The Benefits of Dragon Fruit and Its Skin For Health

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Benefits of Dragon Fruit Skin for Health The dragon fruit skin is the outermost part that protects the flesh to keep it in good condition until it is time to be picked and consumed. The skin of the fruit is a bit thick but not too hard and can not be eaten. Unlike apples and edible wines.

Can not be eaten directly does not mean the dragon fruit skin can not be used and can be thrown away. Like the flesh, the skin of this dragon fruit can also be used for health. Well, here we will discuss about the benefits of dragon fruit skin thoroughly. It is not as much as the benefits of dragon fruit itself, but at least we can use, not just become waste.

Dragon fruit tree is a kind of cactus that has fruit with skin like scaly resembling dragon scales. That's why this fruit is called the dragon fruit. So if you think the dragon fruit tree is big, hard, sturdy with many branches of twigs and leaves, you are wrong.

Dragon fruit has Latin name Hylocereus Undotus. Judging from the color of the flesh, dragon fruit is divided into two, there are red and some are white. Other types of cactus that can produce dragon fruit include Hylocereus polyrhizus, Selenicereus megalanthus and Hylocereus costaricensis.

Dragon fruit tree Cactus tree that produces dragon fruit Based on research conducted by Chi Nan University in Taiwan, there are at least 3 benefits of dragon fruit skin for health. To maintain the flexibility of blood vessels, prevent the development of several types of tumor cells and as an indicator of harmful preservatives (borax and formalin) in food.

1. Maintain flexibility of blood vessels. Having a flexible blood vessel bending alias is very important to avoid the occurrence of blood vessels that rupture due to high blood pressure flow from the heart. Well, in the skin of dragon fruit contained two active compounds called pentacyclic triyepene taraxast 20ene 3aol and also taraxast 12.20 (30) dien 3aol. Both of these compounds are very powerful in maintaining and protecting the flexibility of blood vessels.

The efficacy of the two compounds contained in the dragon fruit is already aligned with chemical drugs, Troxerutin is known to be effective in maintaining the flexibility of micro blood vessels. The drug is widely circulated in the market. With the discovery of both compounds in the skin of the dragon fruit, will certainly reduce our dependence on chemical drugs that if consumed in the long run can cause some health problems in organs, especially the liver and kidneys.

2. Hazardous food preservative indicator. Two types of food preservatives that have been declared hazardous to health when used are formalin and borax. Because in truth, the two preservatives are not used for food but to preserve the corpse. Well, dragon fruit skin can be used to detect the presence or absence of both harmful substances in food.

The trick is rather complicated but not too difficult. Take the dragon fruit skin and then cut into pieces. Soak pieces of dragon fruit skin in fresh water mixed with lime juice, until the water turns reddish.

Dip the tissue in the water solution until the tissue becomes red. Take the food that will be tested the content of preservatives and paste the tissue. Allow the tissue to stick for about 10 minutes. See if the tissue turns white or not?

If the tissue gradually changes color to white again, then the food does not contain preservatives. However, if the tissue remains red then allegedly the food has been given a dye. Beware!

3. Inhibits the development of cancer cells. From a study conducted by researchers from Chi-Nan Univeristy in Taiwan, found that red dragon fruit skin extract, can inhibit the growth of B16F10 tumor cells. This may not apply to the white dragon fruit skin.

To get the benefits of this dragon fruit skin, you can consume dragon fruit skin extract that is now sold freely in the market. Usually by brewing like tea brewing. Think of a dragon fruit skin tea.

However, if you happen to have bought dragon fruit and love the skin if thrown away, you can also make it yourself at home. The trick is quite easy. First, take the dragon fruit skin and then cut into small pieces. Dry dragon fruit skin that has been cut into the sun dried for 1-2 days until completely dry.

Take the skin of dragon fruit that is completely dry is then brewed with boiling water or hot water like brewing tea. Drink seduhan dragon fruit skin is dry twice a day, morning and evening.

Not all the fruit skin should we throw away. For example, banana skin, orange peel, watermelon skin and dragon fruit skin is still able to provide health benefits

May be useful...!!!