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Tuesday, March 27, 2012

The Health Benefits of the Bitter Melon

Health Tip - Bitter Melon (bitter gourd)

The Bitter Melon is a vegetable-fruit that helps improve diabetic and toxemia conditions.

The Bitter Melon looks like a cucumber with ugly gourd-like bumps.
It is pale green and oblong in shape.

Bitter Melon : Fresh bitter melon with leaf. Stock Photo         Bitter Melon : Bitter Melons    Bitter Melon : Bitter Melon Gourd is a Vegetable from India and Asia that Scientists are Using to Study for a Cure for Cancer. 


  The Nutritional Benefits of the Bitter Melon are:
  • Low calories
  • Excellent source of Vitamins B1, B2 and B3, C, Magnesium, Folic acid, Zinc, Phosphorus, Manganese, and Dietary fiber.
  • Rich in iron
  • Twice the Beta carotene of broccoli
  • Twice the calcium of Spinach
  • Twice the potassium of a banana 
 Bitter Melon : Isolated macro image of small bitter gourds.                 Bitter Melon : cross section of gitter guard

This vegetable - fruit  thrives in hot and humid climates and are found in Asian countries and South America.

When ripe it turns a reddish-orange and becomes more bitter.

Bitter Melon : Bitter melon being prepared to cook   Bitter Melon : Momordica charantia (Bitter Melon) on white background Stock Photo       Bitter Melon : A very ripe Bitter Gourd, splitting open, hanging from the vine ready for picking. It is among the most bitter of all vegetables. Widely grown in Asia, Africa, and the Caribbean   Bitter Melon : Ripe Bitter Melon Balsam Pear fruit isolated on white

The Health (medicinal) Benefits of the Bitter Melon:
  • Blood disorders - treats blood boils and itching due to toxemia
  • Cholera - early stages
  • Diabetes mellitus - lowers sugar level in blood and urine
  • Energy - improves energy and stamina
  • Eye problems - improves eyesight
  • Hangover - helps cleanse, repair and nourish liver problems due to alcohol consumption
  • Immune booster - strengthens immune system to resist infections
  • Piles - hasten the healing process
  • Psoriasis - improves psoriasis and fungal infections (ring-worm and athletes feet)
  • Respiratory disorders - improves asthma, bronchitis and pharyngitis
  • Toxemia - helps cleanses the blood from toxins and also helps removes jaundice  
 To help make the Bitter Gourd juice more palatable, take with honey, or add carrot or apple juice.
Bitter Melon : Five green vegetable and fruit (apple, bitter melon, pepper, celery, cucumber)
                          Bitter Melon : Bitter gourd soup   Soups    Bitter Melon : Bitter Gourd Soup with Pork


     Bitter Melon : aquarium and fresh vegetable Stock Photo   Can be added to Seafood Dishes


Bitter Melon : Cooked Bitter Melon (Momordica charantia) with egg and pork Stock Photo  Can be cooked like broccoli or cauliflower


Bitter Melon : Bitter melon stuffed with ground pork isolated on white Can be stuffed with your favorite meat or pasta

  
Try it!
The benefits out way the taste



Live well
Doc V 
Posted by Unknown at Tuesday, March 27, 2012

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