The Healing Power of Papaya
Please Pass the Papaya
Introduction:
Papaya, botanically known as 'Carica papaya' is a juicy, orange-colored delicious fruit. It is now easily available in the market all around the year whereas, once it was quite exotic.
Papaya has been famous for its medicinal properties and health benefits for hundreds of years. Studies have revealed that each part of papaya plant such as its leaves, flowers, fruits and seeds possess various therapeutic properties.
This fruit is densely packed with different vitamins and minerals that are necessary for normal functioning of the body.
Here are some amazing health benefits of eating papaya:
Chock Full Of Nutrients:
Papaya is considered as one of the most vital fruits because of its rich nutrient composition. It contains antioxidant nutrients such as flavonoids,
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Presence of this skin-friendly vitamin in papaya helps in the regeneration of skin cells. It further rebuilds and restores the damaged skin.
Papaya also acts as a skin-lightening agent and thus, it plays an important role in dark spot reduction. It is also called a 'natural moisturizer' because it restores skin hydration, soothes irritated skin and improves overall skin texture.
Promotes Weight Loss:
Papaya is a healthy and nutritious choice for individuals who want to lose weight. 100 grams of papaya contains just 43 calories. Its low calorie and high dietary fiber content enhances weight loss and promotes satiety.
When papaya is consumed, dietary fiber present in papaya absorbs water in the stomach. Thus, after eating papaya one may feel full. Its high fiber content further delays hunger pangs, overeating and prevents entry of excess calories in the body.
Replace sweets such as chocolates and cookies with papaya. Eating it for a snack is a healthy choice. Please note, avoid canned papaya and opt for the fresh one if you are trying to lose weight.
Lowers High Blood
“Strange Fruit” by Billie Holiday conveys the inhumane, gory lynchings of African-Americans in the American South, and how this highly unnatural act had entrenched itself into the society and culture of the South, almost as if it were an agricultural crop. Although the song did not originate from Holiday, her first performance of it in 1939 in New York City and successive recording of the song became highly popular for their emotional power (“Strange fruit,” 2017). The lyrics in the song highlight the contrast between the natural beauty and apparent sophistication of the agricultural South with the brutal violence of lynchings. Holiday communicates these rather disturbing lyrics through a peculiarly serene vocal delivery, accompanied by a hymn-like
A study carried out by Telang (2013)(14) showed that 10 % of vitamin C applied topically decrease UVB induced erythema by 52% and sunburn cell formation by 40-60%. Vitamin C has a role to reduce the melanin formation by inhibition of tyrosinase enzyme that decrease dark spots. It has photo aging protection due to promoting collagen synthesis, as it is essential cofactor for enzymes required for its biosynthesis as a result, decrease wrinkle appearance (15).
It is an effective skin anti-ageing agent. The glycolic acid creams reduce the faint lines, wrinkles as well as the brown spots. Glycolic acid removes the top layers of the skin; the body is forced to replenish itself in a quicker rate giving you a clearer skin texture. The acid promotes the collagen production in the second layer of the skin; this makes the skin more flexible and elastic.
So, if you suffer from acne, yoghurt can help to heal your skin, prevent further bouts of zits and lighten the scars and dark spots caused by pimples. The biggest advantage is that yoghurt gets all of this done without drying your skin out.
The war in Sierra Leone changed many lives dramatically. It started in 1991 and ended in 2002. Between the Revolutionary United Front (RUF) and the Rebels. For Ishmael and Mariatu both were brought in the war around 1993 when they were about eleven or twelve years old. Ishmael and Mariatu, in the two books, A Long Way Gone and The Bite of the Mango, Both Ishmael and Mariatu have experiences in the War. The two children both have separate stories of their unbelievable journeys through the war and their life after. Although they were both pulled into the war against their will, Mariatu was pulled in as a victim and Ishmael was pulled in as a perpetrator.
such a positive effect on our bodies proving why we need to eat more of it. They benefit our
It is important to note that everybody reacts differently to fruits. That is why you should experiment with different fruits in order to see which ones cause your symptoms.
Coconut oil is ideal for skin care. Helps protect skin from the effects of aging due to free radicals, and can help improve the appearance of skin. Coconut oil is considered an antioxidant due to its stability and resistance to oxidation and the formation of free radicals. It reduces the need for antioxidant protection of vitamin E. Many experts believe that coconut oil may help restore youthful skin. When coconut oil is absorbed into your skin and connective tissue, helps reduce fine lines and wrinkles by helping keep the connective tissue strong and elastic and helps to exfoliate the surface layer of dead skin cells, leaving the skin soft.
They contain numerous antioxidants and fibers that can help in the treatment of many digestive conditions, including dysentery, gastric ulcers and acute diarrhea.
skin, protect cells, helps absorb iron, which vegetables and fruits contain that. Vitamin D helps
Orange juice has a lot of benefits for the body.(3) It contains vitamin c, which is an antioxidant, helps to boost the absorption of iron when combined with foods and is a great tasting away to combat the common cold. There is Folate that helps with DNA formation and helps to lower homocysteine, the chemical associated with heart disease and memory impairment. There is research being done on phytonutrients that are also present in orange juice. They are naturally occurring chemicals such as beta-carotene which is what gives orange juice it’s color. They are considered antioxidants, like vitamin c.There is still research being done on the ones in orange juice and what a required daily requirement should be. Potassium ,another nutrient in orange juice, helps with the fluid - electrolyte balance in cells. The juice contains thiamin and niacin, which helps to convert food to a form of energy the body can use. Vitamin B6 is present and helps in the formation of hemoglobin, the part of the red blood cells that carries oxygen throughout the body.
The orange, one of the oldest cultivated fruits known to man, have been grown for more than 4,000 years. They probably originated in the part of Asia that contains India and China. Oranges are known for their delicious juice and vitamin C content. They also contain a source of potassium and folic acid.
This also minimizes the formation of wrinkles and exposes radiant youthful skin. Don’t walk around with layers of dead skin, find a gentle exfoliator or simply make one at home.
Nowadays, healthy is the number one individual and also governmental concern. As the saying goes, ‘an apple a day keeps the doctor away’ is clearly show that eat nutritious food such as fruits and vegetables can provide a good health and can prevent us from harmful diseases. As we know, vegetables provided various types of vitamins needed by the body for instance pumpkin contains a lot of vitamin A, tomatoes contain vitamin C and spinach contains folate. Pumpkin is one of nature’s riches sources of alpha-carotene, a carotenoid that converts to retinol which is a form of vitamin A. The amount of vitamin A that contain in the pumpkin per serving (116g) is 171%, vitamin C 17%, calcium 2% and iron 5% (Pumpkin raw, 2014). There are a lot of benefits when consuming vitamin A, for example this vitamin promotes healthy vision, bone growth, reproduction and help boosts our immune system. Apart from that, a diet high in vitamin A may lower the risk of many types of cancer. Besides, some vegetables also contain a lot of vitamin C such as tomatoes, bell peppers and broccoli. The function of vitamin C is it helps heal the wounds and keep away the body from bacterial infection. According to researchers at Albert Einstein College of Medicine of Yeshiva University, they discovered that vitamin C can kill drug-resistant tuberculosis (TB) bacteria (Libov, 2013, para. 3). Besides that, vitamin C
Fruits and vegetables are important components of our diet. We take fruits in raw state or in the form of juices, while vegetables are taken in the cooked form or sometimes as juices. Fruits and vegetables provide us carbohydrates, proteins and various other important organic compounds. The juices are rich sources of minerals, vitamins and many micronutrients (calcium, iron etc.) essential for us. For example, iron deficiency in humans causes anaemia and anaemic persons are advised to take leafy vegetables e.g. spinach and apples which fills up the iron deficiency.