? Bitter melon scrambled eggs can not eat? Is a thousand-year-old rumor, but carefully pursued, but there are two different reasons it. Here we come to break down one by one.
1.? Bitter melon cold, eggs are also cold things, so the two can not be eaten together
Chinese medicine believes that the bitter melon, also known as Liang Gua, taste bitter, non-toxic, cold, with a summer thirst, lower blood pressure, blood lipids, blood glucose and other efficacy; eggs are sweet, sex flat, there is a beneficial effect in addition to the annoyance, there are also said? Egg yolk temperature, egg white cold?
However, Chinese medicine will be divided into different food flavor and role (such as cold, hot, warm, cool, flat) is based on experience and perceptual cognition, in the daily life of a certain reference and guidance, but can not be taken for granted.
Different growing environments of plants and different processing methods may change this flavor distinction. So? Bitter melon cold, eggs are also cold things, so the two can not eat together? The assertion is too arbitrary.
2.? Calcium in eggs and oxalic acid in bitter melon produce a chemical reaction that generates calcium oxalate, which affects human health
Oxalic acid is commonly found in vegetables, although the content varies widely. For example: parsley 1.70%, amaranth 1.31%, amaranth 1.09%, spinach oxalic acid content is 0.97% (all of the above is the U.S. Department of Agriculture measurement data). Even if the oxalic acid in bitter melon combined with calcium in eggs to generate calcium oxalate, which is insoluble in water, it is difficult to be absorbed by the intestinal tract, directly out of the body. If you blanch bitter melon in hot water when cooking, oxalic acid is dissolved in water, and the amount of oxalic acid left in the dish is even less, and even less to worry about.
How should I eat bitter melon?
Bitter melon is native to the tropical regions of Asia and has the characteristic of being afraid of cold and not afraid of heat, which is more common in the southern regions of China.
The nutrients of bitter melon are (from the "Applied Nutrition" compiled by Chen Xuecun): 94% water, 0.9% protein, 0.2% fat, 3.2% carbohydrates, 1.1% crude fiber, per 100 grams of calcium 18mg, phosphorus 29mg, iron 0.6mg, 0.08mg of carotene, Vitamin B10.07mg, Vitamin B2 0.04mg. Niacin 0.3mg, Vitamin C 84mg, Potassium 200mg, Sodium 12mg, Magnesium 19mg, Chlorine 9.4mg. It also contains Bitter Melonin, Bitter Melon Glycoside, Pectin, Trypsin Inhibitors, 5-Hydroxytryptophan, Quinine and so on.
Bitter melon according to the appearance of the form can be roughly divided into three categories: white bitter melon, green bitter melon and mountain bitter melon.
White bitter melon is also known as white jade bitter melon. The surface scales are large, and the body shape is generally larger. The color is white and bright, and the flesh is fluffy.
White bitter melon bitter flavor is light, suitable for juicing
Green bitter melon is larger, spindle-shaped. Usually the stronger the green color, the more bitter the taste and the more vitamins it contains. The flesh of the green bitter melon has a crisper and tougher texture than the white bitter melon.
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Green bitter melon has more vitamins
Mountain bitter melon has two main categories: wild species and cultivated species. Wild mountain bitter melon, small and bitter, mostly born in the south of the low altitude mountainous areas, fruit maturity for the April-September, fruit color from green to dark green, fruit type from olive to long oval, fruit surface ribbed protruding, part of the spiny.
Mountain Bitter Gourd
In fact, the bitter gourd scrambled eggs is a home-cooked dish, you can borrow the mellow aroma of the egg to neutralize some of the bitterness of the bitter gourd, and the bitter taste will not enter the egg, the two are a more beautiful combination.
What kind of people are not suitable to eat bitter melon?
Bitter melon, like any other natural food, may cause adverse reactions in the body due to individual constitution. The clinical experience of Chinese and Western medicine can be summarized as the following types of people are not suitable for eating bitter melon, if consumed in excess may cause side effects:
○ gastric ulcers and other serious gastrointestinal diseases patients
People with gastric ulcers should avoid eating bitter melon, because of its rich dietary fiber can not be digested by the human body, it will aggravate the gastric ulcers.
○ serotonin
Some studies have found that people with serotonin (glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase deficiency) eat bitter melon, may lead to hemolytic anemia. So current clinical nutritional trials of bitter melon have avoided people with serotoninosis.
All foods have their positive and negative effects, and excessive consumption may cause discomfort. The right way to do this is to understand the properties of each food and to diversify your intake. A balanced diet is the way to go.
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References:
1 "Bitter Melon Annual Production Technology", Luo Haibo, edited by Luo Haibo, 2013
2 "This way to eat bitter melon, diabetes to not be afraid of", Yu Wenjing, 2015
3 "Bitter Melon in the end, can not scrambled eggs? , Yan Ying, Taizhou Daily, November 20, 2014
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