Scientific basis of wax gourd diet;
Winter melon is cold, and melon pulp has diuretic, heat-clearing, expectorant and thirst-quenching effects. It can also treat edema, phlegm and asthma, summer heat, hemorrhoids and other diseases. Boiled melon with skin can reduce swelling and diuresis, and clear away heat and relieve summer heat.
Wax gourd has high nutritional value. Every hundred grams of wax gourd meat contains 0.4g of protein, 2.4g of carbohydrate, 20mg of calcium, 0.3mg of phosphorus12mg of iron, and various vitamins, especially vitamin C, with16mg per hundred grams. In addition, because it contains propanol diacid, it plays an important role in preventing people from getting fat and promoting bodybuilding.