Nutrition The harmful effects of bitter melon

Bitter melon affects reproduction
Scientists have discovered that a protein in the bitter gourd plant has anti-reproductive activity in male rats. Drinking bitter gourd fruit 1.7 grams/day causes damage to the testicles of male dogs and reduces sperm production.
In female rats, the anti-fertility effect was reversible. Pregnant rats and rabbits experienced uterine bleeding when drinking bitter melon juice.

Hemolytic anemia
If too much bitter melon is used, the amount of toxins still in the bitter melon fruit, which is normally at the allowable level, if used properly, will cause side effects such as abdominal pain, headache and fever.

Hemolytic anemia is the result of a lack of blood due to enzymes not working as they should. If you eat too much bitter gourd, the amount of toxins in this vegetable will affect the function of enzymes, causing harm to health.

Elevated liver enzymes
Bitter melon seeds contain a substance called vicine, which is a toxin that is capable of causing favism poisoning, an acute syndrome of headache, abdominal pain, and coma.
Even when bitter gourd is grown in different soils, the composition of the fruit has different proportions and presence of micronutrients.

Therefore, if the plant is grown on the soil contaminated with heavy metals, it is likely that the bitter melon fruit grown in this area is contaminated with heavy metals that are toxic to the body when we eat it.

Children should not use bitter melon
Because children's digestive system is still weak, not fully developed and not able to digest and eliminate all toxins, so it is best not to let children eat melon. bitter gourd, especially the intestines and seeds inside bitter melon.

In short, bitter melon is a nutrient-rich fruit, with the effect of clearing heat, detoxifying, laxative, especially a fruit containing many vitamins and minerals that are very good for the body.

However, there are still some toxins in bitter melon, which if used properly, will not affect, but if used for a long time in large quantities, there will be some negative effects on health.
Our advice is that you should use it reasonably, in combination with other vegetables, the dosage for bitter melon is about 2-3 fruits/day is just enough.