Efficacy Dragon Fruit for Alternative Health
Posted on | Wednesday, September 7, 2011 | 1 Comment
Dragon fruit including tropical plants. These plants grow well in the 600-1300 mm rainfall per year. Dragon fruit is also called sweet cactus or cactus honey. Dragon fruit is included in the cactus plant family characteristics have thorns on the stems of each segment. Although belonging to the cactus plants, dragon fruit cactus fruit is not unusual that we know as the prickly pear or Opuntia ficus-indica.
This type of dragon fruit, there are four kinds, the first white flesh dragon fruit (Hylocereus undatus), red flesh dragon fruit (Hylocereus polyrhizus), super red flesh dragon fruit (Hylocereus costaricensis) and dragon fruit yellow skin and white flesh (Selenicerius megalanthus).
Of the four types of dragon fruit, white flesh dragon fruit's most popular and in demand. In addition to the shape and size which is larger and the other three types of dragon fruit, dragon fruit and white meat also feels fresh because it contains a distinctive sour taste.
This type of dragon fruit, there are four kinds, the first white flesh dragon fruit (Hylocereus undatus), red flesh dragon fruit (Hylocereus polyrhizus), super red flesh dragon fruit (Hylocereus costaricensis) and dragon fruit yellow skin and white flesh (Selenicerius megalanthus).
White Flesh Dragon Fruit
Of the four types of dragon fruit, white flesh dragon fruit's most popular and in demand. In addition to the shape and size which is larger and the other three types of dragon fruit, dragon fruit and white meat also feels fresh because it contains a distinctive sour taste.
Dragon fruit has beneficial properties for human health such as balancing blood sugar levels, protecting oral health, prevention of colon cancer, reduce cholesterol, preventing bleeding and treating complaints of vaginal discharge.
Red Flesh Dragon Fruit
Dragon fruit is usually consumed as fresh fruit as relieving thirst, because the dragon fruits contain high water content of about 90% by weight of the fruit. It was pretty sweet because it contains sugar content reaches 13-18 briks. Dragon fruit can also be presented in the form of juice, fruit juice, jam or preserves maupu various forms of presentation according to your taste.
Research shows the red dragon fruit is excellent for the circulatory system, also gives the effect of reducing the emotional pressures and neutralize toxic in the blood. "Research also shows this fruit can prevent colon cancer, in addition to preventing high cholesterol content in the blood and reduce levels of fat in the body.
Fiber content on the dragon fruit is very good, reaching 0.7 to 0.9 grams per 100 grams. Fibre is needed by the body to lower cholesterol levels. In the digestive tract fibers will bind bile acids (end products of cholesterol) and then released with the feces. Thus, the higher consumption of fiber, the more bile acids and fatty acids released by the body.
Dragon Fruit Yellow Skin
In addition to preventing cholesterol, dietary fiber on the dragon fruit is also very useful in the digestive system. Dietary fiber (dietary fiber) are able to shorten transit time, ie the time it takes food from the oral cavity until the leftovers issued in the form of feces.
Meanwhile, food fiber will bind carcinogenic substances. Thanks to the short transit time, settling time of carcinogenic substances in the body is also getting shorter, so that the smaller the chance of bodily harm.
Dietary fiber is very good for preventing diabetes mellitus, heart disease, stroke, cancer, and other cardiovascular diseases. Unfortunately, fiber consumption in Indonesia is still very low, about 10 grams per person per day. In fact, the recommended dietary fiber intake is 20-30 grams per person per day.
It is estimated that every 6 micrograms of beta-carotene has a biological activity equivalent to 1 microgram of retinol. FAO-WHO group has calculated that only about half of the absorbed beta-carotene which is converted into vitamin A. Approximately only 1 / 6 of the content of carotene in food that will eventually be utilized by the body.
Beta-carotene is also a type of antioxidant that may play an important role in reducing the concentration of peroxyl radicals. Ability to work as an antioxidant beta-carotene derived from its ability to stabilize carbon-core radicals. Because beta-carotene is effective at low concentrations of oxygen, can complement the antioxidant properties of vitamin E is effective at high concentrations of oxygen.
Beta-carotene is also known as an element of cancer prevention, particularly the skin and lung cancer. Beta-carotene can reach more parts of the body in a relatively longer time compared with vitamin A, thereby providing optimal protection against cancer.
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February 1, 2012 at 1:10 PM
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