4 kinds of vegetables can help you look ten years younger

　　1. Bitter Melon

　　Bitter melon is particularly loved by people for its bitter taste.

　　The nutritional and health care characteristics of bitter melon are: first, it contains more vitamin C, vitamin B1 and alkaloids； Secondly, it contains more galacturonic acid and pectin. The bitter taste in bitter melon comes from the alkaloid quinine. These nutrients have the functions of promoting appetite, diuresis, promoting blood circulation, anti-inflammatory, reducing fever and refreshing the brain. Modern scientific research has found that the "polypeptide-P" substance in bitter melon is an insulin-like substance that can lower blood sugar. Xi'an Medical University has extracted oral insulin from bitter melon. American scientists also discovered that bitter melon contains a protein and lipid substance that can stimulate and enhance the ability of immune cells in animals to eat cancer cells. It can play an anti-cancer effect in the body together with quinine in alkaloids.

　　Although bitter melon is bitter, it tastes bitter and cool when eaten, and is refreshing and not greasy. It feels refreshing and comfortable when eaten in summer, and has the effect of refreshing the mind and stimulating the appetite. And it will not pass on the bitter taste to "others". For example, if you use bitter melon to roast or stew fish, the fish pieces will never have a bitter taste. Therefore, bitter melon is also known as "the gentleman of vegetables". For example, brewing bitter melon into herbal tea and drinking it in summer can make people feel refreshed and refreshed, and relieve thirst. In some areas, bitter melon is cut into pieces, lightly salted to reduce some of the bitterness, and eaten as a vegetable. ； Some people cut bitter melon into rings and stew them with minced meat, garlic and black beans to make delicacies. There is a Hakka folk song that goes: "People say bitter melon is bitter, but I say bitter melon is sweet. You can choose whether it is sweet or bitter. How can it be sweet if it is not bitter?" ”This means that bitter melon itself is bitter, but what it brings to people is sweetness.—— healthy and happiness.