Winter melon is a food that people eat more in daily life, such as many people will add winter melon when cooking soup. Winter melon is also rich in nutrition, such as abundant vitamins, ascorbic acid, dietary fiber, etc. It is worth mentioning that the calorie content of winter melon is relatively low, so there is no need to worry about gaining weight, and eating winter melon correctly even has a weight loss effect.

The calorie and weight loss effect of winter melon are also known as white melon, water orchid, earth orchid, pillow melon, Pu melon, white winter melon, Donggua

Calories: 11 calories (per 100g edible part)

Classification: Vegetables and Fungi and Algae

Evaluation: The content of trace nutrients in winter melon is generally average, but the calorie content is very low, and it can eliminate edema, so it is a vegetable that can be eaten more during weight loss.

Lipid-lowering and weight loss. The malic acid in winter melon can effectively control the conversion of sugars in the body into fats, prevent the accumulation of body fat, and also consume the excess fat, which has a good weight loss effect. It can also help the body’s metabolism and inhibit the conversion of sugars into fats, which is also one of the weight loss and lipid-lowering functional factors in winter melon.

Winter melon red bean soup: 100g of winter melon, 30g of red adzuki beans. Wash the red adzuki beans, add water, cook until half done, add sliced winter melon, and cook together for about 1 hour. Drink 1 bowl of soup every night. It has weight loss effects.

Winter melon kelp soup: 1 jin of winter melon, 4 pieces of kelp, 2 pieces of dried tangerine peel, and half a jin of lean meat. Peel the winter melon, wash it, soak the kelp in water to remove the mud, cut it, and put it in a pot with the dried tangerine peel and lean meat, add 8 bowls of water, cook for about two hours, and season with salt. This soup has both whitening and anti-freckle and weight loss effects, and is most suitable for those who love beauty.

Winter melon broad bean soup: 50g of winter melon, 60g of broad beans, and appropriate seasonings. Wash and cut the winter melon, and cook it with the broad beans in 3 bowls of water, simmer until 1 bowl remains, add salt and other seasonings, and it is ready. Drink 1 bowl of soup daily. It has weight loss effects.

Winter melon and shrimp soup: peel and devein the shrimp, wash and drain the water, and place in a bowl; wash the winter melon, peel and remove the core, and cut into small tile pieces. Boil the shrimp in cold water until tender and add the winter melon to cook until the winter melon is done, season with a little salt and chicken essence, and it is ready to eat.

1. How much winter melon should be eaten?

Although winter melon has many benefits, eating too much will outweigh the benefits.

2. Who is suitable to eat winter melon?

Applicable population

General population can eat it.

It is suitable for people with kidney disease, edema, liver cirrhosis with ascites, cancer, beriberi, hypertension, diabetes, arteriosclerosis, coronary heart disease, obesity, and those who lack vitamin C to eat more;