Sunday, January 9, 2011

Guava: Usefulness and benefits to cancer treatment

Among the various fruits available, guava is one of the ones that have the highest vitamin C content.Vitamin C is a very good anti-oxidant. Most vitamin C is concentrated guava soft outer skin and meat fat. Content of vitamin E, is near the peak of ripe guava. Apart from being a reliable source of vitamin C, guavas, are also rich in fiber, especially pectin (water soluble fiber), which you can use to make a gel.

Guava (guava, Guava Lin) originated in Central America. Usually planted in gardens and fields. Bush is the guava tree branch, may amount to 12 meter high with fruit varied from a diameter of 2.5 cm to 10 cm or more. Guava also contains tannin, which bitter to fruit, but also improves the work of the digestive and circulatory organs, and helps against virus attacks.
 
Guava also contains potassium, which increases heart rate and messages frequently, and activation of muscle contraction, and the organization of the supply of other nutrients to body cells and the control of fluid balance in cells and tissues of the body lower cholesterol and triglycerides in the blood , high blood pressure (hypertension). According to the doctors James Cerda, if you eat guava with 0.5-1 kg / day for 4 weeks, the risk of heart disease to reduce by 16%.

Lycopene in guava, is also potential material resources nutrition than fiber. Lycopene is Karatenoid (major pigment in plants) found in the blood (0.5 moles per liter of blood) and also has anti-oxidant activity. Studies on Italian lycopene Epidemologic researchers, including 2706 cases of cancer of the oral cavity, acut ulcer, esophagus, stomach, colon and rectum, or the increased consumption of lycopene, guavas, especially red meat, and tasted nice to negligible impact on the body provides protection against certain types of cancers.

Besides the benefits of guava, it also preserves the health of blood vessels, heart and blood vessels to prevent cancer, strengthen the immune system against diseases and promote health of the gums, teeth and capillaries and helps to absorb iron and wound healing. Guava is also a strong anti-inflammatory, to stop bleeding and diarrhea, for example in people with dengue hemorrhagic fever (DHF). 


So so its safe to say that you should increase your guava intake.