Eating a raw bitter gourd before meals every day not only prevents the body from absorbing some of the grease in the stomach and intestines, avoiding the accumulation of fat, but also has the effect of beautifying the face and promoting the body's detoxification. But eating raw bitter melon is very challenging!

Bitter melon juice as a drink

Give up the high sugar and high calorie coffee, carbonated drinks, bitter melon juice as a daily drink, thirsty drink.

Practice: bitter melon and water in accordance with the ratio of 100 grams: 200 ml, into the juicer to extract juice, it is best not to add sugar, if you really can not stand the bitter taste, you can add a small spoon of honey.

Boiled bitter melon to eat

Many people can not accept raw bitter melon, you can slice the bitter melon, with boiling water for a few minutes, to remove some of the bitter flavor. You don't need to pour out the water used to cook the bitter melon, you can make soup.

Drinking bitter gourd tea

Bitter gourd after drying, the bitter melon inside the bitter melon pigment will not be completely lost, the same weight loss and slimming effect, so you can also dry the bitter gourd tea, both convenient, but also a long time to save not deteriorate.

Side effects of bitter melon diet

Easy to cause diarrhea

Bitter melon cold, eat more easy to aggravate the spleen and stomach cold, causing diarrhea. Therefore, it is not advisable to try the bitter melon diet for those who usually have loose stools, long and clear urine, poor appetite and fear of cold, pale face, pale tongue and sunken pulse.

Impact on calcium absorption

Bitter melon contains more oxalic acid, oxalic acid can be combined with calcium in food, affecting the body's absorption of calcium. Therefore, long-term bitter melon diet, especially raw eating bitter melon has a great impact on calcium absorption. To reduce the impact, eat bitter melon before soaking in boiling water.