Bitter gourd is often eaten or has three harms, and these five types of people try to eat as little as possible.

Bitter gourd is named after its bitter taste, also known as cold melon and bitter gourd. The older generation often said, "Bitter summer means hard work". First, it is easy to get angry in summer, and bitter food has the effect of clearing away heat and relieving summer heat; Second, under high temperature conditions, people often can't eat and lose appetite. Bitter food can stimulate the secretion of digestive juice, promote digestion and help to increase appetite. Bitter gourd, as a representative of bitter vegetables, is of course an indispensable melon vegetable in summer diet.

Although eating bitter gourd in summer is good for your health, you should not eat it blindly. Pay attention to moderation in everything, and of course, you can't eat too much bitter gourd. In addition, everyone has different physical qualities and different requirements for ingredients. Today, let's talk about the disadvantages of eating too much bitter gourd and who should not eat bitter gourd.

The disadvantages of eating too much bitter gourd

1, affecting spleen and stomach function.

Bitter gourd is cold and belongs to cold food. Eating bitter gourd all the time may lead to decreased spleen and stomach function, indigestion, and may also increase the risk of gastrointestinal diseases.

2. Causing palace cold

Bitter gourd itself has the effect of clearing away heat and reducing fire, and is a cold food. If you eat bitter gourd for a long time, it may lead to more serious palace cold.

3. Lead to calcium deficiency

Bitter gourd contains a lot of oxalic acid, which is easy to combine with calcium in food to form calcium oxalate, which reduces the absorption of calcium by human body and may lead to calcium deficiency.

Who shouldn't eat bitter gourd?

1. People with spleen and stomach deficiency and cold

Bitter in bitterness, eating more can stimulate the gastrointestinal tract, especially suitable for people with poor constitution or cold constitution, such as spleen and stomach deficiency. Eating a lot of bitter bitter bitter melon may aggravate the condition, leading to stomach pain, abdominal pain and even diarrhea. Therefore, people with spleen and stomach deficiency and cold should not eat more, nor should they eat every day.

2. Hypoglycemia

Bitter gourd contains a special substance, similar to insulin, which is stronger than the current hypoglycemic drug "metsulfuron". Therefore, bitter gourd is not suitable for people with hypoglycemia to avoid accidents caused by hypoglycemia.

3. Pregnant women should not eat bitter gourd.

Bitter gourd contains an ingredient called quinine, which has anti-inflammatory, antipyretic, heart-clearing and eyesight-improving effects, but it will stimulate uterine contraction and may lead to miscarriage of pregnant women. Therefore, it is better to eat less bitter gourd during pregnancy.

4. Women in the physiological period

Some women themselves have palace cold and are prone to dysmenorrhea during menstruation. Therefore, it is best for women in the physiological period not to eat cold foods such as bitter gourd, and choose warm foods.

5. Preschool children

Bitter gourd is cold, but the gastrointestinal function of children is weak. Eating too much bitter gourd will affect children's appetite.

How to make bitter gourd not bitter?

Step 1: Uncover the film. It is not enough to wash the seeds of bitter gourd. The inner membrane of bitter gourd should be removed. It is the source of bitterness and can be cleaned with a kitchen knife.

Step 2: Ice water. Then slice the bitter gourd, the thinner the better, and put it in ice water for cold storage, which not only increases brittleness but also removes bitterness.

Step 3: Salt. Finally, sprinkle a little salt, stir and dissolve, and soak 15 to 20 minutes. It's not bitter at all, and nutrition is not lost at all!