Papaya Health Benefits for the Colon
The papaya is a fruit that grows only in tropical regions like Central America, Southern Brazil and Puerto Rico. With its wonderful juicy butter like texture and exotic taste no wonder Christopher Columbus named it the “Fruit of the angels”! Not merely a taste bud treat, the papaya has a number of wonderful health benefits such as promoting colon health.
Colon Health Benefits of Papaya
Papaya is a great source of fiber that can dramatically reduce our risk of developing colon cancer. The fiber binds with toxic carcinogenic materials in the colon and removes them safely out of the body via the feces. Such carcinogens will begin to cause inflammation of the colon wall if they are not removed quickly enough. This inflammation will eventually damage the colon wall beyond repair and develop into cancer.
Papaya is also a great source of vitamin C, beta-carotene and vitamin E. These three nutrients help to protect our colon cells from free radicals that are produced in feces. Free radicals are harmful and unstable oxygen molecules that can damage cells and the DNA code inside them. Such damage will trigger the DNA cells to create mutant colon cells instead of healthy new cells – in other words cancer!
Papaya juice can also aid in clearing up infections in the colon by helping to break down pus or mucus it comes into contact with. Freshly homemade papaya juice is the most effective for this purpose. The processing methods that produce commercial juices can significantly decreases the amount of enzymes, antioxidants and other nutrients of the original fresh juice. To make your own homemade papaya juicing recipe you will need 4 papayas. Remove skins and scoop out seeds and juice only the flesh.
And there is one more Papaya benefit for the colon! The seeds have anti-helmintic properties – this means that they can help to clear out worms. For this purpose two teaspoons of seeds should be chewed and swallowed along with a little honey after every main meal.