The role of bitterness

The food we eat is sweet, salty and bitter. There is a saying that bitter medicine is good, which means that bitter things are sometimes more valuable. The effects of bitterness can be divided into several aspects. It is understood that bitterness can regulate the internal structure of the body so that nutrients can be absorbed more evenly; bitterness can also make the brain more clear. Although it tastes bad when eaten, it will be very comfortable after eating and make people feel very relaxed.

What are the effects of bitter foods?

The main purpose is to regulate the internal structure of the body and balance nutrition.

1. When people absorb the five tastes of pungent, sweet, bitter, sour and salty through food, they are roughly balanced. However, people usually consume too much salty and sweet foods, which has caused many diseases, resulting in poor physical condition and decreased resistance. In order to change the imbalance of the five flavors, you should eat more bitter foods.

2. Bitter foods contain a certain amount of theobromine and caffeine. After eating them, they can refresh the mind and make people feel comfortable and relaxed. They can help people relax from the psychological state of summer heat and restore energy. Traditional Chinese medicine also believes that bitter foods can relieve the heat in the heart, have a heart-clearing effect, make the mind clear, and enable the brain to function better.

3. Scientific research has found that bitter foods are rich in vitamin B17, which has a powerful ability to kill cancer cells.

4. Bitter foods also have a certain promoting effect on people's mental activities. Bitter coffee, tea, chocolate, beer, etc. all contain certain amounts of theobroma acid and caffeine, which can refresh the mind. For people who are under mental stress, it can relax nerves and eliminate brain fatigue. Bitter fruits and vegetables are alkaline foods that can effectively offset acidic products and promote the body's acid-base balance.

5. For people who have suffered mental trauma, bitter foods can increase the concentration of phenylethylamine in the blood, thereby boosting their mood. Therefore, people who have suffered a broken heart can eat some chocolate to quickly increase the level of excitatory substances in the blood and help them get out of their depressed mood.

Benefits of eating bitter melon

1. Bitter melon contains substances similar to insulin, which can significantly lower blood sugar and is an ideal therapeutic food for diabetic patients. Bitter melon also contains proteins with obvious physiological activity. When injected into animals, this protein can drive the animal's immune cells to eliminate cancer cells. Therefore, it may become a new source for extracting anti-cancer drugs.

2. Bitter melon is cold in nature and bitter in taste. It has the effects of clearing away heat, improving eyesight and detoxifying. The roots, stems, leaves and flowers of bitter melon also have the effect of clearing heat and detoxifying.

3. Lower blood sugar: The fresh juice of bitter melon contains momordica glycosides and insulin-like substances, which has a good effect on lowering blood sugar and is an ideal food for diabetic patients.

4. Health and beauty: In the hot summer, women can often apply iced bitter melon slices to immediately relieve dry skin problems. Bitter melon can also moisturize fair skin, calm and moisturize the skin.

5. Bitter melon is extremely rich in nutritional value. It has the effects of clearing away heat and summer heat, promoting diuresis and cooling blood, relieving fatigue and clearing the mind, and invigorating qi and strengthening yang. It is very beneficial for many friends in summer.