Winter melon can be eaten raw. But it is often not eaten directly, but is eaten after squeezing the juice from winter melon, which has a better taste. Eating cooked winter melon has a better weight loss effect.

Fresh winter melon juice: 1 winter melon, peeled and fleshed, cut into pieces, and mashed into juice. Take about 1 cup each time, 2 to 3 times a day. You can also simmer it and drink it as juice. Ancient prescriptions are used to treat thirst, quench thirst, and heat dysentery, etc. Many people use winter melon juice to drink. It can be used raw or cooked; generally those with excessive heat are better to use it raw, and generally it is better to be used cooked. For raw use, in addition to drinking juice, it can also be chewed raw. For example, "Dietotherapeutic Materia Medica" treats accumulated heat and quenches thirst, that is, use "peeled white melon, eat three or two taels after each meal, five or seven degrees."

The calories of winter melon: 11 kcal (100 grams of edible part)

Winter melon has an average micronutrient content, but is very low in calories and can eliminate edema. It is a vegetable that can be eaten during weight loss.

Lower fat and lose weight. Melon is rich in propanoic acid, which can effectively control the conversion of sugars in the body into fat, prevent fat accumulation in the body, and consume excess fat, which has a good weight loss effect. It can also help the body's metabolism and inhibit the conversion of sugar into fat. It is also one of the weight loss and lipid-lowering functional factors in winter melon.

Winter melon weight loss recipe:

Winter melon and red bean soup: 100 grams of winter melon and 30 grams of red beans. First wash the red adzuki beans, add water, cook until half cooked, add sliced ??winter melon, and cook for about 1 hour. Drink 1 bowl of soup every night. It has weight loss function.

Winter melon and kelp soup: one pound of winter melon, four pieces of kelp, two pieces of tangerine peel, and half a pound of lean meat. Peel the winter melon and wash it, soak the kelp in water to remove the mud and cut it, then put it into the pot along with the tangerine peel and lean meat, add eight bowls of water, simmer for about two hours, add salt to taste and drink. This soup combines the dual effects of whitening, preventing spots, and losing weight. It is most suitable for those who are greedy and pretty.

Winter melon and broad bean soup: 50 grams of winter melon, 60 grams of broad beans, appropriate amounts of seasonings. Wash the winter melon, cut into pieces, add 3 bowls of water with the broad beans, cook together, fry until 1 bowl is cooked, add salt and other seasonings, and it's done. 1 bowl of soup daily. It has weight loss function.

Winter Melon and Shrimp Soup: Peel and devein the shrimps, wash them, drain them and put them into a bowl; wash, peel and core the winter melon and cut it into small domino pieces. Add the shrimps to the pot with cold water and cook until crispy. Add the winter melon and cook until the winter melon is cooked. Season with a little salt and chicken essence before eating.