We will now discuss the health benefits of Bitter Gourd, and the good news is you can easily harvest it straight from your backyard if you know how to grow vegetables, even better if you know the ways of organic vegetable gardening! But personally I don't love that gourd because its bitter, but knowing the health benefits it offer, I'm doing my best to eat bitter gourd, locally known to Filipinos as ampalaya, it is also known as bitter melon. It is a popular vegetable around Asia and cook in different ways. For more information about bitter gourd recipe please check this out. As you can see bitter gourd is really a bitter one but if you check out my recommended site I'm sure you already learned how to make that bitter vegetable delicious. But ampalaya or bitter gourd is not just famous for being bitter because it is known to have some health benefits too.
If you want to know how to grow bitter melon then please read my post, you will learn the basics.
In Asia, people are aware about the health benefits of bitter gourd, so they try their best to innovate bitter gourd to give it a twist. Some people are fond of bitter gourd tea, I wonder if it's still bitter? Here in the Philippines you can eat many Filipino dishes with bitter gourd locally known as ampalaya. Filipino are expert in making it delicious and removing the bitter taste so you can actually enjoy eating it and keep asking for more. In Chinese dishes, I noticed that they mix it with noodles and make it stir fried bitter gourd. Other people make some bitter gourd pickles. If given a chance I will make some bitter melon jam and give it away for free. Just kidding, now let's go back to our topic. Bitter melon or more popularly known as bitter gourd is known to stimulate your pancreas to produce more insulin, that's why it is known to help people with diabetes so they can maintain their blood sugar. As you can see there is no known cure for diabetes, and a shot of insulin is always needed because their body cannot produce the needed insulin. Now ampalaya is there to help them, this is good news for people.
Some good health benefits of bitter gourd also known as bitter melon is by protecting liver from negative effects of alcohol and overeating. If you are abusing alcohol then toxins will enter your liver, bitter gourd has some enzymes that helps protect the liver from further damage. Next time you will drink with your friends bring an ampalaya with you. Kidding again, fried chicken is much better just remember to drink moderately. You only have one body. Studies show that bitter melon posses' antioxidants that helps your body fight free radicals that can cause cancer. You can get free radicals from many reasons, if it is eating or exposure to radiation. Good to know that Super BG is there to help you oh BG is bitter gourd of course. Because bitter gourd is so helpful maybe you now plan to include it in our home grown vegetable garden and future prospect for vegetable business, it is easy to plant bitter gourd in your garden and it will be discussed in next topic.
Lets now go back to bitter gourd's health benefits. We already discussed that ampalaya contain antioxidants. It is good news because it will not only protect you from free radicals but also from disease and illness thus boosting your immunity versus bacteria. Since the dreaded swine flu which is know to be influenza A(H1N1) is wreaking havoc on many countries, ampalaya can be a potent to improve our immune system to fight that virus. Since we are talking about influenza, did you know that bitter gourd can also help in relieving flu symptoms by curbing minor inflammations in respiratory system that leads to mucus build-up. Because bitter gourd contain powerful antibiotic, it is also effective to disinfect wound.
There you go, bitter gourd, ampalaya, bitter melon whatever as long as it is bitter. Our backyard which is being filled with your knowledge about organic vegetable gardening will now be full of vegetables that has many health benefits by making us strong and giving us nutrients essential for growth and fighting diseases. Ampalaya is trully a wonder vegetable and must be added immediately to the list of our favorites in vegetable garden. Growing vegetables not just remove your everyday stress, giving you a hobby or anything. It is all about proving safe, fresh and healthy food for your family. So if you have question like "growing a vegetable garden" feel free to read this blog because it will provide you the information you need. Of course don't forget to learn more about organic vegetable gardening!
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