Summer heat, natural vegetables and fruits first. But what should I eat? There are many kinds of vegetables and fruits in the market. Which one should we choose? Health experts give you a new trick: bitter gourd with honey juice.

Chinese medicine believes that bitter gourd is slightly bitter, cold at birth and warm at maturity. Eat raw, clear away heat and fire, clear away heat and trouble; Cooked vegetables can replenish qi and blood, nourish yin and blood, moisten spleen, tonify kidney and strengthen yang, dispel heat and relieve fatigue, calm heart and improve eyesight, nourish blood, tonify kidney and strengthen yang. It can relieve heat syndrome, polydipsia, heatstroke, fever, acute enteritis, heat rash, etc. Folk customs in summer, bitter gourd is often used to clear away heat and detoxify, improve eyesight and detoxify.

At the same time, bitter gourd contains dietary fiber and vitamin C, which is nearly three times that of tomatoes. Vitamin C is an excellent antioxidant, which can enhance the stress response ability of human body and reduce the risk factors of malignant transformation. In addition, bitter gourd also contains momordicin, various carbohydrates, calcium, phosphorus, carotene, B vitamins and so on.

Bitter gourd can be cooked in a variety of ways, mainly by frying, and also by mixing cold dishes or cooking soup and porridge. Today, I'm going to make a raw bitter gourd salad-bitter gourd with honey juice, bitter gourd soaked in honey, white sugar and water. Because it is ice-cooled, it is only a little bitter and slightly sweet. Drink it after cooling, especially suitable for summer, especially for girls. Does it also have the effect of losing weight in beauty beauty?

Honey bitter gourd material:

Bitter gourd-1 (about 250g)

Lycium barbarum -5g

Honey-20g

Fine sugar-20g

Pure water-100g

Production process: 1. Wash the medlar for later use.

2. Wash bitter gourd and cut two pieces to remove the pulp.

3. Slice the bitter gourd.

4. Take a sealed box, mix honey, fine sugar and water, and stir with a spoon until the fine sugar melts.

5. Put the sliced bitter gourd and medlar into honey water.

6. Cover the outer cover, put it in the refrigerator for freezing 1 hour and then take it off.

Note: 1. The ratio of honey to water is 1: 1: 5. Naturally, if you like a sweeter taste, you can increase the proportion of honey.

2. If you don't like hardship, you can soak bitter gourd in water before the subsequent process, or marinate it with a small amount of salt for a while, then wash away the salty taste with pure water, and then carry out the subsequent process.

3, bitter gourd raw food is cold, so people with spleen and stomach weakness and spleen and stomach deficiency can not eat raw.

4, pregnant women should not eat more bitter gourd, bitter gourd contains quinine, which will affect uterine contraction and cause abortion.