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Tuesday, December 20, 2011

Jackfruit and Its Health Benefits

Jackfruit tree is a huge fruit that look similar to Durian fruit. The measures of this jackfruit are around 12 to 20 inches long, and the width is 8 to 10 inches. The most famous thing about this large fruit is its fragrant smell that comes up with the fleshy bright yellow part. Jackfruit tree is the fruit of Southeast Asian Counties, and are very common in Cambodia, Vietnam, Jamaica, and Tobago.

Information :
• Common Name: Jackfruit
• Scientific Name: Artocarpus heterophyllus
• Family: Moraceae
• Weight: around 18kg
• Other Use: instead of eaten raw, it can be cooked with syrup. When it still unripe, can also be made into a vegetable dish
• Seeds: can be roasted or boiled

Nutritive Values: Per 100 gm.
• Vitamin A: none
• Vitamin B: Thiamine .03 mg.
• Riboflavin: none

• Niacin: .4 mg
• Potassium: 303 mg.
• Vitamin C: .8 mg
• Fat: .3 gm.
• Carbohydrates: 25.4 gm.
• Protein: 1.3 gm.
• Calories: 98


Health Benefits:
• Good for body as an energy food within the small amount of fat
• Helps in the problem of obesity
• Constipation prevention
• Treats indigestion and ulcers
• Good for prevention of tension as well as nervousness
• Reduces levels of blood pressure
• Contains the high potassium content
• Cancer prevention
• An excellent source of phytonutrients, which can slow down the degenerative diseases
• Richs in Vitamin C
• The root of this fruit can helps in skin diseases and asthma
• The extract of this fruit’s root can helps in fever and diarrhea
• Richs in proteins, vitamins and carbohydrates

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