Wax gourd is rich in protein, fat, urease, ginsenoside B vitamins and so on. The key fat in wax gourd is unsaturated fatty acid, and its main component is fatty acid, which can reduce cholesterol and glycerate in human blood and help prevent myocardial infarction.
2, beauty and hair care
The key of trigonelline in wax gourd is in the pulp of wax gourd, which can assist the basic metabolism of the body and inhibit the conversion of glycogen into fat, which is also one of the functions of wax gourd to lose weight and reduce blood fat. Wax gourd kernel contains fatty acid, which has the activity of inhibiting melanin precipitation in the body and is a good skin care ingredient. Unsaturated fatty acids in wax gourd can make the appearance white and red, and make the skin fresh and smooth, and the hair dark and shiny.
3, lose weight stool
Wax gourd is the only vegetable and fruit without fat, and it is called "slimming melon". Shen Nong's Classic of Materia Medica records that he is "good for his health and good for his old age". Tao Hongjing's "Bielu of Materia Medica" said: "Winter melon facilitates urination and cures ascites." Later generations of herbs also have the functions of eliminating bloating, clearing away heat and toxic materials, and facilitating urination on cloudy days. Wax gourd contains propanol diacid, which has a good effect on avoiding body gain and improving body fitness. The B vitamins contained in wax gourd can accelerate the conversion of glycogen and cassava starch into heat energy engineering, thus reducing body fat and being beneficial to weight loss. Eating wax gourd often in summer and autumn is very beneficial for people who are healthy, especially those who are slightly fat.
4, clearing lung and detoxifying
Wax gourd can be used as a medicine all over the body: the skin of wax gourd can relieve dampness and swelling, clear heat and remove fire, which is common in edema and edema due to deficiency of qi and blood, and can also be used as lactagogue; Winter melon seeds have the functions of resolving phlegm, relieving cough, clearing away heat, promoting diuresis and releasing pus, and are used for lung-heat cough, leucorrhea, etc. Wax gourd meat has the functions of benefiting water, clearing away heat and toxic materials, clearing throat, removing toxic substances, treating edema, cough and asthma, fever, quenching thirst, diarrhea, hemorrhoid and leakage, and sobering up the hangover and fish poisoning.
5, cancer prevention
The dietary fiber content in wax gourd is very high, with about 0.9 g of dietary fiber per 100 g. Modern scientific research shows that dietary fiber can reduce the body's inner bladder firmness, reduce blood lipid and avoid vascular sclerosis. Dietary fiber in wax gourd can stimulate intestinal peristalsis, so that carcinogens accumulated in the stomach can be discharged as soon as possible.
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