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Ming: Bitter gourd can lose weight.

Editorial comrades:

Hello! I am 23 years old, with a height of 1.60m and a weight of 75kg I have taken many kinds of diet pills, but the results are not satisfactory. Recently, I saw a popular "eat bitter gourd to lose weight" on the Internet, that is, eat 2-3 bitter melons raw every day and stick to it for more than 20 days to lose weight. I want to ask, is this method of losing weight desirable?

Beijing reader Ms. He

Ms. He:

Hello! I'm Dr. Zhuang Ganzhu from China Academy of Traditional Chinese Medicine, and I'll answer your question.

Bitter gourd is rich in nutrition, among which the content of vitamin C ranks first among melon vegetables, and the content of sugar and fat is very low, which is more suitable for obese people. However, eating a lot of raw bitter gourd to lose weight is not only unscientific, but also has certain health risks.

Although modern research shows that bitter gourd can reduce cholesterol and triglycerides and is suitable for patients with hyperlipidemia, this does not mean that bitter gourd has the effect of losing weight, because obesity and hyperlipidemia are not the same thing. On the contrary, the study also found that bitter gourd can hinder the decomposition of fat. It can be seen that eating 2-3 bitter melons raw every day can't help you get rid of excess fat.

Young people in their twenties like you, if you want to get pregnant in the near future, don't eat a lot of bitter gourd to lose weight, otherwise it will directly affect your reproductive health. Indonesian medical scientists have found that bitter gourd contains a contraceptive substance, which will lead to infertility or fetal malformation if eaten in large quantities. In addition, fresh bitter gourd juice also contains plant protein with strong antifertility activity. Animal experiments show that this protein can resist the normal development of sperm and reduce the pregnancy rate.

Finally, I need to remind you that bitter gourd tastes bitter and cold, and eating too much is easy to lead to spleen and stomach failure, so it is best not to eat on an empty stomach. Patients with deficiency-cold of spleen and stomach and chronic gastroenteritis should eat less or not. In addition, during the menstrual period, you should also temporarily keep a distance from bitter gourd.