So far, people already know that papaya is very good for health. But most people recognize the benefit of the papaya fruit is meat only. Though bark, leaves and papaya seeds are edible and nutritious as well.
Papaya has long been known for health benefits. In 1875, British physician TP Lucas, start a hospital in Brisbane, Australia, who treat patients with papaya.
Papaya contains papain (cysteine protease enzyme hidrolase) that can assist in digestion by breaking down proteins. Papaya is a good source of fiber, folate, vitamin A, carotenoids, lutein, lycopene and essential amino acids that affect proper cell function.
In addition, papaya has more vitamin E four times as many, 33 percent more vitamin C, 50 percent more potassium and fewer calories than orange.
An important part of the papaya not only flesh alone. Seeds, bark, leaves and fruit skin also contains elements that are not only nutritious, but have therapeutic properties (berkhasit to therapy).
LIVESTRONG Launched on Tuesday (02/11/2010), the following benefits from the bark, leaves and seeds of papaya:
Papaya skin
Just like the fruit, papaya skin can also be eaten. Papaya skin has many nutritional benefits, but only papaya skin that grows organically without chemicals and pesticide residues.
Society of Papua New Guinea are not only eating papaya skin, but uses a powerful healing properties to treat rashes and sunburn, as well as to eliminate black spots due to aging.
Papaya Leaf
The leaves may be the most profitable part of the papaya for the use of therapy. There is evidence that papaya has an anticancer effect against tumors, including breast cancer, cervix, liver, lung and pancreas.
Researchers at the University of Florida using dried papaya extract to discover the dramatic effect of papaya on 10 types of tumors. Indigenous peoples in Australia have also been successful using papaya extract to control the cancer without the toxicity.
Papaya seeds
For centuries, roots and seeds of papaya are used to make tea, which is believed to expel parasites, reduce bleeding, renal colic and jaundice.
About 20 papaya seeds contain a protein that is very easy to digest, can be chewed or swallowed to eliminate most of the parasites.
A study from Nigeria and published in the Journal of Medicinal Food found that dried papaya seeds is an effective treatment cheap, natural and widely available for human intestinal parasites without significant side effects.
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