Can bitter melon help you lose weight?

No food, including bitter melon, can achieve the purpose of real weight loss. The so-called eating a certain food can lose weight, because after eating it will cause a feeling of fullness or diarrhea, so that eaters do not want to consume other foods, or diarrhea will not absorb the food quickly, so as to reduce the intake of calories, to achieve the purpose of seeming to lose weight. Bitter melon is a low-calorie food, and consumption of bitter melon does not increase the risk of obesity, but it is not a diet food either, neither does it cause a feeling of satiety that makes people eat less, nor does it cause severe diarrhea, and can only be digested and absorbed by the body as an ordinary vegetable. However, the low calorie content of vegetables can reduce calorie intake to a certain extent compared to consuming high-calorie foods such as cakes and fried chicken legs. The fundamental principle of weight loss is to reduce calorie intake and increase energy consumption, so as to achieve the purpose of consuming their own fat. To lose weight, eat less high-calorie, high-sugar foods and reduce the frequency of snacks and extra meals. On the other hand, you need to increase the amount of exercise, it is recommended to jog, jump rope and other exercises. And weight loss can not be achieved overnight, is a long-term effort process, expensive in persistence.