Health experts believe that winter melon is sweet in taste and cold in nature, and has the effects of relieving summer heat, promoting diuresis and reducing swelling. There is a record in the "Resting Diet Spectrum" that "if pregnant women eat regularly, they will poison the fetus and make the child disease-free". Wax gourd has high nutritional value and is rich in protein, carbohydrates, vitamins and mineral elements. It is helpful to improve human immunity, and plays an important role in preventing people from getting fat, lowering blood pressure and reducing fat, and removing vascular garbage. In addition, wax gourd is low in calories and fat.
The function of winter melon skin:
Many people throw away the skin directly after eating melons. In fact, melon skin contains more benefits and plays an important role in the prevention and treatment of varicose veins. There is a riboflavin in the skin of winter melon, which can clear lung, eliminate phlegm and relieve cough, expel toxins from the body and effectively dredge blood vessels. The fat content in the skin of winter melon is very low, and the vitamins in the skin of winter melon can also convert the starch and fat in the body into heat, consume the fat in the body, remove the garbage in the body, and achieve the purpose of softening blood vessels and keeping them clean. Watermelon peel is rich in protein, fat, crude fiber, calcium, phosphorus, iron, carotene, thiamine, riboflavin, nicotinic acid, ascorbic acid and other ingredients, which is an essential substance for human nutrition supplement.