Food and Health Awareness | The Benefits Associated with Breadfruit

in food •  7 years ago  (edited)

The breadfruit belongs to a group of vegetables. This comes from a flowering tree called "Artocarpus Altillis". The breadfruit is a member of the mulberry family and is therefore often called a mulberry tree. The birthplace of this nutritious vegetable is the Western Pacific Islands and the Malay Peninsula. The outside of the breadfruit is green and the inside is yellow.

Health Benefits of Breadfruit

Resistance Against Infections

The breadfruit contains a large number of antioxidants that help the body to develop anti-infectious substances. It can also eliminate harmful free radicals from the body, these free radicals are responsible for aging and other age-related diseases.

Diabetes

The fiber contents present in the breadfruit stop the absorption of glucose in the body, thus controlling diabetes. It contains the compounds needed for the production of insulin in the body.

Omega 3 & 6 Fatty Acids

The breadfruit contains omega 3 and omega 6 fatty acids in large quantities, which is very important for good physical and mental development.

Prevents Excessive Skin Inflammation

Fresh breadfruit extract can help reduce unnecessary inflammation. It inhibits the activity of pro-inflammatory enzymes and prevents the excessive production of nitric oxide, thus preventing excessive inflammation.

Collagen Production

Drinking bread juice helps to smooth the complexion and strengthens the skin by restoring the appearance. The high vitamin C content of the breadfruit helps produce collagen, which provides elasticity to the skin.

Promotes Hair Growth

The amount of iron in breadfruit improves the blood circulation of the scalp and stimulates hair follicles to promote hair growth

Prevents and Reverses Oxidative Stress

Free radicals through the sun's overexposed chemicals found in your environment and various causes are ingested into the body, but by eating antioxidant-rich diets relieve aging of skin associated with the cellular breakdown and prevent the risk of cancer, heart disease, and stroke risk.


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great post you have shared it

Nice article. Very engaging style with bright, colorful pictures and short sections of understandable text. Plus you provide references and citations for pictures. I like your format and professional quality. Very nice job.

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Thanks for sharing

Seen this fruit lot of times... I overlooked it tho

It must be a common fruit in your place too isn't it?

Thanks for your post I know now what's the name of the fruit or vegetable. I'm not sure how to categorize it because we use to have it in our house. I didn't realize I would miss eating those now that I'm a little older.

He is a king food

like it! How it appeared that you are so interested in food and health? Greetings :)

in my country they say bread of year that is very tasty

Buen post. Muy informativo en cuanto a salud.

really amazing fruit. It looks like jackfruit in Vietnam

I’ve never even heard of breadfruit.

We have this kind of fruit in our country> Cool to know about the benefits. :-)