Other benefits guava........

Guava,miracle fruit is familiar in our lives, have many benefits for health. Fruit is very rich vitamins C and some types of minerals that is able to prevent various illnesses degeneration species, and maintain fitness. Stem and leaves skin contains substances antibacterial, which can cure some types of disease.

Guavas are classified into the taxonomic family Myrtaceae, Psidium genus, species guajava. Therefore, in Latin called Psidium guajava.

Guava plants, including plants (high can reach 10 meters), which quickly adapting to the environment and have a good regenerating power. Guava can grow in all kinds of climate and land at a height of between 5-1200 meters from the surface of the sea.

According to history, guavas come from Central America, precisely Brazil. From there to Thailand and then spread to other Asian countries, including Indonesia. In many countries, guava plants is important for the people of the original. Currently guava planted in the world, especially in tropical countries.

Said guava fruit is very special because it has a review that high, such as vitamins C, potassium, and iron. In addition, non-nutrient also rich in substances, such as fiber food, karotenoid components, and polifenol. Guava fruit free of saturated fatty acid and sodium, low fat and energy, but the high fiber food.

Vitamins C content of fruit guava about 87 mg, twice from orange (49 mg/100 g), five times that of orange, and eight times from the lemon (10.5 mg/100 g). Compared to cashew waters and cashew balls, the level of vitamins C in guava far greater, that is 17 times that of cashew water (5 mg/100 g) and four times that of cashew balls (22 mg/100 g).

Besides functioning as an antioxidant, vitamins C has a function to maintain and boost health capillaries; prevent nutritional anemia, take, the swollen gums and bleeding (skorbut disease); and prevent dental date. High doses of vitamin C can increase the body's immune system against infections. Thus, we do not easily become sick, such as flu, cough, fever, and others.

Vitamins C helps the absorption of iron and can hamper the production nitrosamin, a substance the trigger cancer. Vitamins C is also a role for the formation of collagen, which is very useful for healing wounds. The availability of adequate vitamin C in the blood selenium can encourage work in the hamper cell cancer, particularly lung cancer, prostate, breast, large intestine, bile, and brain.

In essence, guavas can be used as the main source of vitamins C the body needs. Consumption of guava as 90 grams per day is able to meet the daily needs of vitamins adults, so that they can maintain health and fitness.

Content of vitamin C in guava peak towards the well. Most of the vitamin C guava concentrated on the skin and the meat is soft and extremely thick. Therefore, guava should be consumed with the skin.
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Guava also contains potassium about 14 mg/100 grams of fruit. Potassium works to increase the regularity heartbeat, activate muscle contraction, transmission of set-vitamin astringent to other body cells, controlling the balance of fluid network of cells in the body, and reducing hypertension.

How the potassium in the body is contrary to the Natrium (the trigger hypertension). Therefore, in the daily menu is recommended to consume Sodium and potassium in a ratio of 1:1. Food processing by using the salt tends to increase far exceeded Sodium potassium.

Guava is also a source of fiber food (dietary fiber). Fiber food beneficial to prevent various illnesses degeneratif, such as colon cancer (colon cancer), divertikulosis, aterosklerosis, heart disturbances, diabetes melitus, hypertension, kidney stones and disease.

Consumption of fiber food community are still very low, around 10 grams / person / day. Nonetheless, consumption of fiber food is recommended that 20-30 grams / person / day.

Guava fiber food contains about 5.6 grams per 100 grams of flesh. The type of fiber is enough contained in the guava is pectin, which is a type of soluble fiber that are in the water. The soluble fiber in water has a big role in lowering cholesterol rate, which is binding bile acids and cholesterol in the body, and help the expenditure through the process of defecation.

Thus, the soluble fiber in water handy to prevent aterosklerosis (stoppage of blood vessel causes the occurrence of coronary heart disease and stroke). Fiber is also a kind of a role in lowering the rate of blood glucose, that plays a role in preventing the disease diabetes melitus

Source :
Prof. DR. Made Aswan