The Benefits of the Super Food, Dragon Fruit!!!!

The Benefits of the Super Food, Dragon Fruit!!!!

 

In Korea, we don’t have dragon fruit. It was first time to see it in Philippines. It looks so beautiful, especially, the red color. It is beautiful enough to draw my attention. We, Korean believe that red color food have special power. This time, let’s see that how it is super food. After you read it, you may want to eat the fruit.

Dragon fruit helping for reducing weight, improving digestion, lowering cholesterol, strengthen the immune system, and boosting energy levels. And it also helps to prevent cancer and heart disease, defend against bacteria and fungi, and helps in the overall functioning of the body. Wow, it is amazing^^

Do you know what is Dragon Fruit?

It is often considered a tropical “super food” because of its wealth of benefits. It has origins in Mexico, South America, and central America, but New World settlers probably brought it to Southeast Asian nations like Cambodia, Thailand, Taiwan, Vietnam, and the Philippines.

Dragon fruit has three varieties that,  red skin with red flesh, red skin with white flesh, and yellow skin with white flesh. I only saw red skin with red flesh, and red skin with white flesh. In my opinion, red skin with red flesh one is sweeter. I don’t know, maybe you may like the others^^:;

When you open it, the flesh is filled with small black seeds like kiwi, and the black seeds help improve your digestion.

What are the Benefits of Dragon Fruit?

The health benefits of the dragon fruit are mainly attributed to its antioxidant, antibacterial, and nutritional properties. In addition, it include a boost to immunity, body metabolism, and a smoother digestive process.

Boosts immunity

One of the most beneficial aspects of dragon fruit is its ability to give a serious boost to your body’s defense system. The high level of Vitamin C found in dragon fruits is one of the strongest assets to your body’s immune system, and it stimulates the activity of other antioxidants in the body as well. They actively seek out and eliminate free radicals, the dangerous by products of cell metabolism, which have been directly linked to potentially fatal conditions like cancer and heart diseases. And one of my Malaysian friend who had suffered dangue fever two times already told me that this fruit was very helpful for her dangue fever. 

Rich in Vitamins

Dragon fruit has a lot of vitamins besides vitamin C, including the B vitamin group. The B1, B2, and B3 vitamins present in dragon fruit improve everything from blood pressure, skin health, and cholesterol levels to thyroid function and carbohydrate metabolism.

Helps in digestion

Dragon fruits have a significantly higher fiber content, which means that they can help your body bulk movements, facilitating smooth passage through the digestive tract, stimulating peristaltic motion, and inducing a release of digestive juices. By regulating bowel function with dietary fiber, this fruit helps in preventing various conditions like constipation, irritable bowel syndrome, and even serious diseases like colorectal cancer.

Prevents Cancer

Along with the antioxidant quality of vitamin C that boosts the immune system, dragon fruits also contain other sources of natural antioxidants. Carotene, found in dragon fruits has been linked to a number of anti-carcinogenic qualities. It helps in reducing the size of tumors as well. Basically, dragon fruits boost your immune system from every direction, so if you feel like you’re frequently sick, feeling under the weather, or even if you are at high risk of developing cancer, dragon fruit might be the answer for you!!!!! Wow…!

Antibacterial Properties

The final boost to your immune system from dragon fruit is its antifungal and antibacterial qualities. These can help increase the white blood cell count in the body, which defend against toxins and also inhibit the entrance or growth of fungal or bacterial infections in the organ systems. You will also find that it stimulates cell regeneration and speeds up healing, so wounds and bruises will heal at an increased rate.

Boosts Metabolism

Dietary intake of protein is essential for healthy functioning of our body and dragon fruit is an unusually good source of protein. Many of the proteins we gain from fruits, vegetables, and meat are metabolized by enzymes in our body and turned into usable proteins that can speed up cell repair, enhance strength and metabolism, and help us lose weight and increase muscle mass.

Improves Cardiovascular Health

Dragon fruit has no bad cholesterol and almost no unhealthy saturated fats. By reducing the amount of cholesterol in the blood, the chances of developing plaque in the arteries and veins are small, thereby reducing the likelihood that you’ll suffer from atherosclerosis, heart attacks, and strokes. By using dragon fruit as a source of many other nutrients, you are not negatively impacting your body in any way, hence, the fruit’s reputation as a “superfood” is true. Fat is beneficial for your body and the seeds of it contain this good fat, which can lead to HDL cholesterol (good cholesterol). HDL cholesterol actively decreases the amount of LDL cholesterol by inhibiting the receptors that it binds to, on the walls of arteries.

Source : https://www.organicfacts.net/health-benefits/fruit/health-benefits-of-dragon-fruit.html