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Benefits of avocado for health


Avocado tree reaching 20 m tall, with leaves all 12 cm to 25 cm. Flowers are yellowish-green color with hidden and sizes 5 mm to 10 mm, the fruit is 5 cm up to 6.4 cm.

The fruits of Berry (botany) and have soft skin is not flat, dark green to brownish purple. The flesh of the fruit of the avocado-colored light green near the skin, and light yellow near seeds, with a creamy texture.

Avocado has many benefits. The seeds are used in the clothing industry as a dye that does not easily wear off. Tree trunks can be used as fuel. The skin of the tree is used as a dye in products from brown leather.
The flesh of the fruit can be made into dishes as well as a basic ingredient for some cosmetics and beauty products.


Nutritional value

Nutritional value per 100 g (3.5 oz)
Energy      :  670 kJ (160 kcal)
Carbohydrates :  8.53 g
Sugars :   0.66 g
Dietary fiber :  6.7 g
Fat : 14.66 g
Saturated : 2.13 g
Monounsaturated : 9.80 g
Polyunsaturated : 1.82 g
Protein : 2 g



Vitamins

Vitamin A equiv : 7 μg (1%)
beta-carotene   : 62 μg  (1%)
lutein zeaxanthin : 271 μg
Thiamine (B1) : 0.067 mg (6%)
Riboflavin (B2) : 0.13 mg (11%)
Niacin (B3) : 1.738 mg (12%)
Pantothenic acid (B5) : 1.389 mg (28%)
Vitamin B6 : 0.257 mg (20%)
Folate (B9) : 81 μg (20%)
Vitamin C : 10 mg (12%)
Vitamin E : 2.07 mg (14%)
Vitamin K  : 21 μg (20%)
     
Minerals
Calcium : 12 mg (1%)
Iron : 0.55 mg (4%)
Magnesium : 29 mg (8%)
Manganese : 0.142 mg (7%)
Phosphorus : 52 mg (7%)
Potassium : 485 mg (10%)
Sodium : 7 mg (0%)
Zinc  : 0.64 mg (7%)



Other constituents

Water : 73.23 g
Fluoride : 7 µg
Beta-sitosterol : 76 mg



Benefits of avocado for health:
1. To provide energy for the body
Avocado is one of the types of fruits that have high calories. By mixing the sugar in the manufacture of avocado juice, then you will get a high energy. This energy can you make for her daily activities as well as healthy snacks on the hours of the responsibility.

2. Able to maintain heart health
Avocado juice is excellent for maintaining heart health. In a healthy heart, then the blood supply to the rest of the body will be smoother. Then you will be spared from a variety of disorders that are associated with heart health, such as heart attacks and coronary heart disease.

3. Good for the diet program
You are following the diet program? Then the benefits of avocado juice are also effective to support the diet program you are doing. With vitamin and also high in nutrients, such as fiber, protein, and a variety of other minerals, avocado juice is very effective to help the diet program.

4. Can regulate blood sugar levels
Avocado juice is also very good for those of you who suffered diabetes. This is because the avocado juice was able to control blood sugar levels in the body

5. Have a good fat, which can be used to balance the body's levels of cholesterol
You have symptoms of the disease in cholesterol? Avocado juice if so very good for you. Avocado juice has a good fat content is very high. This right can be stabilized cholesterol and fat evil that is in your body.

6. Help nourish skin from within
Avocado juice has a high vitamin E content. With its high vitamin E content, then the avocado juice can help to nourish skin from within.

7. Good for eye health
Avocado juice turns to have a high vitamin A content, although not as high as carrots. Vitamin A is of course very good for eye health. This right can also prevent a variety of diseases or disorders that attack the eye health.

8. Prevent disability at birth
Avocado fruit is known to contain folate. Folate is essential, especially for expectant mothers to maintain the health of the fetus and also optimizing the development of the fetus. In addition, folate can also help prevent the defects in the baby when born later.

9. Can prevent the occurrence of inflammation
Avocado juice also has a good content as an anti-inflammatory and also an anti inflammatory. With the benefits of avocado juice is consumed regularly, then you will avoid the inflammation in your body organs.

10. Anti bacterial and also anti germs
Avocado juice is also very effective to prevent various diseases caused by bacteria and germs that get into the body. Avocado juice can ward off and also prevent bacteria and germs that do not enter into your body.

11. Ward off free radicals
Other benefits are the avocado juice can ward off free radicals, which can cause a variety of health problems, it can also cause premature aging or aging process.

12. Prevent Cancer
Avocado juice also has excellent benefits to prevent cancer and also slows the growth of cancer in the body. Want to avoid cancer? Avocado juice drink regularly.

13. Lower blood pressure
For those of you who suffer from hypertension, the benefits of avocado juice also has excellent benefits to lower your blood pressure. In this way, then a wide range of symptoms of hypertension such as dizziness, headaches, and fatigue will disappear by itself.

14. Reduce the risk of stroke
Avocado juice is excellent for maintaining heart health. It is closely related to the smoothness of the blood circulation and also minimize the blockage of blood vessels. Blockage of the blood vessels is one of the causes of the appearance of the stroke.

15. The highest Protein among fruits
Avocado fruit is fruit that has the highest protein content of all types of fruit. By drinking the juice of the avocado, it means almost the same as you drink the protein, which is very good benefits for the body, especially in the binding of fat and also build muscle body.

16. Good for digestive health
Fiber in avocado juice is also very good for maintaining digestive health. You will be spared from a variety of disorders of the digestive tract, such as constipation and constipation, hemorrhoids, diarrhea, difficult urination.

17. Good for the health of bones and teeth
Benefits of avocado juice have vitamin K and calcium are also high. Both of these substances would have been going very well for the health of your bones, and can also prevent the emergence of a variety of disorders of bone health, such as osteoporosis and bone erosion as well.

Benefits of Yam bean (Pachyrhizus Erosus)


Almost all over the world already know Yam bean (Pachyrhizus erosus). Yam bean (Pachyrhizus erosus) is a plant that is utilized as a root tuber vegetable or fruit, which are popular and growing in many countries of Central America, South Asia, the Caribbean, South America.

Tubers of Yam bean (Pachyrhizus erosus) are crisp and refreshing, because it is rich in moisture content. These plants form a tuber root (cormus) round or rounded with the weight can reach 5 kg. Tuber skin Yam bean (Pachyrhizus erosus), a thin, pale yellow and the inside is white with fresh fluids somewhat sweet.

Although edible, won't be matter part Yam bean (Pachyrhizus erosus) another highly toxic because it contains rotenone. Mainly found on the tops of leaves, stems and seeds, but the lower content of rotenone is at the root.

Yam bean peeled before consumption is safe from this organic poison to humans. This poison often used to kill insects or fish, mainly taken from the seeds of the seeds. Although toxic, Yam bean seed can also be used as medicinal ingredients. The seeds are crushed and mixed with sulfur used to cure a type of Mange.





Nutritional value per 100 g (3.5 oz)
Energy                                    159 Kj (38 kcal)
Carboh ydrates                        8.82 g                
Sugars                                     1.8 g
Dietary fiber                           4.9 g
Fat                                           0.09 g
Protein                                    0.72 g

Vitamins
Thiamine (B1)                  0.02 mg (2%)
Riboflavin (B2)                 0.029 mg (2%)
Niacin (B3)                      0.2 mg (1%)
Pantothenic acid (B5)      0.135 mg (3%)
Vitamin B6                       0.042 mg (3%)
Folate B9                        12 μg (3%)
Choline                            13.6 mg (3%)
Vitamin C                         20.2 mg (24%)

Minerals
Calsium                           12 mg (1%)
Iron                                  0.6 mg (5%)
Magnesium                     12 mg (3%)
Manganese                     0.06 mg (3%)
Phosphorus                     18 mg (3%)
Potassium                       150 mg (3%)
Sodium                            4 mg (0%)
Zinc                                 0.16 mg (2%)

Benefits Of Pineapple For Health


Pineapple (Ananas comosus) is a tropical plant that originated in Brazil, Bolivia, and Paraguay. These plants included in the family Bromeliaceae. Stature (habitus) low herbaceous foliage (chronically) with 30 or more leaves is long, sharp-pointed, arranged in the form of a rosette of thick shaft encircling.

Pineapple plants, fruit always available throughout the year. Herbaceous annual or biennial, height 50-150 cm, there is a creeping on the shoots of his roots. The leaves are gathered in a rosette at the root and the base widens into a river. The leaves form a thick sword, a length of 80-120 cm, a width of 2-6 cm, tip taper to resemble thorns, barbed edges of paste that bends upward, the down side of flaky white, green or reddish green.

Compound interest is composed in a very green meeting, terminal and long-stemmed. The fruit is a Berry (botany) compound, long, fleshy, round, green, if the color becomes yellow Cook. Pineapples the fruit tastes good, sour to sweet.

Pineapple fruit nutrient content per 100 g:

• Energy: 52 CAL
• Protein: 0.4 g
• Fat: 0.2 g
• Phosphorus: 11 mg
• Iron: 0.3 mg
• Vitamin a: 130 IU
• Fiber: 0.4 g
• Calcium: 15 mg
• Vitamin C: 24 mg
• Carbohydrates: 13.7 g
• Vitamin B1:0.08 mg
• Water: 85.3 g


The content of Nutrients in a Pineapple

• According to alodokter.com

Pineapple fruit contains lots of vitamin c. In 3.5 Oz pineapple fruit contained 47.8 mg vitamin c. Additionally also contains B vitamins, various minerals such as manganese, and fiber. Pineapple fruit is the only source of bromelin, namely proteolytic enzymes that are widely used to treat a variety of diseases. To date, no scientific research that can ascertain whether bromelin is really useful as a treatment.

Pineapple juice can be used, where 200 ml pineapple juice contains about 25 mg of vitamin c. This is enough to meet the body's needs in vitamin C per day. You don't need to add sugar into pineapple juice, fruit because this one is already pretty sweet.

• According to webkesehatan.com

The most prominent nutrient content of pineapples is vitamin C and manganese. The content of vitamin C in 165 g pineapple reach 105.1% per day. While the content of manganese sufficiently 76.5% per day.
In addition, extract a core of fruit and stems contain proteolytic enzymes pineapple bromelin that can help break down proteins. Any pineapple is rich in copper, and contains quite a lot of vitamin B1, vitamin B6, folate, fiber, food and pantothenic acid. Vitamin A is also found in pineapple, although in small numbers.

Benefits Of Pineapple For Health:

  •  Help lose weight
Pineapple good consumed in weight loss diet because of the low calorie content. In 100 grams of pineapple, only contained 50 calories equivalent to Apple. One study in the Netherlands shows that the potent bromelin eliminate fat. Ingestion of bromelin for 30 days can help lose weight by 4.27 kg.
  • Enhance Immunity
Vitamin C in pineapple can boost the immune system because it is a powerful antioxidant effect. In addition, pineapple contains the amino acids that are richer. Substance of amino acids helps increase immune system and maintain the availability of the energy in the body to avoid fatigue.
  • Helps Digestion
Like many other fruits and vegetables, pineapple contains dietary fiber which is very important in keeping You regular and in maintaining intestinal health. But unlike many other fruits and vegetables, pineapple contains large amounts of bromelin, an enzyme that breaks down proteins, it may aid digestion.
  • Prevent Hypertension
Someone who is likely to have high blood pressure, surely will try to make the blood pressure back stable. The right choice of food being one of them, i.e. by considering the pineapple diet for hypertension. The amount of the high potassium content such as that found on the benefits of bananas. But conceive a low sodium, will help maintain normal blood pressure levels.
  • Relieve Nausea
Fresh pineapple juice can relieve the nausea, for example, to cope with morning sickness. This is quite useful for pregnant women who are typically experiencing nausea. It also helps people who are travelling with a vehicle, which often leads to drunk.
  • Strengthen Bones
Not only the benefits of milk containing calcium for bone health. But the substance of manganese is present in abundant quantities in the pineapple and helps strengthen bones and connective tissue. A cup of pineapple juice will give you approximately 73% of manganese required for the day. A study shows results that manganese together with other minerals, can help in preventing osteoporosis in women post-menopause.
  • Skin
The pineapple gives support to the synthesis of collagen in the body. The higher the synthesis of collagen will make the skin becomes more elastic. In addition, other nutrients in it such as amino acids and vitamin C affects cells and tissues that are damaged in order to be corrected quickly. Use the new pineapple juice on face then wash using lukewarm water after 10 minutes.


Warning, consuming pineapple should not be exaggerated because pineapple can trigger causes the occurrence of some allergies. Therefore, the consumption of any food wisely to get the proper benefits.

Benefits of trees, leaves, seeds and fruit from Durian.



Plant a tree-shaped, long-lived, high 27-40 m. Woody taproot, stem, cylindrical, upright, chapped skin, rough surface, branched branching many, horizontal direction. A single leaf, short-stemmed, the upper surface is dark green-yellowish brown below, the length of 6.5-25 cm, width 3-5 cm, tapered tip, base rounded, flat edge, the upper surface lower surface is shiny, opaque, never decays, the bottom of the layered feathers smooth reddish brown.

Syzygium Malaccense, Makopa, Mountain Apple, Jambu Bol, Malay Rose Apple Efficacy for Health.



Syzygium malaccense has a medium-sized tree, up to about 15 m straight, branched low and dense, lush entitled to rounded, giving a heavy shade.
The single leaf is located face to face, with short stalks 1-1.5 cm, thick and reddish when young. Leaves oval, large, 15-38 x 7 - 20 cm thick, rather stiff like hides.

Did you know that Guava is very beneficial to health?



Guava including tropical fruits. The fruit is able to bear fruit throughout the season. Guava can even be grown in pots or yards. Guava tastes between sweet and sour. Not only offers the delicacy, this fruit also contains many nutrients that are beneficial to health