Do bitter melons be too bitter to eat? Nutritionists teach this treatment to reduce bitterness

Bitter melon (May-October season)

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Pick out the ingredients of Shangqing: bitter melon tastes bitter, but it can improve appetite and clear fire and relieve heat. When choosing bitter melon, it is better to have smooth surfaces, unharmed, thick and solid, and unsmooth, while bitter melon with green stalks is fresher.

Good food production locally: the growth of bitter gourd is 20~ 25°C. Taiwan's main production seasons are summer and autumn. It can be produced throughout the year in the south. Pingtung County is the most cultivated, followed by Changhua, Taichung and Kaohsiung.

Save tips: Bitter melon is an easy-to-ripen ingredient. After buying it home, wrap it with a paper first, then put it in the bottom layer of the refrigerator, store it in refrigerated form, and eat it in 3 days as soon as possible.

Nutritional amplification lens (nutrient ingredients contained per 100g)

The more you eat, the healthier you will be

1. Bitter melon will become bitter because it has bitter melon that will release sweet and bitter taste after cooking. It not only increases the appetite, but also quenches thirst and detoxifies.

2. Bitter melon with high vitamin C content has the functions of preventing abrasions, protecting cell membranes, preventing dyscrastination, and protecting the heart.

3. The unique bitter melon peptide substance has the function of rapidly reducing blood sugar, which can prevent and improve diabetes malfunction.

4. Drying can effectively reduce blood pressure; 花花花 can prevent cancer and improve eyesight; both of them are rich ingredients.

5. Chinese medicine believes that bitter melon tastes bitter and is cold in nature; it absorbs the heart, lungs, spleen, and stomach. It has the effects of cooling and clearing heat, detoxifying and strengthening the stomach. It is mainly used to treat fever, heat stroke, diarrhea, eye pain, and malice.

6. Taking appropriate amounts of bitter melon has good effect on skin beauty and improving human body.

Quick and easy to cook! No loss of nutrients

1. Bitter melon can be eaten raw or cooked. Eat raw, it is cold in nature and tastes, and has the effects of clearing heat and eliminating fire and improving eyesight; eating cooked food has a warm nature and taste, which has the effects of nourishing blood, strengthening the spleen and replenishing kidneys.

2. After the bitter melon is heated, although some vitamin C will be lost, the bitter taste is not that heavy.

3. Blanching the bitter melon before cooking can reduce the bitterness, but don't cook it too long, it's enough for about 2 minutes to keep it crispy.

4. Before cold or cooking, soak bitter melon in vinegar or salt water to reduce the bitter taste.

5. Removing seeds and scraping the inner membrane are both good ways to reduce the bitter taste of bitter melon.

6. Although bitter melon is bitter, it will not convey the bitterness to other ingredients. If you use bitter melon to burn fish, the fish will never be bitter, so bitter melon is also known as "gentleman's vegetable".

7. The fresh juice of bitter gourd contains bitter gourd and insulin-like substances, and has a good lowering of blood sugar. Therefore, bitter gourd is an ideal food for diabetic patients.

8. Eating bitter melon and chicken eggs together can protect bones, teeth and blood vessels, helps iron absorption, and has the effect of strengthening the stomach, which can cure stomach pain, eye pain, colds, colds and vomiting in the abdominal area of ​​the small abdomen. …… etc.

TIPS

Washing and applying facial hair with bitter melon can help you with skin care, but before use, you can apply juice on your wrist for a test, which can prevent allergies to bitter melon.

Love attention! Cooking small landmines

1. The oxalic acid in bitter melon will hinder the absorption of calcium in food, so people who need to supplement a large amount of calcium should not eat too much bitter melon.

2. Bitter melon is a cold-like person. People with chronic gastritis, digestive aches or prone to pain and abdominal pain must pay attention to the appropriate consumption.

3. Bitter melon contains quinine, which will stimulate the contraction of the vein, so pregnant women should eat it with caution.

Author Introduction/Wu Qianru Rucy (nutritionist at Taipei Medical University)

Buy a bunch of vegetables and go home, but don’t know how to deal with it? Can I still eat bananas if they have dark spots? Do you hear that you can’t eat chili peppers when you are close to your eyes? The questions of General Lin Lin’s selection of ingredients, processing, preservation and cooking are answered at once, so you won’t fall into the dilemma of compromising the ingredients! Yisouzouzhai’s unrealistic comments and myths are cracking one by one. Are you still washing grapes with salt? Don't do that from today!

National College Entrance Examination Nutritionist, graduate of the Department of Health Nutrition at Taipei Medical University. We are committed to promoting related activities such as the "Jamie Oliver Food Revolution" and "Food Education". We were invited to cooperate with many chefs to organize the "Super Practical Nutritional Art Class", bringing nutrients into life from the place to the dining table, and interactive teaching allows everyone to learn how to choose good food.