What can bitter melon add to your health?

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By AbigaillPublished 9 months ago • 4 min read

Bitter melon is a vegetable that some people love and others hate to the bone. This is because the special taste of bitter melon is not acceptable to everyone. There are many elders who like to eat bitter melon, but also like to use bitter melon slices to make tea. Because it has the effect of clearing the heart, reducing fire and lowering blood pressure. So what are the specific effects and functions of bitter melon? Does eating bitter melon have these precautions? What can't be eaten with bitter melon?

6 effects of bitter melon

1, heat and detoxification: bitter melon taste bitter cool, with the effect of heat and detoxification. In Chinese medicine, bitter melon is often used to treat symptoms caused by fever, such as high fever, thirst, irritability, etc.

2. Cooling the blood and lowering blood sugar: Bitter melon is widely used to regulate blood sugar levels. Bitter ingredients in bitter melon can stimulate the production and release of insulin, help to lower blood sugar levels, and have a certain auxiliary therapeutic effect for diabetic patients.

3, clear liver and clear eyes: bitter gourd has the effect of clearing heat and cooling blood, and has a certain alleviating effect on symptoms such as liver fire, red eyes and eye diseases. At the same time, the antioxidant substances rich in vitamin C and vitamin E in bitter gourd also have a certain protective effect on eye health.

4, diuretic defecation: bitter melon has a certain diuretic effect, can help eliminate excess water and toxins in the body. At the same time, bitter melon is rich in fibre, which helps to promote intestinal peristalsis and relieve constipation.

These substances can help inhibit inflammatory response and bacterial infection, and have a certain adjuvant therapeutic effect on some inflammatory and infectious diseases.

6, fat reduction and weight loss: bitter melon for dyslipidaemia and obesity also have a certain help. Some of the active ingredients in bitter melon can help reduce blood lipid levels, promote fat metabolism and fat burning, so as to achieve weight loss.

These 3 types of people are not suitable for eating bitter melon

1, spleen and stomach deficiency cold: bitter melon taste bitter cold, if the spleen and stomach function is weak or cold people eat too much bitter melon, may cause diarrhoea, abdominal pain, indigestion and other symptoms. Therefore, for the spleen and stomach deficiency cold, the right amount of bitter melon can be eaten.

2, kidney failure: bitter melon has a diuretic effect, which is healthy for normal people. However, for people with renal insufficiency, because the kidney can not effectively process the ingredients in bitter melon, it may lead to excessive urine volume or worsen kidney function, so large amounts of bitter melon should be avoided.

3, blood heat: bitter melon has the role of clearing heat, in Chinese medicine is widely used in clearing heat detoxification. However, for people who have too much damp heat and blood heat in the body, eating bitter melon may aggravate symptoms such as dry mouth, bitter thirst, mouth ulcers and so on. Therefore, such people should avoid eating too much bitter melon.

Bitter melon should not be eaten with the following foods

1, bitter melon + green pepper: bitter melon and green pepper are cold foods, easy to cause spleen and stomach discomfort, especially for people with cold physique, eating at the same time is easy to cause diarrhoea, abdominal pain and other indigestion symptoms.

2, bitter melon + scallop, conch, abalone and other seafood: bitter melon and seafood together easily lead to diarrhea and abdominal pain, may be caused by the two sexual taste of the collision, it is recommended to eat separately.

3, bitter melon + peanuts: Bitter melon and peanuts together can increase the digestive load, resulting in indigestion. Bitter melon has the function of clearing heat and detoxification, while peanut is easy to cause oil accumulation, and the two together are easy to cause spleen and stomach discomfort.

4, bitter melon + tofu: Bitter melon and tofu together can easily cause indigestion, possibly because the bitter ingredients in bitter melon contain certain enzyme activity that interacts with some ingredients in tofu to affect digestion.

6, bitter melon + beef: bitter melon and beef together may reduce the warming and detoxifying effect of bitter melon, because beef is a warm food, easy to generate heat, and the cooling effect of bitter melon conflict.

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