Bitter melon, also known as cool melon, is a widely loved vegetable. Bitter melon is rich in crude fiber, vitamin C, calcium, iron and other nutrients, very beneficial to human health. Bitter melon has the following effects and functions:

1. Bitter melon has the effect of clearing heat and eliminating summer heat, nourishing the blood, tonifying the kidney and spleen, nourishing the liver and brightening up the eyes, dysentery, sores and swellings, heat stroke fever, prickly heat, conjunctivitis, and other diseases have a certain therapeutic effect.

2, the bitter melon in the vitamin C content is very high, there is the prevention of scurvy, protect cell membranes, prevent atherosclerosis, improve the body's stress capacity, protect the heart and so on.

3, the active ingredients in bitter melon can inhibit normal cell cancer and promote the recovery of mutant cells, has a certain anti-cancer effect.

4, bitter melon bitter melon in the bitter melon is known as "fat killer", can make the intake of fat and polysaccharide to reduce. Bitter melon can also clear heat and dispel heart fire, detoxification, bright eyes, tonifying gas and essence, quenching thirst and eliminating heatstroke, and treating carbuncle.

5, bitter melon contains saponins, with hypoglycemic, hypolipidemic, anti-tumor, prevention of osteoporosis, endocrine regulation, antioxidant, antibacterial, as well as to improve human immunity and other medicinal and health functions.

6, bitter melon can moisturize dry skin, and whitening and moisturizing effect.

Bitter melon is very high in nutrients, and the nutrients contained in each 100 grams of bitter melon are as follows:

Nutrient name Content Nutrient name Content Nutrient name Content Calories 19.00 (calories) Vitamin A 17.00 (micrograms) Zinc 0.36 (mg) Carotene 100.00 (micrograms) Vitamin B1 0.03 (mg) Magnesium 18.00 (mg) Carbohydrates 4.90 (g) Vitamin B2 0.03 (mg) Potassium 256.00 (mg) Dietary fiber 1.40 (g) Vitamin B6 0.05 (mg) Copper 0.06 (mg) Fat 0.10 (g) Vitamin C 56.00 (mg) Sodium 2.50 (mg) Protein 1.00 (g) Vitamin E 0.85 (mg) Manganese 0.16 (mg) ) Folic acid 25.00 (mcg) Calcium 14.00 (mg) Phosphorus 35.00 (mg) Niacin 0.40 (mg) Iron 0.70 (mg) Selenium 0.36 (mcg)

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