1, which is helpful to prevent coronary heart disease.
Wax gourd is rich in protein, fat, urease, glucoside B vitamins and so on. Wax gourd mainly contains unsaturated fatty acids, of which linoleic acid is the main component, which can reduce cholesterol and glycerate in human blood and help prevent and treat coronary heart disease.
2. Beauty and hair care
Trigonelline in wax gourd mainly exists in the flesh of wax gourd, which can help human metabolism and inhibit the conversion of sugar into fat, which is also one of the weight-reducing and lipid-lowering functions of wax gourd.
Wax gourd kernel contains oleic acid, which has the activity of inhibiting melanin deposition in the body, so it is a good moisturizing and beauty component.
Unsaturated fatty acids in wax gourd can make face ruddy and shiny, make skin tender and smooth, and make hair black and shiny.
Step 3 lose weight and defecate
Wax gourd is the only fat-free fruit and vegetable in melons and vegetables, and it is called "slimming melon". Shennong's Herbal Classic records that "long service, intellectual fit, anti-aging". Tao Hongjing's "Bielu of Materia Medica" said: "Winter melon is beneficial to urinate and treat abdominal edema." Later generations of materia medica also said that it has the effects of detumescence, clearing away heat and toxic materials and diuresis.
Wax gourd contains malonic acid, which has a good effect on preventing people from getting fat and improving their physical fitness. The B vitamins contained in wax gourd can accelerate the conversion of sugar and starch into heat energy, thus reducing body fat and helping to lose weight.
4, Qingfei Jiedu
Wax gourd can be used as medicine all over the body: Wax gourd peel is used for diuresis, detumescence, clearing heat and relieving summer heat, commonly used for edema, physical weakness and edema, and can also be used for lactation; Winter melon seeds have the functions of clearing away lung heat, resolving phlegm, promoting diuresis and expelling pus, and are suitable for cough and leukorrhagia caused by lung heat.
Wax gourd meat has the effects of nourishing water, clearing away heat, resolving phlegm and detoxicating, and can be used to treat edema, cough and asthma, summer heat, thirst, diarrhea, hemorrhoids, leakage, alcoholism and fish poisoning.
Step 5 fight cancer
The content of dietary fiber in wax gourd is very high, about 0.9 g per 100 g. Modern medical research shows that dietary fiber has the functions of lowering cholesterol, lowering blood lipid and preventing atherosclerosis.
The crude fiber in wax gourd can cause intestinal peristalsis and excrete carcinogens accumulated in the intestine as soon as possible.
Can I eat wax gourd when I lose weight?
Yes, wax gourd is a diet food available all year round. It is characterized by low calorie and good taste, and is especially suitable for making soup. Really nutritious and delicious. So can you lose weight by eating melon? Let's analyze the weight loss effect of wax gourd from many aspects.
Wax gourd, also known as wax gourd, white melon and pillow melon, is one of the home-cooked melons and vegetables in summer. It is fresh and tender in quality, delicious, light and refreshing, and has various ways to eat.
Wax gourd is rich in vitamins, protein and minerals needed by human body, but it does not contain fat. Has diuretic, laxative, diuretic, and laxative effects. Therefore, obese people should eat more winter melon in summer, which can make the body gradually thinner and achieve the purpose of losing weight.
However, it is very important to eat melon to lose weight. Here are some recommended ways to eat wax gourd with the best weight loss effect for your reference.
Wax gourd and red bean soup: wax gourd 100g, red bean 30g. First, wash the adzuki beans, add water, cook until half cooked, add the wax gourd slices, and cook for about 1 hour. Drink 1 bowl of soup every night. It has the function of losing weight.
Winter melon seaweed soup: one catty of winter melon, four pieces of kelp, two pieces of dried tangerine peel and half a catty of lean meat. Peel wax gourd, wash it, soak kelp in water to remove mud, cut it into sections, then put it in a pot with dried tangerine peel and lean meat, add eight bowls of water, cook for about two hours, and add salt to taste. This soup combines whitening, freckle removal and weight loss, and is most suitable for people who are greedy for beauty.
Wax gourd and broad bean soup: 50 grams of wax gourd, 60 grams of broad bean, and appropriate seasoning. Wash wax gourd, cut into pieces, add 3 bowls of water with broad beans, cook together, stir-fry to 1 bowl, and add seasoning such as salt. 65438+ 0 bowls of soup every day. It has the function of losing weight.
Winter melon and shrimp soup: shell the shrimp, remove the shrimp line, wash it, drain the water and put it in a bowl; Wash the wax gourd, peel it and cut it into small domino pieces. Cook shrimps in cold water until crisp, then add wax gourd and cook until wax gourd is cooked. Season with a little salt and chicken essence and serve.
Winter melon and coriander soup: 500g of winter melon, 25g of coriander, sesame sauce, shredded onion, refined salt, monosodium glutamate, pepper and sesame oil. Peel wax gourd, remove pulp, wash, and cut into pieces; Wash coriander and cut into small pieces; Put sesame paste in a small bowl and dilute with sesame oil. Add water and wax gourd pieces to the wok, add a little pepper and salt and cook until cooked. When the soup is getting less and less, pour the sesame sauce into the wok, stir fry constantly, sprinkle with monosodium glutamate and stir well, take out the wok and put it on a plate, with half of coriander and shredded onion on it. Wash the wok, heat it, pour in a little sesame oil, heat it, pour in shredded onion and coriander, and sprinkle with half coriander.
Wax gourd dried rice soup: wax gourd, dried rice, vermicelli, laver, salt and pepper. Peel the wax gourd, remove the pulp, soak the seaweed dry, pour the seaweed, dried wax gourd and water into the pot, add the vermicelli, bring to a boil with high fire, and simmer for about 5 minutes until cooked. Add salt, a little vinegar, chicken essence and sesame oil This soup can clear away heat and reduce fire, remove oil from the body, regulate the stomach, detoxify and beautify the face.
Wax gourd and mung bean soup: 500g of wax gourd, 50g of mung bean 15g of onion15g of ginger, a little refined salt and 500g of fresh soup. Wash the soup pot and put it on the fire. Add fresh soup to boil and skim off the foam. Wash ginger, pat it, put it in the pot, wash onion and put it in the pot, and add mung beans. Peel the melon, remove the pulp, wash and cut into pieces, put it in a soup pot, and sprinkle with salt when it is cooked but not rotten.
Luohan winter melon soup: 350g of winter melon, 20g of lotus seed, lily, coix seed, winter mushroom and gluten, 4 cups of vegetarian soup, 2 slices of ginger and a proper amount of salt. Peel and dice wax gourd. Wash lotus seeds, lilies and coix seeds, soak them until soft, and steam them in water. Soak mushrooms, wash and cut into pieces, and wash and cut into pieces with gluten. Hot oil, saute ginger slices, bring to a boil, add all the ingredients, bring to a boil for 10 minute, and season with salt.
Pork ribs and winter melon soup: 250g of pork ribs, 250g of winter melon, 4 slices of ginger, proper amount of salt, a little monosodium glutamate and 4 bowls of hot water. Wax gourd and ribs are cut into small pieces, and ginger is cut into filaments. Take a big soup bowl and fill it with 4 bowls of hot water. Add wax gourd, sparerib and shredded ginger, cook with high microwave power for 15-20 minutes, take out and season with salt and monosodium glutamate.