What is very important for nurturing is to "eat it in season", but what should I eat during this season? Yuanqi.com "Eating in the Season" will organize the fruits and vegetables produced in the season for you, introduce the vegetables and fruits that are suitable for eating, their nutritional value, eating precautions, and the most practical foods.

Bitter melon is a bitter and cold food, but it is not toxic because it is bitter and cold, which is especially suitable for consumption in summer. Research has found that bitter melon has a function similar to intraocular, which can make blood sugar lower and can also inhibit fat absorption. Therefore, bitter melon is very suitable for diabetics, and people who are afraid of getting fat can also eat bitter melon in a suitable manner.

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[Reported by reporters Chen Huihui and Zhou Xiaoxian/Reported by/2008-06-16 Joint Report "Yuanqi Weekly Report Nursing DIY"] (Editor: The interviewee's title may have changed, please forgive me)

The original bitter melon is in Asia, also known as lychee, lychee, lychee, and lychee. Taiwan's original wild bitter melon has been around for more than a hundred years. In the Ami native tribes, wild bitter melons are regarded as wild vegetables, not only fruits, but also tender leaves are often fried, boiled and eaten, or used as salads.

The bitter taste of bitter gourd comes from its bitter gourd, and people who don’t like to “suffer” often respect it. But what’s interesting is that when bitter gourd is cooked with other foods, the bitter taste will not be "disinfected" to other ingredients, so it is known as "Gentleman's Vegetable". The raw diet trend that has set off in recent years has revived bitter melon and fish, and manufacturers have also tried to develop a lot of related health foods.

Doctors say that

Diseases and obese people are suitable for

Li Jingzi, director of the Department of the Chinese Medicine of Wanfang Hospital:

Bloody melon is a bitter and cold food, but it is not toxic. It is precisely because it is bitter and cold, and it is especially suitable for consumption in summer. From a medical perspective, the bitterness of bitter melon can clear fire and relieve bowel movements and nourish the body. Some people have strong stomach fire in summer and will experience bitter mouth, painful teeth, constipation, urination, discomfort, or red stomach, etc. At this time, it is most suitable for eating bitter melon or drinking bitter melon tea, which can clear heat and relieve heat, promote appetite and help digestion.

Study found that bitter melon has a function similar to intraocular, which can make blood sugar lower and can also inhibit fat absorption. Therefore, bitter melon is very suitable for diabetics. People who are afraid of getting fat can also eat bitter melon in a suitable manner. In addition to inhibiting fat absorption, its heat is also very low.

People with cold stomachs and prone to coldness, eat less

In addition, some people believe that bitter melon has whitening effects, which may be because it contains a lot of vitamin C, but there is no specific evidence for bitter melon to whiten. But for those who are suffering from prickly heat, you can slice the bitter melon and apply it to the prickly heat. Rub it once a day to help eliminate the prickly heat. Boil the bitter melon leaves in water and take a bath, which is better.

Although bitter melon has the above benefits, because it is bitter and cold, people with cold stomachs and prone to abdominal distension should eat less. Even if it is used to reduce heat, do not overeat.

I feel irritable and have no appetite. You should eat

to reduce the bitter cold of bitter melon. It is a method to eat it after cooking, but the improvement is limited. Those who like to eat bitter melon can cook pork ribs, chicken and bitter melon. The pork meat is neither dry nor cold, and the chicken meat tends to be warm, which can neutralize the coldness of bitter melon.

People who are prone to loss of appetite in summer can eat some bitter melon to stir-fry the pork waist, or they can clear the heat and anneale; bitter melon and 200 grams of beef slices are stir-fry quickly over high heat. Because the beef is more dry and hot, eating it in summer may clear the liver and anneale, and it can also help defecate. As for those who are prone to painstaking and have a bad temper and have a weak appetite, you can drink bitter melon clam soup or bitter melon soup, which are helpful.

Nutritionists said that

The content of vitamin C is high, and antioxidant

Nutrition scientist Chen Shumei from Songde Hospital, Taipei Municipal United Hospital:

Bitter melon has a lot of vitamin C and B1 content, especially the new product of bitter melon developed in recent years. The vitamin C content is getting higher and higher. For some varieties, every 100 grams of bitter melon contains more than 80 mg of vitamin C, and some are even higher, more than 30 mg of ordinary bitter melon varieties, and have antioxidant ability.

Although bitter melon has a high vitamin C content, it is easy to get damaged after being heated. From the perspective of nutritionists, vitamin C mainly comes from fruits, and the largest longest point of vegetables is fiber.

Fried bitter melon with fried eggs. Pay attention to the amount of fermented eggs

In addition to vitamins, bitter melon also contains a substance similar to intraocular. Some people call it a mixture of juicin, and some people call it Duopiao. After experiments, they found that this chemical substance can reduce blood sugar. However, bitter melon contains more than 70 mixtures, and it is still impossible to determine which ingredient is effective. People with diabetes, high blood sugar and are not afraid of "hard work", can eat some bitter melon appropriately, but the therapeutic drugs you should take should not be too wasteful.

Although bitter melon is a good ingredient and is suitable for consumption in hot summer, people with cold body quality should not eat more, and it is best to cook it before eating it. As for kidney patients, it is best to eat it after boiling to reduce the amount of the debris; people with poor resistance should eat less raw bitter melon or bitter melon juice. In addition, although fried bitter melon eggs are delicious, you should pay attention to the amount of eggs to avoid eating too much.

Short steps in choosing and handling bitter melon:

Appearance: It is best to choose a bright and full skin without lesions or scars. The bitter melon with sunken and dry skin is less fresh.

Cracked fruit: 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.

Sejaculation: 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.

Cutted bitter gourd: can be cooked with less salt, or boiled or iced, and then cooked to reduce the bitterness..

(Ask/Qiang Qiang, Director of Nutrition at Mackay Hospital, Quan Zhonghe, Associate Researcher of the Agricultural Improvement Field in Hualien District)