd
References:
People's Network-Clean up the intestines and stomach and adhere to the four principles. 10 kinds of food can clean up the intestines and stomach.