Because when papaya is heated, its carotene, vitamin C and vitamin E will have a considerable loss, the fruit acid content will be greatly reduced, and papain will be denatured under high temperature. If you want to stew dessert, it is best to put the papaya last, and heating time should not be too long, so as not to cause a large loss of nutrients.
Papain is found in the milky juice of the papaya. It is most abundant in unripe green papayas and is about twice as abundant as cooked papayas. Papain is a cysteine protease that helps the body break down meat proteins and also destroys certain bacteria and roundworms in the body to some extent. Eating a small amount of papaya after a meal can help the intestines digest meat that is difficult to absorb, and has a significant effect on the prevention of gastric ulcers, gastroenteritis, indigestion and so on.
Papaya's vitamin C content is very high, adults eat papaya 100 grams a day (about half of a medium-sized papaya), can meet the need for vitamin C. Vitamin E in papaya helps to remove garbage from the body and keep cholesterol at a normal level. Fruit acids in papaya can protect the liver and lower enzymes and blood lipids, and also have a strong inhibitory effect on Staphylococcus aureus, dysentery bacillus, and cancer cells.
Effective role:
1, strengthen the spleen and eliminate food: papaya in the papain, can be broken down into fatty acids. Modern medicine has found that papaya contains an enzyme that can digest protein, which is conducive to the body's digestion and absorption of food, so it has the function of strengthening the spleen and eliminating food.
2, anti-epidemic insecticide: papain and papain have anti-tuberculosis bacillus and parasites such as tapeworms, roundworms, whipworms, amoebas, etc., so it can be used to kill insects and anti-TB.3
3, breast milk and anticancer: papaya in the curdling enzyme lactase has a breast milk effect, papain has the effect of anti-lymphatic leukemia, so it can be used for breast milk and treatment of lymphatic leukemia (blood cancer).
4, supplemental nutrition, improve disease resistance: papaya contains a large amount of water, carbohydrates, protein, fat, a variety of vitamins and a variety of essential amino acids, can effectively replenish the body's nutrients, enhance the body's ability to fight disease.
5, anti-spasmodic: papaya pulp contains papaverine has the role of spasmodic pain relief, gastrocnemius muscle spasm has a significant therapeutic effect.