Benefits of dragon fruit for health

Monday 11 April 2022

Dragon fruit is one of the most popular fruits and is much sought after by the public because of its sweet and slightly sour taste. Dragon fruit has a white or red appearance, this fruit also has a number of health benefits for the body.

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Dragon fruit weighing 227 grams also has several ingredients including:

• Calories: 136

• Fat: 0 grams

• Protein: 3 grams

• Carbohydrates: 29 grams

• Fiber: 7 grams

• Calcium: 31 milligrams

• Vitamin C: 4 milligrams

• Magnesium: 68 milligrams

• Iron: 1 gram

Because of the many nutrients contained in dragon fruit, this fruit is often referred to as a super food. Dragon fruit does have low calories but contains important vitamins and minerals and contains a lot of dietary fiber.

Dragon fruit can also be processed into juice which is very refreshing and healthy for the body because it has a lot of protein content.

Here are the benefits of dragon fruit juice:

1. Reducing the risk of disease

The antioxidant content in dragon fruit juice is very useful for preventing several chronic diseases. Antioxidants work by neutralizing free radicals, thereby preventing inflammatory cell damage.

Consuming dragon fruit which contains lots of anti-oxidants can help prevent cancer, heart disease, diabetes and arthritis.

2. Smooth digestion

Dragon fruit juice can also improve digestion because of its prebiotic content because prebiotics can improve the balance of good bacteria in the intestines. Consuming dragon fruit regularly can also reduce infections in the digestive tract and diarrhea.

3. Boost your immune system

Dragon fruit juice also contains vitamin C which can help boost the immune system and can help prevent coughs or asthma. In addition, vitamin C in dragon fruit can also help heal wounds quickly.

4. Contains healthy fatty acids

The seeds of dragon fruit also contain healthy fatty acids because they contain omega 3 and omega 9 as well as natural oils that are good for the body.

Omega 3 itself is good for our heart health and these fatty acids can prevent irregular heartbeats, reduce fatty plaques inside artery walls, lower blood clotting and lower blood lipids.

5. Increase iron levels

Dragon fruit juice also contains a lot of iron which can transport oxygen throughout the body. In addition, iron can also break down food into energy.

6. Helps prevent cancer

According to research in the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition in 2015 found a relationship between vitamin C intake and cancer risk. In the study, people who had a high intake of vitamin C had a reduced risk of developing cancer.

7. Contains lots of vitamins

Dragon fruit also contains B vitamins (B1, B2 and B3) which have many important roles for the health of our bodies. Vitamin B1 has benefits for energy production and carbohydrate metabolism.

Vitamin B2 acts as a multivitamin and helps restore lost appetite and vitamin B3 can lower bad cholesterol levels and can make our skin smooth and moisturized and can improve our sense of sight.

How to make dragon fruit juice?

Look for dragon fruit that is ripe first, usually dragon fruit that is ripe has red skin. Then peel the skin of the dragon fruit, usually a ripe dragon fruit will feel soft but not too mushy.

Then cut the dragon fruit into pieces and put it in a blender, for additional taste to make it sweeter you can add milk or honey into the juice.

Those are some of the benefits contained in dragon fruit for the health of our bodies. Consuming dragon fruit every day will also be better for our bodies.

There are so many benefits of dragon fruit for our bodies, therefore this fruit also has a fairly expensive price per kilo.

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