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Wax gourd is sweet and cool, and it is a treasure all over. It is the only fat-free vegetable in melons and vegetables. It has the effects of clearing away heat and promoting diuresis, reducing swelling and detoxifying, lowering qi and relieving fatigue, moistening lung and promoting fluid production, and has a good dietotherapy effect on patients with diabetes, coronary heart disease, arteriosclerosis, hypertension, kidney disease and edema. In this season, in addition to cooking into regular dishes, you can also drink fresh wax gourd juice, or you can drink wax gourd peel with salt and water. Of course, due to the cold nature of wax gourd, people who are physically weak or have a long illness and diarrhea should avoid eating.

Wax gourd is an annual vine plant of Cucurbitaceae, which is one of the traditional autumn vegetables of the people. Wax gourd is native to China. It is characterized by its large volume, high moisture content and low calorie. It can be fried, made into soup, pickled or pickled into strips. According to China medical science, wax gourd is sweet in taste and cold in nature, and has the effects of diuresis, detumescence, clearing away heat and toxic materials, clearing stomach, reducing fire and diminishing inflammation, and has a good therapeutic effect on diseases such as arteriosclerosis, coronary heart disease, hypertension, edema and abdominal distension. Wax gourd also has the function of detoxifying fish poison and alcohol poison. Regular consumption of wax gourd can remove excess fat in the human body. Because of its low sugar content, wax gourd is also suitable for diabetics to "satisfy their hunger". In hot summer, such as heatstroke and polydipsia, eating wax gourd can receive remarkable curative effect.

[Nutrients]

96.5g of moisture, 0.4g of protein, 0g of lipid control, 2.4g of carbohydrate, 0.4g of heat 1 1 kcal, 0.4g of crude fiber, 0.3g of ash, 0.9mg of calcium12mg of phosphorus12mg of iron and 0.3mg of carotene.

[Nutritional analysis]

Wax gourd contains more protein, sugar, and a small amount of minerals such as calcium, phosphorus and iron, and vitamins B 1, B2, C and niacin, among which vitamin B 1 can promote starch and sugar in the body to be converted into heat energy, but not into fat, so wax gourd helps to lose weight. Wax gourd is different from other melons and vegetables in that it contains no fat, low in sodium and calories. The seeds of wax gourd contain urine alcohol, adenosine, histidine, trigonelline, etc., and the pulp of wax gourd contains adenosine, histamine, etc.