Useful properties of papaya

The Americans call papaya fruit papaya "Fruta Bomba". And for good reason.

These large yellow-green fruits with a pleasant melon aroma gradually conquered the whole world.

They easily can be seen in the markets in any corner of the globe, and ten-palmoobraznoe planting of trees of native America have already reached the South Caucasus. It was there, on The black sea coast, planted experimental plantations.

What kind of fruit is this-papaya, what it is so attractive, what useful properties it has, and for what it is adored by beauties?

Contraindications
Do you know? At home papaya called papaya or breadfruit tree. These nicknames are explained by the taste of fresh fruit, reminiscent of melon, and the aroma of fresh bread, which extends from baked fruits.

Caloric content and chemical composition of papaya

The secret of popularity of edible fruit, with a length of about 35 cm, lies in their chemical composition. It turns out that the pulp of papaya contains virtually all elements of the periodic table, which explains the American nickname of the fruit. Yes, Yes, that fruit bomb and you want to call it, to be exact – vitamin.

After all, eating such a fruit, a person receives not only taste pleasure, but also a charge of substances necessary for health. If we consider that the weight of one of the smallest fruit – about 500 g, it is quite possible to count on a daily rate of many elements. But on the tree there are 7-pound giants. Papaya plant papaya contains vitamin C (up to 68%) in large quantities, which is essential for redox reactions and protective functions of the body. And trace elements and amino acids. If you speak the language of figures, contents 100 g edible portion of papaya looks so:

Vitamins:

A-47 µg;
B1-0023 mg;
V2-0.027 mg;
B4-6.1 mg;
B5-0.191 mg;
B6-0.038 mg;
B9-37 µg;
C-60.9 mg;
E-0.3 mg;
lycopene-1828 mcg;
lutein-89 µg;
It is 2.6 mcg;
PP-0.357 mg.

Dessert of papaya Macronutrients and trace elements:
potassium-182 mg;
copper-45 µg;
magnesium-21 mg;
calcium-20 mg;
phosphorus-10 mg;
sodium-8 mg;
manganese is 0.04 mg;
selenium-0.6 µg;
iron-0.25 mg;
zinc-0.08 mg.

Papaya is not only exotic in our area - lychee, rambutan, mangosteen, dragon, durian, kumquat, gooseberry(aka kiwi fruit), pepino, medlar, jujube, winter cherry, citron, okra. Many of them are already cultivated in household farms or as houseplants

Essential and nonessential amino acids:
arginine-0.01 g;
valine-0.01 g;
histidine-0,005 g;
isoleucine-0,008 g;
leucine-0,016 g;
lysine-0,025 g;
methionine is 0.02 g;
threonine-0,011 g;
tryptophan-0.08 mg;
phenylalanine-0.009 g;
alanine-0,014 g;
aspartic acid-0.05 g;
glycine-0,018 g;
glutamic acid-0.033 g;
Proline-0.01 g;
serine-0,015 g;
tyrosine-0,005 g.
Flowering papaya Fatty acids:
omega-3 0,047 g;
omega-6-0,011 g;
lauric acid-0,002 g;
myristin-0,013 g;
palmitic – 0.06 g;
stearin-0,004 g;
palmitoleic – 0,038 g;
oleic – 0,034 g;
linoleic-0,011 g;
linolenic-0,047 g.

Digestible carbohydrates: fructose-3,73 g; glucose-4,09 g; mono-and disaccharides-7,82 g. among nutrients are also dietary fiber (1,7 g), water (88 g) and ash (0,39 g). In total, papaya consists of 11 g of carbohydrates, 0.26 g of fats and 0.47 g of proteins with a caloric content of 43 kcal. Fruit diet many people believe and prefer it as a source of necessary vitamins during the diet.

What are the advantages of papaya to the body Sweet exotic fruit, strong wood and the leaves of papaya have found their application in many spheres of human activity. For example, from bark and leaves make ropes. Fruits (which, according to scientists, are berries) because of their nutritional value is recommended for the treatment of a number of ailments. Fruits are especially useful for people with eye diseases and pregnant women. Components of papaya allow you to work on the perspective of eyes, saving them from a future of blindness. In adulthood in humans due to specific conditions of work there is often a degeneration of the retina of the eyeball that leads to vision loss. Systematic use of fruit pulp prevents the development of these processes, and beta-carotene improves eye muscles.