Nutrition experts:
Chinese medicine practitioners have always believed that it is most likely to catch fire in summer, and that bitter gourd is bitter and cold, and hot seasons should eat bitter gourd. Bitter gourd has a certain role in the prevention and treatment of sores, fever, polydipsia, heat, heat, too many phlegm, conjunctivitis, short urine and other diseases, usually eat Qingxin Mingmu, cool and thirst, relieve fatigue. However, despite its many advantages, it is not suitable for everyone. Spleen Deficiency people should not eat and eat raw; usually loose stools, urine clear, pale, often cold hands and feet mostly lack of yang or spleen and stomach Deficiency, should not eat bitter gourd; preschool children should not eat too much bitter gourd, otherwise Easily hurt the spleen and stomach; pregnant women should be careful to eat bitter gourd, bitter gourd contains a small amount of quinine, moderate consumption will not have any problems, but excessive consumption can stimulate uterine contractions, may cause miscarriage.
In addition, the need to pay attention to is that many girls love to eat cold salad or drink bitter gourd juice to lose weight in the summer, this is not appropriate. From the perspective of Chinese medicine, bitter gourd is a cold food, excessive consumption can easily lead to dysmenorrhea. At the same time, bitter gourd contains a lot of oxalic acid. If you eat bitter gourd often, excessive intake of oxalic acid will be combined with calcium in the body to form insoluble calcium salt, which is not conducive to calcium absorption.
The bitter gourd vitamin C content is quite rich, ranking first in the melons, but no matter how large the efficacy of a single ingredient, diet must pay attention to diversification, do not blindly eat bitter gourd for the fire-fighting, ensure daily intake of nutrients The diversity can enhance our immune system. The bitter gourd is best eaten with pungent foods to avoid bitterness and to help replenish the lungs.
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