First of all, bitter gourd should be eaten raw to lose weight, and two or three pieces should be eaten raw a day. Because bitter gourd contains a lot of fat, it is well founded. Bitter gourd, named after its bitter taste, is also called cold melon. Bitter gourd is also a vegetable used to clear heat in summer. Bitter gourd is rich in vitamins B, C, calcium and iron. Li Shizhen said that bitter gourd has the functions of & Quot clearing away heat and relieving fatigue, clearing heart and improving eyesight, benefiting qi and strengthening yang & quot. According to the research, it has obvious hidden blood sugar effect and has certain curative effect on diabetes. It also has certain antiviral ability and anticancer effect.

Second, the efficacy of bitter gourd glycoside

1, Momordica charantia is considered to have potential hypoglycemic effect mainly because the active ingredient in Momordica charantia extract-Momordica charantia has been proved to have hypoglycemic effect. Eating bitter gourd alone has little effect on lowering blood sugar, and it can only be an adjuvant treatment, and we can't expect alternative drugs to lower blood sugar.

2. In addition, it is said that bitter gourd is a hypoglycemic food, to some extent, because bitter gourd, pumpkin and other foods have low sugar content and high cellulose content, which does not mean that they can lower blood sugar. It's just that they don't raise blood sugar as fast as other foods.