Bitter melon cannot be eaten with leeks.
The dish should not be eaten with cold foods such as bitter melon and aloe vera, because it will weaken the role of leeks.
Eating bitter melon other contraindications:
1, calcium-deficient people can not eat
Bitter melon oxalic acid in the body will impede the absorption of calcium. For people with calcium deficiency, they should avoid eating or eat less bitter melon.
2, the spleen and stomach cold people can not eat
Bitter melon cold, if the weekdays often have loose stools, urine, long, pale, afraid of cold, etc., the body may be insufficient yang qi, it is best not to eat or eat less bitter melon.
3, infants and young children can not eat
Infants and young children for the body of pure Yang, young children often have insufficient spleen, stomach often have more, should not be more consumption of bitter melon.
Expanded Information:
Nutritional Value of Bitter Melon:
1, containing the protein, fat, carbohydrates, bitter melon glycosides, amino acids, carotenoids, crude fiber; as well as phosphorus, iron, and a variety of minerals.
2, Chinese medicine believes that the bitter melon taste sweet and bitter cold, has the benefit of qi and yang, nourishing the liver and blood, clearing heat and detoxification, clearing the mind and eyesight, dysentery, moistening the lungs, and tonifying the spleen and stomach effects.
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