The nutritional value of bitter gourd

Bitter gourd, also known as cool melon, is a cucurbitaceous plant and is an annual climbing herb. Stems, branches, petioles and pedicels covered with pilose, tendrils tendrils. The leaves are 3 to 12 cm in diameter, with 5 to 7 deep palmate lobes, oval-shaped lobes and serrated outer edges. The flowers bloom at the turn of spring and summer. The fruit is oval in shape and has a mostly untidy nodule on its surface. The seeds are hidden in the fleshy fruit and are covered with a red sac when mature. Bitter gourd is a kind of vegetable that people love. Its origin is not clear, but it is generally considered to be native to the tropics. There are extensive plantations in South Asia, Southeast Asia, China, and the Caribbean Islands.

The nutritional value of bitter gourd

1. Bitter gourd is rich in vitamin C. Each hundred grams of bitter gourd contains 56 mg of vitamin C.

2. The bitter gourd is rich in bitterness and bitterness. The bitter gourd is known as a "fat killer" and can reduce fat and polysaccharides.

3. Bitter melon contains insulin-like substance - polypeptide -P.

4. Bitter gourd also contains a protein lipid material that has the ability to stimulate and enhance the immune cells in the animal to devour cancer cells. It can act together with quinine in alkaloids to exert anti-cancer effects in the body.