Why does wax gourd have the effect of losing weight?

CCTV.com News (Health Road Weekly): Modern medicine has proved that most obese people store more water in their bodies, and wax gourd has a unique diuretic function, which can eliminate excess water in the body, thus helping to lose weight. In addition, wax gourd is rich in vitamins and trace elements, especially B vitamins, among which vitamin B 1 can improve fat metabolism and reduce fat synthesis, so it has the function of losing weight. There are many ways to eat winter melon. The best way for dieters is to cook soup with a lot of wax gourd, but less salt, so as to be full and lose weight. Some people will drink 30 grams of winter melon meat and 30 grams of winter melon skin as tea three times a day, which also has good results. (younger)