Bitter melon helps constipation and lowers blood sugar. The more bitter the nutritional value, the higher the nutritional value! Experts teach you how to choose this color

Melons are the "wateriest" food. Summer is the season for eating melons. It can relieve heat and reduce temperature, clear heat and moisture, and replenish moisture. Compared to drinking ice-cold drinks, eating melons relieves thirst. Although the heat of melons is relatively low, its attributes are cold, so you should pay attention to some eyebrows when eating melons.

The darker the color of bitter melon, the more bitter it is, and the nutritional value is also higher.

Bitter melon is a commonly used vegetable in our country. It can be produced throughout the year in the south, while the central part mainly consists of summer and autumn seasons. Bitter melon is considered to have the effect of lowering blood sugar, and summer meals can relieve heat and promote appetite.

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Bitty melon can be divided into four categories: white rice, green rice, green jade bitter melon, and mountain bitter melon. Among them, "white rice" with white skin is the most common, accounting for about 70% of the market, and the taste is not bitter; "green rice" with a green color accounts for about 20%; and "green bitter melon" with a deep green color accounts for about 10%. In addition, "Mountain Bitter Melon" accounts for only 1%, with a darker color and a crisper texture but also a bitter taste.

Wu Dairong, associate researcher at the Agricultural Improvement Field of Hualien District, the Executive Yuan Agricultural Committee, said that generally speaking, the darker the color of bitter melon, the more bitter it is, but the food nutritional value is also higher. The flower vermicelli improvement site is to improve the sacred melon, enhance the functions of food such as vitamin C and leaf acid, and also to protect the oxidative adversity of kidney cells.

Those with reduced fire and are rich in soft fibers, and those with hemorrhoids and stools can eat more.

Nutritionist Li Wanping said that bitter melon has high nutritional value, but because bitter melon is cold in nature, there are rumors that eating bitter melon and mangosteen together will cause diarrhea if you eat it together with cold food. Although this statement is the result of "large data" collection, if you eat it with ice-fried food, you may have diarrhea. However, as long as you take it in a small amount, it will not cause any disease. She also reminded that if you have cold body quality, it is recommended to take it twice a week, and the amount of rice cup is about the amount of one rice cup at a time.

Because bitter melon has cold properties, Li Wanping suggests that people who are prone to inflammation or have hemorrhoids and constipation can take more. The content of bitter melon fiber is relatively high in melons, with a fiber of about 2.8 grams per 100 grams, which is twice as much as that of Gaoli. People with hemorrhoids and constipation often lack fibers. However, if you take a large amount of rough fibers, if you use force when you are in the trap, the rough fibers may cause hemorrhoids to be damaged. At this time, bitter melon with soft and high content is particularly suitable.

High-deep drying can balance the swelling, which is beneficial to the blood pressure adjustment of patients with hypertension.

Li Wanping said that bitter melon is also suitable for patients with hypertension. People with high blood pressure should pay attention to the intake of the calcines. The content of bitter melon in melons is considered high; in addition, some patients with high blood pressure are caused by high heat, and bitter melon also has the effect of lowering fire. As for whether bitter melon can lower blood pressure? She said that although some medical community thinks it is invalid, it has indeed improved by observing the patient's condition, because eating more bitter melon also means increasing vegetable intake, and eating more prototype foods is also beneficial to the body.

Bitty melon has good nutritional function. Li Wanping said that it is generally believed that leaf acid is mostly found in green vegetables, but the commonly seen white bitter melon is also rich in leaf acid. Leaf acid can help cardiovascular patients control homocysteine (one of the indicators for evaluating cardiovascular diseases), and is also rich in vitamin C.

Li Wanping said that the taste of bitter gourd is different depending on the cooking method, and the taste is much different. It can be crispy or soft. It is not only suitable for cooking soup when mixed. To remove the bitterness during cooking, you can first dig it out and remove the seeds, then remove the inner membrane and cut it into thin slices, then soak the bitter melon with salt and dry it, and finally blanch it and turn on the water to remove the bitterness of the bitter melon.

Bite melon selection TIPS

. It is best to choose a shiny and full skin without lesions or scars. The bitter melon with orange yellow is ripe and tastes sweeter, but it is also soft and not suitable for mixing. It can be rinsed, made of bitter melon sauce or bitter melon dew.

. The greener and tenderer the bitter melon is usually the bitterer. Those who like to "end hardship" can choose bitter melon with smaller body shape, greener skin, and smaller boobs. They do not like bitterness and taste strong, so they can choose big white bitter melon.

Winter melon is rich in iron quality and can be eaten with high C fruits

Winter melon is a common character on vegetable farming. It is grown almost all over Taiwan and is produced from spring to autumn. It is not only cooked vegetables and soup, but is also often used as processed foods, such as sauce or pear crispy pastry.

On the other hand, winter melon has low heat, with only 11 calories per 100 grams, which contains rich iron (0.3 mg), but compared to other melons, it is a vegetable that does not taste. Li Wanping said that the iron quality of winter melon is considered high in melon. After eating winter melon, you can supplement fruits with high vitamin C content during the season, such as bacchia, strange fruits, pears, etc., to help the body absorb iron quality.

Li Wanping said that "winter melon" has the same cold food as bitter melon, and can be cooked with dry and hot foods such as meat, such as winter melon, pork ribs, etc., which can balance the food properties, avoid excessive coldness in the body, and can also supplement the characteristics of winter melon with lighter taste.

She also reminded that although winter melon has nutritional value, the nature of "winter melon tea" and winter melon is very different. Winter melon tea is produced and processed through a series of chemistry. First, it is added with calcium oxide to decompose the protein in the winter melon into amino acids, and produces plum reactions.

Winter melon selection TIPS

. When buying winter melons, most families buy slices instead of buying one whole piece at a time. Therefore, you need to pay attention to whether the surface of the sliced winter melons is lost. You can choose those with deeper and green skin first. The "white frost" with white powder on the winter melon is a symbol of the ripening of winter melon and does not need to be overly concerned.

Responsible editor: Gu Zihuan