The efficacy and harm of wax gourd wax gourd is a common vegetable and a soup that people drink every day. The soup is mainly made of wax gourd. This soup is fragrant and nutritious. Let's share the efficacy and harm of wax gourd.
Efficacy and harm of wax gourd 1
1, preventing cardiovascular diseases.
Wax gourd seeds contain unsaturated fatty acids such as linoleic acid, which can effectively reduce the content of fat and cholesterol in blood and play a certain role in preventing and treating cardiovascular diseases. When you cook wax gourd, you can dig out the seeds, dry them and fry them. In addition, you can also make juice with seeds.
2. Protect your heart.
Wax gourd has the richest water content, up to 96%; The content of potassium is also quite high, and the potassium content per 100g is 130mg, which is a typical vegetable with high potassium and low sodium. Potassium is a very important nutrient for human body. Potassium supplementation can excrete excess sodium in the body, which is very good for protecting heart function, supplementing water, reducing swelling and diuresis, and preventing heatstroke. Especially suitable for eating in summer.
3. Reduce cholesterol and blood lipids.
Wax gourd is rich in all kinds of amino acids needed by human body and high in dietary fiber, which can reduce cholesterol and blood lipid.
4. Prevent arteriosclerosis.
Wax gourd can effectively control the transformation of sugar into fat, prevent the accumulation of fat in the body and consume excess fat, which has a good effect on the prevention and treatment of atherosclerosis.
5. The water is wet.
Wax gourd is sweet, light and cool, and enters the lung, large intestine and bladder meridian. Has the effects of clearing away heat, promoting diuresis, relieving swelling and toxic materials, promoting fluid production and relieving vexation. Wax gourd has a strong diuretic and dehumidifying effect, and people who are prone to edema should eat it often.
6, slimming beauty.
In addition to high water content and rich potassium content, wax gourd is also rich in vitamin C, containing 18mg per 100g, which is not as good as kiwi fruit and citrus, but more than apple.
Second, shortcomings.
1, melon and adzuki bean. Eating melon and adzuki bean together will make normal people's urine suddenly increase, which is easy to cause dehydration.
2, melon vinegar. Vinegar will destroy the nutrients in wax gourd and reduce its nutritional value.
3. Winter melon and red carp. Eating together reduces the nutritional value. Wax gourd and crucian carp are ingredients for detumescence and diuresis. Eating together will increase urine output. If it is not edema, it is best not to eat together.
Effects and disadvantages of wax gourd 2 disadvantages of eating wax gourd
1, it is not recommended to eat wax gourd during menstruation, because wax gourd is cold, and women should avoid eating high-content food during menstruation to avoid physical discomfort.
2, people with physical weakness are not suitable for eating melon, so as not to aggravate the cold.
3, winter melon is cold, not suitable for patients with spleen and stomach deficiency, so as not to cause spleen and stomach qi deficiency.
4. If people with diarrhea eat wax gourd, it will aggravate diarrhea and abdominal distension.
Many people like to mix melon and crucian carp soup. In fact, this practice is wrong. Eating crucian carp and wax gourd together has diuretic effect, and excessive consumption will cause pressure on the bladder. It is recommended not to eat together.
6. If vinegar is added to wax gourd during cooking, it will reduce the nutritional value of wax gourd and seriously destroy its nutritional components.
7. Many winter melons will rot after being stored for a period of time, so most people will basically remove the rotten part and continue to eat. In fact, this practice is wrong, because if wax gourd rots, it will not only reduce its nutritional value, but also produce some substances that are not good for the human body, so it is not recommended for everyone to eat.
Selection method of wax gourd
1, skin: the skin of wax gourd is thin and easy to leave scratches, so when selecting wax gourd, you should pay attention to whether its skin is smooth and whether there are pits.
2. Weight: If the appearance size of wax gourd is the same, choose the one with heavy hand feel at this time, and this wax gourd tastes better.
3. Taste: If the meat quality of soft melon is loose, the relative taste is slightly worse, so when choosing melon, you should choose harder meat.
4, color: the color of wax gourd is mainly divided into white, green, dark green, the more common is dark green, this color of wax gourd has the strongest taste, so the consumption rate is also the highest.
Efficacy and harm of wax gourd III. Efficacy, function and eating method of wax gourd
1, lose weight
There is a component called propanol diacid in wax gourd, which can effectively inhibit the transformation of excess sugar into fat after entering the human body, effectively prevent the accumulation of fat in the body, and also help the formed excess fat to be slowly consumed, which has a good effect on weight loss.
Moreover, the dietary fiber content in wax gourd is relatively high, which can help improve the blood sugar level of human body. In addition, trigonelline in wax gourd is also an effective ingredient, which can promote the metabolism of human body, thus inhibiting the conversion of sugar into fat.
2. Beautiful and beautiful
Oleic acid contained in wax gourd seeds can inhibit melanin deposition in the body, and can play a good role in moistening the lungs, beautifying and whitening. In addition, protein and citrulline contained in it are also good effective ingredients for beauty and skin care. The two ingredients work synergistically, and the beauty effect is better.
3, diuretic swelling
Wax gourd contains a variety of amino acids, which can help relieve the toxicity of free ammonia and has a good diuretic and detumescence effect. However, you should know that the content of amino acids in the seeds and skins of wax gourd is higher.
Step 4 clear away heat and relieve summer heat
Wax gourd is a cool vegetable, which has a good effect of clearing away heat and promoting fluid production, especially in summer, and can help relieve summer heat and relieve annoyance.
How to make melons delicious?
Fried winter melon with laver
1, fried melon with seaweed is especially delicious, and the method is simple. When cooking, you need to prepare 500 grams of wax gourd and 50 grams of dried seaweed, remove the tofu, cut the skin and pulp of wax gourd into pieces, soak the dried seaweed in warm water in advance, and prepare a proper amount of onion, ginger and cooking oil.
2. After the cooking oil in the wok is heated, add the pepper, stir-fry the fragrance, take out the pepper, and do not stir-fry the onion and ginger quickly. Then put the wax gourd slices into a wok, stir-fry for 2 to 3 minutes, add a little water, and add the soaked dried seaweed to stir-fry for 2 to 3 minutes. Stir-fry and add chicken essence to taste. After seasoning, take it out of the pot directly.
Fried melon with tomato
1, fried melon with tomato is also very delicious. When frying, you need to prepare 500 grams of wax gourd, two tomatoes, salad oil, appropriate amount of edible salt and chicken essence, and appropriate amount of chives. Peel the shallots and cut them into diced onions. Peel the wax gourd, remove the pulp and cut into pieces. Peel the tomatoes and dice them.
2. Heat oil in a wok, add tomatoes and stir-fry red soup, then add onion and ginger, stir-fry melon slices in the wok, then add appropriate amount of edible salt and chicken essence, stir-fry again, and then turn off the fire and take it out.