Bitter bottle gourd (Laukee) juice: Bottle gourd (Laukee) is easily digested, full of nutrients vegetables. Every doctor, Hakim, and Vaid advise their patient to consume it. Bottle gourd is a delicately flavored and Cucurbita family vegetable.
Bitter bottle gourd (Laukee) properties
It is the lowest calorie vegetable contains 14 calories per 100 gm. It contains a small quantity of folates, fiber, thiamin, niacin, vitamin B5, Vitamin B6, and minerals such as potassium, calcium, manganese, zinc, iron, and magnesium.
Is bitter bottle gourd bad for health?
Bitter bottle gourd (Laukee) juice, On the other hand, bitter bottle gourd (Laukee) juice is not safe, can cause death. In 2018 a report was published in the newspaper “Times of India”, it Was reported that a 41 years woman in Pune died after drinking bitter gourd juice. She was suffering from illness. She consumed half a glass of juice of bitter bottle gourd. Soon after drinking juice, dizziness, vomiting, and loss of motion were started and she was taken to hospital. Meanwhile, she lost consciousness and had a cardiac arrest. It occurred due to the buildup of serious toxins in her body after drinking the above juice.
What is Bitter bottle gourd (laukee) toxicity?
Bitter bottle gourd (laukee) juice, when consumed empty stomach in the morning is considered a remedy for Diabetes, heart disease, constipation, liver disease, urinary tract infection, and depression.
When we keep bitter bottle gourd juice long time, its taste may turn bitter. But sometimes the taste of bitter bottle gourd is itself bitter. However, juice may turn bitter due to an increase in the level of Cucurbitacin which causes a toxic reaction in our body. It may cause abdominal discomfort, pain, vomiting, low blood pressure. So when an ill person consumes bitter taste juice, it may cause their death.
Cucurbitacin is a complex compound, found in the cucumber plant family, responsible for bitter taste, highly toxic for mammals, and caused death. Such types of cases were reported earlier also.
So in the interest of all, it is advised not to consume such juice of bitter bottle gourd, which is bitter in taste. Always check the taste of bitter bottle gourd before it is used for juice.