Papaya Health Benefits

Papaya is a fruit which is highly helpful for your weight loss program which provides you only 39Kcal per 100gm. Papaya is the fruit of the Carica papaya plant, which can either be used as food, cooking aid or as medicine.

Papaya is nutritionally healthy because it is a rich source of antioxidant nutrients such as carotenes, vitamin C and flavonoids, B vitamins, folate and pantothenic acid, dietary fiber, vitamin E, vitamin A and vitamin K. Minerals like potassium, magnesium are present in papaya.

Eating papaya can prevent various diseases as follows:

 It is helpful in the prevention of atherosclerosis and other heart disease like myocardial infarction and diabetes as it is an excellent source of vitamin C as well as a good source of vitamin E and vitamin A.

 Due to its antioxidant properties, papaya prevents the oxidation of cholesterol. Also, the high fiber content helps in lowering the bad cholesterol level.

 The nutrients present in papaya are found to be helpful in the prevention of colon cancer because papaya's fiber is able to bind to cancer-causing toxins in the colon and keep them away from the healthy colon cells.

 Papaya also contains several protein-digesting enzymes -papain and chymopapain which are responsible to lower inflammation and improves healing from burns.

 Papaya is found to be beneficial for the immune system because it prevents illnesses such as recurrent ear infections, colds and flu.

 Eating three or more servings of fruit per day may lower your risk of age-related macular degeneration (ARMD), the primary cause of vision loss in older adults. So, taking papaya in ARMD is beneficial.

 Papaya is also responsible in providing protection against inflammatory polyarthritis.

 Taking papaya regularly will help in ease morning sickness as well as motion sickness.

 Papaya is also useful as a cosmetic, because one can add papaya to any face pack or can apply it raw on face, because it is rich in antioxidants which as a result enhances your beauty and brings a glow to your skin.

 Taking papaya regularly, in your diet is helpful in reducing the risk of prostate cancer.