Reducing blood fat and losing weight, beauty beauty, protecting kidney and diuresis, clearing away heat and relieving summer heat.
Wax gourd is a common vegetable on the table. Because of its cold nature, wax gourd is rich in nutrients such as urea, unsaturated fatty acids, protein, minerals, etc. Eating wax gourd often can play a role in reducing blood fat and weight, beauty beauty, protecting kidney and diuresis, and clearing away heat and relieving summer heat.
1, lipid-lowering and weight-reducing: Wax gourd contains propanedioic acid, which can inhibit the conversion of sugar into fat and prevent the accumulation of fat in the body, which is helpful for the prevention and treatment of hypertension, atherosclerosis and hyperlipidemia. Moreover, the dietary fiber content of Wax gourd is high, which can absorb water and swell, avoid excessive food intake, and has the function of losing weight. 2. beauty beauty: Wax gourd contains oleic acid, vitamins and citrulline, which can inhibit melanin precipitation and has the effects of whitening, removing spots and moistening skin. 3. Kidney protection and diuresis: Wax gourd contains total amino acid and cucurbitacin, which has a protective effect on kidney injury caused by mercuric chloride and can relieve symptoms such as water and sodium retention and edema in the body. Wax gourd juice and wax gourd extract can also promote urination and increase the amount of urination. 4, clearing away heat and relieving summer heat: winter melon tastes sweet and cold, and eating it often in summer can play a role in clearing away heat and promoting fluid production, relieving summer heat and relieving troubles.
The main taboos of wax gourd are: pregnant women, spleen and stomach deficiency, kidney deficiency and cold limbs due to yang deficiency.