Li Shizhen's "Compendium of Materia Medica" states that papaya is warm and acidic in nature, calms the liver and stomach, soothes the muscles and collaterals, invigorates the tendons and bones, and lowers blood pressure.
Modern medical evidence: the fruit contains papain, papain, lactase, carotene, etc.; and is rich in more than 17 kinds of amino acids and a variety of nutrients; which contains oleanut ingredients is a kind of liver enzyme, anti-inflammatory and antibacterial compounds, lowering the efficacy of lipids and other compounds.
Research also found that: papaya has the ability to prevent the synthesis of human carcinogens nitrosamines. The high content of vitamin C in papaya is 48 times that of apples! Regular meal papaya has a flat liver and stomach, Shu tendons to activate Luo, soften blood vessels, antibacterial anti-inflammatory, anti-aging and skin care, anti-cancer, cancer prevention, enhance the health of the health effects; papaya is a nutritious, there are hundreds of benefits and no harm to the fruit of the treasures.
Seeing the sweet orange flesh of the papaya, you are not as excited as I am? In fact, papaya is not only flavorful, colorful, sweet meat, but also contains a very rich nutritional value, said she is the fruit of the nutrients of the Holy Grail, is not too much.
Speaking of papaya, we must have heard that she contains a "papaya enzyme", in recent years, has been used in a large number of health food, but in the end, what is the magical effect of papaya enzyme?
Papaya enzyme wonderful
Existing in the papaya in the milky juice, contains a "papaya enzyme" (papain), especially not yet ripe green papaya content is about twice as much as the red papaya. It is the best proteolytic enzyme, can help the body to break down meat proteins, so eaten after meals, can rectify the intestines to help digestion, has the effect of treating gastroenteritis, indigestion and other diseases. Used in cooking, is what we often hear "loose meat powder" or "tenderizing essence", the role of tenderizing essence is to break down the connective tissue of meat, so that the meat tastes more tender, so stewed meat with papaya, the meat will also be more tender. In addition, papaya enzymes can help break down and remove old keratin from the surface of the skin, so they are also often used in cosmetics and maintenance products.
Rich in a variety of nutrients
Papaya taste sweet and juicy, and contains a variety of nutrients, including vitamins A, B, B1, B2, C and protein, iron, calcium, papaya enzyme, organic acids and high fiber, etc., contains a lot of nutrients, almost can be in the king of the fruit. Among them, the content of vitamin A and vitamin C is particularly high, is five times that of watermelon and banana, of which vitamin C has the function of preventing colds. Generally speaking, the darker the color of the fruit or vegetable the more nutritious, papaya flesh bright red, contains a large number of beta carotene, which is a natural antioxidant, can effectively fight against the destruction of body cells, make the human body to accelerate the aging of the free radicals, and therefore have the effect of anti-cancer, so get the "longevity of the melon," the title of the seal.
Breast beauty holy grail
Drinks of papaya stewed snow fungus, papaya milk, because it contains a lot of vitamin A, C and fiber, so it is moisturizing, beauty, laxative beauty holy grail. In addition, papaya is also a breast-boosting products, but also can stimulate mammary secretion of milk, increase the amount of mother lactation; folk have a secret recipe, is the papaya, pig's feet together with the soup, the effect is quite good! If you don't like to eat pig's feet, you can also use grass carp instead, first of all, the tail of the fish fried, and then with the green papaya soup, the effect is the same. In addition, "green papaya ribs soup", "papaya stewed clams" is also widely known as a wonderful breast milk.
But to remind you, most of the melons are cold, so the stomach cold, weak people should not eat more, otherwise easy to diarrhea or stomach cold want to vomit, is the consumption of special attention to the place.
Papaya original name papaya, in Malaysia, people call it "Papaya", said to be the evolution of the local name. According to the introduction of the papaya there is native to tropical America, introduced to Malaysia in 1583 planting. This is known as the earth's beautiful fruit of the papaya year-round production of fruit. Planting time is not long, about a year to melon, a year can be harvested many times. In the market to see the many varieties of papaya, there are usually three varieties, one is Etotica melon, this melon is Hawaii's Solo melon grafted with Malaysian papaya and production, small size, smooth and sweet meat; two is a foot melon, as the name implies, the length of the papaya is usually in a foot or so, this melon yield is high, the fruit shape and weight of the weight of the more uniform, the commercial value of this specialized in Hong Kong melon, also known as the Hong Kong melon; three is the stone stone melon, the papaya is usually in a foot or so. Also known as the Hong Kong melon; three is the stone melon, formerly known as the Batu Arang papaya, which is characterized by the volume of large, large one up to 2 kilograms of weight. Malaysia's papaya in addition to Singapore, Hong Kong and other places, but also sold to Europe, the Middle East Arab countries. According to reports, the annual exports for the country to earn foreign exchange of more than thirty million ringgit.
Papaya raw green ripe yellow, melon in the son, black as pepper grain. Papaya is sweet and edible, can also do dishes, fried, boiled, covered or processed into preserves is a delicious delicacy.
Papaya nutritious, beneficial to health, with a certain role of the tendon, in addition to rich in sugar, there are organic acids, proteins, fats, vitamins A and C, as well as a variety of other vitamins, papaya also contains digestive enzymes, calcium and other medicinal ingredients. According to medical books, papaya is a good therapeutic fruit, everyone can eat. Papaya has the effect of strengthening the spleen and stomach, digestion, laxative, clearing summer thirst, quenching alcohol, lowering blood pressure, detoxification and swelling, lactation, worms and so on. Papaya and silver fungus boiled with rock sugar, has the effect of generating fluids and relieving cough, it not only nourishes and moistens the lungs, but also has the effect of nourishing the skin, which is very popular with the ladies.
Papaya is also known as milk melon. Fruit in the immature before, if the knife in the fruit on a knife, that will flow white milk, so also known as the milk melon.
Papaya is a common fruit, but also a common fruit in Guangdong Province, the former Lingnan University campus in Guangzhou, cultivated a very small varieties of trees only a meter high, but can be fruitful. Flesh orange-red, sweet flavor. Therefore, it is known as Lingnan papaya.
The papaya is also known as the fruit of longevity. As the name suggests, papaya is a kind of fruit with great nutritional value and good health.
Papaya flavor sweet, soft and smooth flesh, and juicy. It can be eaten raw or as a delicacy. It is rich in vitamins (A, B, B1, B2, C), a variety of minerals (such as iron, calcium), protein, papaya enzymes and organic acids. The amount of vitamin A and vitamin C is particularly high, five times that of watermelon and banana.
Papaya enzymes can break down proteins, and the purified papaya enzymes are the so-called "loose meat powder". This is the reason why beef becomes soft and smooth very quickly when papaya is boiled in beef soup. Because of this reason, eating papaya can help digestion, clean up the stomach. At the same time, it can cure the stagnation of stomach and intestines, gastritis, duodenal ulcer. Papaya juice can destroy amoebas and roundworms (cooked papaya does not have this effect, because the enzymes have been given high heat to destroy its activity.) . Due to the slightly cold nature of papaya, people with cold stomach should not eat raw papaya, otherwise they will eat diarrhea or stomach cold and want to vomit.
In general, the darker the color of the fruit or vegetable, the higher the nutrition. Papaya flesh bright red, contains a lot of beta carotene, very important for the body, beta carotene is a natural antioxidant, can effectively fight against the destruction of normal body cells, the body accelerated aging of free radicals. Papaya also has the role of cancer prevention. Therefore , it makes sense to call it the fruit of longevity.
Papaya is also a beauty product, papaya stewed snow fungus, papaya milk to do the "milkshake", not only delicious, but also through the stool, moisturizing and skin care of choice for dessert.