Bitter Gourd : Health Benefits

The Asians and African countries cultivate Bitter Gourd. This vegetable has a rough and warty skin. It is very bitter in taste and the color of the skin is dark green. The seeds, leaves and vines can be used for many purposes. All parts of this vine can be used medicinally, but the fruit is the preferred part of the plant. In summers, we often cook bitter gourd as it helps purify blood. What's more, it contains antidotes and has laxative properties as well.

Now let us have a look at the nutritional value of bitter gourd. Bitter gourd of 100 grams comprises 19mg of calcium, 0.034 mg of copper, 3g of dietary fiber, 72mg of dietary folate equivalents. It also has the following nutritional value - Food folate - 5.6 mcg, iron- 0.43mg, magnesium-17mg, and manganese - 0.089mg and lots more. Apart from these, it contains the most essential Vitamin A and Vitamin C, calcium...etc.
Did you know that eating bitter gourd has got lots of nutrition benefit?

People suffering from diabetes can have bitter gourd to decrease the sugar level.
It helps in fighting against cancer and many other infections.
It provides relief from constipation and also helps in the treatment of psoriasis.
It helps in the circulation of blood in our body.
Regular consumption of bitter gourd helps to prevent hypertension.
It helps to prevent eye complications. Apart from this, it also helps a lot in treating neuritis.
It helps in the treatment of alcoholism. Actually it is the juice of the bitter gourd that is found to be beneficial.

Due to the above benefits doctors advise the patients to have good amount of bitter gourd. The number of vitamins and minerals that are present in the bitter gourd are very helpful in treating defective metabolism of carbohydrates. It also acts as a blood purifier because of the bitter tonic properties of bitter. For those suffering from piles, fresh juice of bitter gourd serves a good purpose in there treatment. So, try to include bitter gourd in your meals and you would not have to worry about your health