The advantages and disadvantages of eating winter melon raw

Winter melon is one of the most famous vegetables and fruits. It is larger than watermelon in shape, but has higher nutritional value. It is rich in vitamins and other beneficial ingredients, and has a very good conditioning effect on the body. Dishes made with winter melon are also very popular among people and have become one of the must-have dishes on many people's tables. Winter melon can also be eaten raw. Let’s take a look at the advantages and disadvantages of eating winter melon raw.

Winter melon tastes sweet and is cold in nature. It has the effects of clearing heat, promoting diuresis and reducing swelling. Winter melon has a low sodium content and has a good auxiliary therapeutic effect on diseases such as arteriosclerosis, ascites due to cirrhosis, coronary heart disease, hypertension, nephritis, edema, etc.

1. The benefit of eating winter melon raw is that you can make full use of the vitamins and other nutrients in it; the disadvantage is that winter melon is cold in nature. If you eat cold winter melon raw, your stomach and intestines will catch a cold, causing discomfort to the human body.

2. As a common vegetable, it is best to eat winter melon cooked rather than raw.

3. Winter melon is rich in nutrients. Studies have shown that among winter melon vitamins, ascorbic acid, thiamine, riboflavin and niacin are relatively high. Vitamin B1, which has the effect of preventing and treating cancer, is quite rich in winter melon seeds. Mineral elements include potassium, sodium, calcium, iron, zinc, copper, phosphorus, selenium, etc., among which the potassium content is significantly higher than the sodium content. It is a typical high-potassium and low-sodium vegetable, which is very beneficial for patients with kidney disease, hypertension, and edema who need to eat low-sodium food. The element selenium also has multiple functions such as anti-cancer. It contains 8 essential amino acids for the human body except tryptophan, with high content of glutamate and aspartic acid, as well as ornithine and Y-aminobutyric acid and histidine which are specially needed by children. Winter melon does not contain fat, and the dietary fiber is as high as 0.8%. It is rich in nutrients and has a reasonable structure. The calculation of the nutritional quality index shows that winter melon is a high-quality food that is beneficial to health.

4. Winter melon has the effects of clearing away heat and detoxifying, promoting diuresis and eliminating phlegm, relieving restlessness and thirst, removing dampness and relieving heat, losing weight and improving health. It can be eaten by decocting, cooking, or squeezing juice. However, due to its cold nature, people with weak spleen and stomach and prone to diarrhea should use it with caution; people with long-term illness or yang deficiency and cold limbs should avoid eating it.