Wax gourd and zucchini are both fruits that can relieve summer heat and quench thirst and promote fluid production in hot summer. People with weak constitution suggest eating zucchini to clear away heat, while those with hot body suggest eating wax gourd to reduce summer heat.

Cucurbita pepo contains dietary fiber, which can promote gastrointestinal peristalsis, inhibit lipid absorption, reduce cholesterol deposition and promote cholesterol excretion, thus having the effects of relieving constipation, reducing blood lipid and preventing cancer.

Wax gourd has the effects of clearing away heat and promoting fluid production, relieving summer heat and relieving annoyance, promoting urination and increasing urination. Wax gourd contains substances that can effectively inhibit the conversion of sugar into fat, but it does not contain fat, and its calorie is not high, which can prevent people from getting fat and has the functions of reducing fat and losing weight.

The effects of zucchini and wax gourd are a little different:

Festival melon is flat, basically everyone can eat it, and pregnant women can also eat it in moderation.

Winter melon is cold, spleen and stomach qi deficiency, diarrhea, loose stool, people with stomach cold and pain should not eat raw winter melon, and women with menstrual cramps and cold dysmenorrhea should not eat raw winter melon.