Summer is coming, and it is the season when all kinds of melons, fruits and vegetables are on the market. All kinds of melons have large output, low price and sufficient flavor. It may really take a year to miss them.
The water content of most melons is above 90%, which is one of the best summer-heat-relieving foods in sweaty summer.
However, there are so many varieties of melons, what are their nutritional values? Is the magical effect of various melons rumored by the public reliable?
Lan Xiaofang, a teacher majoring in food processing and safety from China Agricultural University, would like to introduce all kinds of melons to readers and friends. Let’s see if I am a qualified melon eater.
Momordica charantia-unique flavor, but does not reduce blood sugar or lose weight.
The most prominent nutritional advantage of balsam pear is that it is rich in vitamin C (56 mg/100g), which is almost the same level as broccoli. At the same time, it can also provide a certain amount of carotene and dietary fiber (in fact, most vegetables also have this ability).
Generally speaking, tasting bitter taste is an alarm: this food may be dangerous to eat, be careful!
However, because the bitter ingredient [cucurbitacin compound] in balsam pear is relatively low and its toxicity is not so strong, many people fall in love with the refreshing feeling brought by bitter taste instead.
There is a small trick: blanch balsam pear to remove oxalic acid, which can reduce astringency.
To sum up, balsam pear is a kind of melon vegetable with good nutrition and unique flavor. As for weight loss and hypoglycemia…
Like most vegetables, balsam pear is low in energy and contains a certain amount of dietary fiber, which can be used as a part of a weight loss diet. However, the idea of quick-acting weight loss by eating balsam pear every day is not practical. It may not be possible to lose weight, but it will cause malnutrition, gastrointestinal discomfort and other conditions, which do more harm than good.
At present, there is no high-quality clinical research evidence to prove that eating balsam pear alone can control blood sugar.
Don’t be superstitious about the magical effects of a certain food or its extract, a balanced diet is what should be done.
Cucumber-Super Water Supplement, Don’t Believe Rumors and Eat Rest assured
A kind of melon and vegetable with almost only water. It is precisely because of this that it is good to treat it as a snack, one for work and study, and one for leisure and entertainment. Fully satisfy the chewing feeling of teeth without worrying about excess energy.
However, it is said that cucumbers with flowers are stimulated by hormones? Is the straight cucumber medicated?
In fact, cucumbers with flowers do not necessarily have hormones. If you do, you don’t have to worry. On the one hand, the amount used is very small, and on the other hand, this plant hormone will not act on the human body.
As for the shape of cucumber, whether it is straight or curved has something to do with the variety and growth environment, which cannot explain whether it is sprayed or not.
In short, don’t think too much, just choose a full and juicy cucumber and chew happily.
Luffa–flesh and sweet in taste
If you insist on the nutritional ingredients, it has nothing particularly prominent. It belongs to the medium-sized vegetables.
However, the season of eating loofah every year is only a few months, and what is needed is its special taste of meat and sweet flavor.
Some people ask: When cutting loofah at ordinary times, is that sticky thing what?
This is actually polysaccharide, which is a kind of thing with slippery surface of kelp and mushroom. Polysaccharide dissolves in water and becomes sticky to hands.
In addition, a side dish is recommended: stir-fried or cold-mixed towel gourd tips.
Luffa tip is the tender leaf part of Luffa vine tip, which is also very refreshing and palatable.
Watermelon-relieving summer heat and quenching thirst, paying attention to controlling quantity
In the sultry summer, there is nothing more leisurely than eating watermelons in an air-conditioned room in what, which relieves summer heat and quenches thirst.
When eating, many people will still whisper, this watermelon is so sweet, eating too much will make you fat, and is it not conducive to blood sugar control…
How many watermelons is appropriate? Let’s calculate it carefully.
If it is a big watermelon weighing 10 kg and the skin and seeds are removed, then a quarter of the watermelon has about 700 grams of meat and 182 calories of energy, which is equivalent to a bowl and a half of rice. Half a melon after the meal, the result is terrible…
According to < < Dietary Guidelines for Chinese Residents > >, adults are advised to eat 200-350 grams of fruit every day, which is almost equivalent to one eighth of watermelons. If you are worried about growing meat, do not like sports, and really cannot resist the delicious temptation of watermelons, then eat less rice appropriately.
In addition, watermelon has a strong ability to raise blood sugar, and greedy diabetic friends must eat it in limited quantities. It is suggested to cut it into small pieces so that it is convenient to estimate how much you eat and do not exceed a small bowl every day.
Pumpkin-Sweet and Glutinous in Taste, but Not Hypoglycemic
Pumpkin is soft, sweet and glutinous, and can be used to replace part of the staple food of rice flour. It is also very good to cook porridge with millet and brown rice. Rich carotene can also add color to the food.
Remember, pumpkins cannot lower blood sugar, but will raise it.
Friends who need to control blood sugar had better choose tender pumpkins, or varieties with light sweet taste and less soft texture, and do not make them too ripe and rotten.
If you drink a bowl of pumpkin soup before the meal, you need to eat less than two staple foods.
Wax gourd is rich in water and can relieve summer heat.
Its water content is above 96%, which is worthy of being the most [water] among melons.
Although there are not many dry goods and vitamins, minerals and antioxidant capacity are not very good, it does not prevent wax gourd from being popular.
Simple, cheap and fresh, it is a versatile dish companion: shrimp fried wax gourd, wax gourd sparerib soup, wax gourd old duck soup…
I would like to recommend a wonderful use of wax gourd-first of all, buy a wax gourd back; Then, in my arms…
Try to see if the effect of relieving summer heat and cooling is first-class.
May all readers and friends have a refreshing summer and eat melons happily!