Nutritional value of bitter gourd

Bitter gourd is known as the king of melons, and many people know that eating bitter gourd is good. Ask everyone the benefits of eating bitter gourd, such as eating bitter gourd can clear fire, eating bitter gourd can increase vitamin C and so on. Let me tell you specifically what the nutritional value of bitter gourd is.

Nutritional value of bitter gourd The nutritional value of bitter gourd is extremely high. It contains a variety of nutrients and is rich in vitamin B 1. Has the effects of preventing and treating beriberi, maintaining normal heart function, promoting milk secretion and stimulating appetite.

The vitamin C content of bitter gourd is 0. 10 ~ 20 times higher than that of cucumber and towel gourd. Has the effects of preventing scurvy, protecting cell membrane, removing toxic substances, preventing atherosclerosis, resisting cancer, improving stress ability, preventing colds and protecting heart.

Bitter gourd contains peptide -P, which is similar to insulin, and its hypoglycemic effect is more obvious than that of phenylbutazone, a drug for treating diabetes. Bitter gourd also contains a kind of protein and lipid substances, which can stimulate and enhance the ability of immune cells in animals to phagocytize cancer cells, and play an anti-cancer role in vivo together with quinine in alkaloids.

The protein component of Momordica charantia and a large amount of vitamin C can improve the immune function of the body and make immune cells have the function of killing cancer cells; Bitter gourd juice contains some protein components, which can enhance the ability of macrophages and is effective for lymphosarcoma and leukemia in clinic. Trypsin inhibitor extracted from bitter gourd seeds can inhibit the protease secreted by cancer cells and prevent the growth of malignant tumors.