Bitter Melon (Bitter Gourd)
Health Benefits
Few other fruits/vegetables offer medicinal properties for these ailments like bitter melon does.
Blood disorders: Bitter gourd juice is highly beneficial for treating blood disorders like blood boils and itching due to toxemia. Mix 2 ounces of fresh bitter gourd juice with some lime juice. Sip it slowly on an empty stomach daily for between four and six months and see improvement in your condition.
Cholera: In early stages of cholera, take two teaspoonfuls juice of bitter gourd leaves, mix with two teaspoonfuls white onion juice and one teaspoonful lime juice. Sip this concoction daily till you get well.
Diabetes mellitus: Bitter melon contains a hypoglycemic compound
(a plant insulin) that is highly beneficial in lowering sugar levels in blood and urine. Bitter melon juice has been shown to significantly improve glucose tolerance without increasing blood insulin levels.
Energy: Regular consumption of bitter gourd juice has been proven to improve energy and stamina level. Even sleeping patterns have been shown to be improved/stabilized.
Eye problems: The high beta-carotene and other properties in bitter gourd makes it one of the finest vegetable-fruit that help alleviate eye problems and improving eyesight.
Hangover: Bitter melon juice may be beneficial in the treatment of a hangover for its alcohol intoxication properties. It also help cleanse and repair and nourish liver problems due to alcohol consumption.
Immune booster: This bitter juice can also help to build your immune system and increase your body's resistance against infection.
Piles: Mix three teaspoonfuls of juice from bitter melon leaves with a glassful of buttermilk. Take this every morning on empty stomach for about a month and see an improvement to your condition. To hasten the healing, use the paste of the roots of bitter melon plant and apply over the piles.
Psoriasis: Regular consumption of this bitter juice has also been known to improve psoriasis condition and other fungal infections like ring-worm and athletes feet.
Respiratory disorders: Take two ounces of fresh bitter melon juice and mix with a cup of honey diluted in water. Drink daily to improve asthma, bronchitis and pharyngitis.
Toxemia: Bitter gourd contains beneficial properties that cleanses the blood from toxins. Sip two teaspoonfuls of the juice daily to help cleanse the liver. Also helpful in ridding jaundice for the same reasons.
Fathima ofcourse, its not after the deep frying part, but it taste good :)
"Back home they slice it ,dip it in salted yogurt, dry it completly untill it turn brown in the sun , and then deep fry it. yum" Yum it is but healthy?I think after all that process most if not all the health benefits would be destroyed which is what the OP was bout..lol!
True Tcom ..Its taste good , when its cooked the way it should. Back home they slice it ,dip it in salted yogurt, dry it completly untill it turn brown in the sun , and then deep fry it. yum
Better than garlic..:(
ha.. i like it... not juice...
The bitter it is the better it is at lowering blood sugar.
TCOM, I only ate this once when I was a kid, and I swore never to eat it again... :P
but sometimes my mom cooks it with pork, so I just end up picking out all the pork bits... :P
i saute this veggie with garlic, onion, tomato, add shrimps, eggs, salt and pepper to taste.
YUMMY! :)
You will love it the way I cook
Wat bout green curry????
i lub bitter gourd juice....Very Healthy drink !!
makes the blood clean and so on.....
a cup of juice for me plz, asif_khan...?:)
Some one stand up for bitter grouds :)
I love them
If anyone wants, I can provide a very good recipe for bitter gourd minus bitterness :-)
thats my vegetable and u can say something to me but dont say anything to her
Bitter ground as salad.. :)
asif, but it really happened buddy..Why should i make people scare of such a useful vegetable??
TCOM, what my mom does to reduce the bitterness, after they are sliced, pour hot water on it then squeeze out the juice, and then proceed to cook as desired.. but I still can't eat this.. i hate bitter melon.. :P
Soniya, I read news from all over the world daily :-)
soniya shub shub bolo
drmana, i was about to paste the link for that incident...Hmmm, so you too have INDIAN CHANNELS? :)
Here is the link where a scientist from india died after having bitter gourd juice last month.
http://www.zeenews.com/news639683.html
http://www.bharatchronicle.com/delhi-scientist-dies-after-drinking-lauki-juice-7429
Figure of speech Milan. It tastes like what I would imagine sh!t would taste like. They serve it in our canteen now and then - with onion, tomato etc. It is by far the worst thing I have ever tasted (except sh!t, which I don't intend to try!)
Phheww!! i don't want to taste it no matter how much vitamin, protein and blah blah it contains...
Have you read the news that few days back a scientist in India died after drinking juice of white gourd(Lauki)?
Don't take everything just like that. Above claims can be true but not applicable for everyone. People need to judge as per their existing health condition.
did u ever tasted shit?? Sorry, don't take it wrongly but your version/sentense meant the same.
Adding extra onion and tomatoes and prawns will make it taste nice
Only problem is, it tastes like sh!t :o(