Benefits of Guava

Almost everyone knows about the fruit of this one, because this fruit can grow well anywhere in the lowlands or the highlands. Fruit originating from Brazil, the United States has a Latin name Psidium guajava linn. Guava is easily found in Indonesia has many kinds, including guava breadfruit, cashew apples, red guava, cashew bangkok, cashew pasarminggu and many more other types. Maybe everyone knows the shape and taste of guava, but not everyone knows about the nutrient content and benefits of guava contained.

From the research it turns out is one guava fruit has the highest antioxidants, than the fruit - the other fruits. Guava also contains vitamin C up to two times the vitamin C contained in citrus fruits. Besides guava also contains lots of fiber, which is useful for lowering cholesterol that is in our bodies. Tannins contained in Guava is also beneficial facilitate the digestive system and blood circulation.

Guava is also useful for maintaining heart health, with potassium it contains. Not only that, if we consume lycopene in guava then our bodies will be increased so that will give protection to the body of some types of cancer. If the fruit has many nutrients, so do not miss also the efficacy of its leaves can cure diarrhea and wound medicine.

No wonder again if the guava is now widely used as a selection of flavors in various food and beverage menu, or as a base for medicine because of its nutritional content. For example, guava juice, guava syrup, guava juice, guava jelly, guava pudding, and much more. With only guava fruit are relatively inexpensive, able to create new business opportunities. And can be used as one example of a business opportunity with a small capital, but able to generate big profits.


The content of guava fruit (100 gr) - Calories 49 cal - Vitamin A 25 SI - 0.02 mg Vitamin B1 - Vitamin C 87 mg - 14 mg Calcium - Hydrate Charcoal 12.2 grams - Phosphorus 28 mg - 1.1 mg Iron - Protein 0.9 mg - 0.3 grams Fat - 86 grams water.

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1. Benefits of pectin in guava fruit is to lower cholesterol is by binding cholesterol and bile acids in the body and helps expenditures.


2. Guava also contains tannins, which cause a sense of Sepat on fruit but also serve to facilitate the digestive system, blood circulation, and is useful for attacking viruses.


3. Guava contains potassium which works to increase the regularity of heart rate, activating muscle contractions, regulating delivery of other nutrients to the body's cells, control the fluid balance in the body's tissues and cells as well as lowering high blood pressure (hypertension).


4. In guava lycopene is also found in other potential substances other than fiber. Lycopene is karetenoid (important pigment in plants) found in the blood (0.5 moles per liter of blood) and has antioxidant activity. Consumption of lycopene is increased, especially on the guava fruit flesh is red, seedy and sweet taste have any effect on the body provides protection from some types of cancer.

5. Red Guava can also be used to cure dengue fever.

6. From the results of research with guava consume 0.5 to 1 kg / day for 4 weeks lowered the risk of heart disease by 16%.