This fruit is oval in shape, with soft skin, yellowish green and orange, pulp rich in water and fiber, sweet and juicy, orange red or yellow. It is perfect to consume as ripe fruit, sliced, fruit salad, ice cream, jellies and with the green fruit can be made jam, preserves and the known sweet milky.
Benefits of papaya:
- Avoid constipation problems.
- Increase defenses
- The papaya seeds are used to fight intestinal parasites.
- Because it is a source of antioxidants, it is ideal for the skin.
- Low in calories, ideal for slimming diets.
- It is a natural anti-inflammatory.
- It is diuretic.
- It helps control glucose and cholesterol.
- It prevents the development of cataracts and glaucoma, since it contains lutein.
- It is healing.
Other curious facts about papaya:
The skin of the papaya is not edible, but has other uses, such as: softening the flesh, tanning skins, etc..
The skin of the green papaya, can cause allergies, because its milk contains latex in abundance, which irritates the skin and the eyes.
It reproduces by the seed, gather them and dry in the sun, choose the largest, sow in small containers, then plant directly to the ground, is fast growing, thin stem and straight, grows between 2 and 8 meters, its leaves clump together at the top of the plant, after the period of flowers appears the fruit, which we must include in our diet for the healthy for our body.
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