What are the benefits of winter melon?

Almost everyone of us has eaten winter melon, but do we know what effects winter melon has, what nutritional value does it provide us, and how can we better eat winter melon? The following is a detailed analysis for everyone:

Benefits of Winter Melon:

Winter melon can effectively control the conversion of sugars into fat in the body, prevent fat accumulation in the body, and consume excess fat, which has a good effect on preventing and treating high blood pressure, atherosclerosis, and weight loss. In addition, the beauty effect of winter melon is also closely related to its large amount of succinic acid.

The trigonelline in winter melon is mainly found in the flesh of winter melon. It can help the body's metabolism and inhibit the conversion of sugar into fat, which is also one of the functions of winter melon in reducing weight and reducing fat. The winter melon core contains oleic acid, which has the activity of inhibiting the deposition of melanin in the body and is a good moisturizing and beauty ingredient.

Winter melon contains a high content of dietary fiber, about 0.9 grams of dietary fiber per 100 grams. Modern medical research shows that dietary fiber can lower cholesterol and blood lipids in the body and prevent atherosclerosis. The crude fiber in winter melon can stimulate intestinal peristalsis and excrete carcinogens accumulated in the intestine as soon as possible.

"Winter melon can also protect the kidneys. Winter melon juice and winter melon extract can increase urine output." Cui Gongrang said that people use winter melon peel and broad beans to boil water, remove the residue and drink the water, which can treat edema caused by kidney disease and heart disease.

Winter melon diet recipe:

Winter melon and spinach soup

Ingredients: 300 grams of winter melon, 200 grams of spinach, 30 grams of mutton, and appropriate amounts of ginger and onion.

Method: First peel and remove the wax gourd, wash and cut into cubes, wash and cut the spinach into sections, cut the mutton into thin slices, cut the ginger into thin slices, and cut the green onion into sections; put the wok on the fire, add oil and heat it, stir-fry the chopped green onion and mutton slices, add the green onion, ginger slices, spinach, and wax gourd cubes, stir-fry a few times, add fresh soup, boil for about 10 minutes, add salt, soy sauce, and MSG, and finally pour in the starch juice and mix well.

Efficacy: This soup is delicious and has the effects of replenishing deficiency, reducing swelling, losing weight and improving health. It is suitable for women with edema during pregnancy and obese people.

Winter Melon and Tremella Soup

Ingredients: 250 grams of winter melon, 30 grams of white fungus.

Preparation: First peel and remove the wax gourd, then cut into slices; soak the white fungus in water and wash it; put oil in a pan and heat it up, pour in the wax gourd and stir-fry for a while, add soup and salt, and when the wax gourd is almost cooked, add white fungus, MSG and rice wine and mix well.

Efficacy: This soup has the effects of clearing away heat, promoting body fluid, promoting diuresis and reducing swelling. It is suitable for patients with hypertension, heart disease, nephritis edema, etc.

Other therapeutic recipes for winter melon:

Eating winter melon and tofu soup together can treat mouth ulcers.

Winter melon and black fish soup is very effective in treating lower limb edema.

Winter melon peel soup, which is made with winter melon peel as the main ingredient, has a cure rate of up to 80% for acute urticaria.

Carp and wax gourd peel soup is effective in treating traumatic edema. If it is mashed and applied externally, it is very effective in treating burns.

Eating young winter melon leaves mixed with flour pancakes has the effect of removing heat and relieving diarrhea.

Using fresh juice of wax gourd vines for washing your face and bathing can whiten the skin and make it shiny. It is a natural beauty agent.