Bitter gourd is sweet and cold in nature, enters the spleen and stomach meridian, and has the functions of clearing away summer heat, relieving annoyance, detoxifying and stopping dysentery. Suitable for heatstroke, irritability, thirst, carbuncle and dysentery. Pharmacological analysis shows that bitter gourd contains polypeptide substances (25mg per100g bitter gourd), various amino acids and pectin.

It is suggested that momordicoside itself cannot be directly used to lose weight. Momordica charantia saponin is composed of basic polypeptide containing 17 amino acids. It has a strong function of lowering blood sugar and regulating blood lipid, and has no toxic or side effects. Although bitter gourd can reduce cholesterol and triglycerides, it is suitable for patients with hyperlipidemia, but it does not mean that bitter gourd has the effect of losing weight, because obesity and hyperlipidemia are not the same thing.

Of course, as for eating bitter gourd raw, it is mainly because bitter taste inhibits people's appetite, and bitter gourd itself is not high in calories, and the energy intake of human body is reduced, which will naturally lead to weight loss.