Citrus fruit is a fruit that is very popular in all parts of the world. To get it did not need to wait for the season, because citrus fruits are always there in every season. Not only would make a great healthy snacks, fruit that taste sweet and sour is also often used as the main recipe ingredient in various dishes. Even now, orange juice is often used as part of an unforgettable main menu at breakfast.

Orange is available in two categories, sweet and bitter. Usually, orange with smooth skin texture and a bit heavy to have a higher water content than the orange with the skin texture like a sponge and has a lighter weight.

Find out the efficacy of these other citrus, as quoted from page Times of India:

Sources of vitamin C
One orange has a supply of 116.2 percent of the daily value for vitamin C. Vitamin C is beneficial to reduce the risk of colon cancer because it can help expel free radicals that cause damage to DNA.

Vitamin C, also important as the immune system, both to ward off the flu and preventing recurrent ear infections.

Antioxidants for healthy skin
Antioxidants in orange helps protect skin from free radical damage that can cause signs of aging. One orange a day can help you maintain the youthfulness of skin is growing despite the age of 50 years.

Rich in Vitamin B6
These vitamins help support the production of hemoglobin and also helps maintain blood pressure remains normal because of the magnesium. According to a study by researchers at the U.S. and Canada, the compound found in citrus fruit peels called Polymethoxylated flavonoids (PMFs) also has the potential to lower cholesterol more effectively and without side effects other than some prescription drugs.

Orange fiber to prevent diabetes
Fiber in oranges helps keep blood sugar levels remain stable. For this reason, citrus healthy snack made safe for diabetics. Natural fruit sugar in oranges, fructose, can help keep blood sugar levels remain normal.

Rich in beta-cryptoxanthin
Consuming foods rich in beta-cryptoxanthin, a carotenoid in fruits and vegetables, orange-red color found in many citrus, corn and squash can reduce the risk of lung cancer.

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Pepino (Solanum muricatum Aiton) is a fruit that is still a family with eggplant family. In Indonesia, this fruit was first imported in the Dutch colonial period. Pepino can flourish and thrive in the highlands and lowlands with special treatment. The fruit is also relatively cheap, the price per kilogram ranged between USD 10-15 thousand.

Reduce Constipation
What properties? In Indonesia, scientific studies of the pepino in particular has never existed. However, from some of the recognition and the emergence of some kind offer herbal products made from raw pepino are sold in the community, just give an idea if the fruit is believed to be efficacious.

As disclosed Munandar, a developer of medicinal plants in the area Ragunan-Pasar Minggu, pepino able to treat heartburn and thrush. Some people believe this fruit can also reduce the risk of constipation or indigestion and high blood pressure because the fiber content.

Abroad, especially in China, this plant several times studied and shown to have no toxic effects to the body. Now being developed seriously as a raw material medicine thrush because its vitamin C content and relief of constipation problems. Of Chinese herbal products made from raw pepino sold in Indonesia.

The emergence of the empirical recognition is actually quite reasonable for every 100 grams of pepino contain vitamin C of 25.1 mg, 0.6 grams protein, 26.6 mg beta-carotene, and 1 to 1.5 grams of fiber include food (dietary fiber).

Chart content pepino | Vitamin C
Pepito has a high vitamin C content. In 100 grams of pepino contained 25.1 mg of vitamin C. To get the maximum benefits of vitamin C, select the type of pepino fruit that is not too ripe. Preferably presented in a manner eaten fresh or juiced directly without any mixture.

Protein
Protein content in pepino approximately only 0.6 grams per 100 grams. It is less when compared with green beans. However, vegetable protein content in pepino assessed to help maintain digestive health and stamina.

Beta-carotene
Similar to vitamin C, beta-carotene content in pepino only of 26.6 mg per 100 gram. Beta-carotene is a provitamin A, which the body is converted into vitamin A. These vitamins are very useful in the process of vision, reproduction, and other metabolism.

Beta-carotene is also known as an element of cancer prevention, especially skin and lung cancer. Beta-carotene can reach more parts of the body in a relatively longer time compared with vitamin A, thereby providing optimal protection against the emergence of cancer. However, regardless of whether the pepino effective to ward off cancer, there has been no official studies to prove it.

Dietary fiber
Fiber content in pepino fruit is very good, reaching 1 to 1.5 grams per 100 grams. Fibre is needed by the body to lower cholesterol. In the digestive tract, fiber will bind bile acids (end products of cholesterol) and then released with feces. The higher consumption of fiber, the more bile and fatty acids released by the body.

In addition to preventing cholesterol, fiber content in pepino fruits are very useful in the digestive system, reduce the risk of high blood pressure, and good for heart health. Dietary fiber (dietary fiber) was able to shorten transit time, ie the time it takes food from the oral cavity until the rest of the food issued in the form of feces.

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Cancer can be treated by eating herbs or fruits. From many of these herbs, soursop have advantages over other fruit. Soursop is known to prevent and also effective for treating some types of cancer. "For the soursop itself has been studied to treat colon cancer (colon), lung cancer, pancreatic cancer, prostate cancer, and breast cancer (breast)," said Dr. Hardhi Pranata, SpS, as Chairman of the Association of Physicians Medical Herbs Indonesia (PDHMI).

Part soursop useful for cancer drugs is the stem, leaf, and also fruit or in juice form. The fruit can be eaten straight, made juice, or leaves are boiled and then the decoction drunk.

"Either way soursop drink fruit juice or by boiling 9 soursop leaves and drink the cooking water and then monitored the situation. Usually appetite will increase and the growth of cancer cells is inhibited," said dr Hardhi.

He also explained, soursop contain saponin compounds, polyphenols, as well as bioflavonoids that have antioxidant properties. Well, how to kill cancer cells by soursop is different with other herbs. Soursop just kill the cells or abnormal growth of specific cells such as free radicals existing cancer cells. But soursop does not destroy healthy cells.

Besides having good taste, soursop fruit also helps maintain health, prevent disease, and treat disease. This is because the soursop fruit can also reduce blood pressure, anti-parasite, a sedative that works to increase immunity and to overcome depression, arthritis, and also for uric acid.

"Consumption of soursop fruit again this should be encouraged so as not to become extinct because of the many benefits that can be obtained by eating this fruit," said the doctor who practices at the Gatot Subroto Army Hospital this.

For in Indonesia, the research on the efficacy of soursop and other medicinal plants will be done in the near future. In this study, Dharmais Cancer Hospital will cooperate with Nanjing University of Chinese Medicine PDHMI facilitated. In this research, a combination therapy of drugs and herbs.

"This cooperation MoU has been signed and is expected to begin in December already begun to do research in Indonesia," added Dr. Hardhi.

He said that at Nanjing University, this combination therapy has been performed. Cancer patients there did not experience nausea, hair loss, weight loss, and could still walk around as usual.

Combination therapy is expected to reduce the side effects of standard cancer therapies that do, such as chemotherapy, radiation or surgery, and can reduce the amount of chemotherapy that should be done by the patient.

Plants and fruits that are known to have anti-cancer effects, such as:

1. Tomatoes are known to treat prostate cancer, by eating tomatoes that have been boiled.
2. Red pepper is known to prevent colon cancer if consumed in the long term.
3. Grape seed is also known to have anti-cancer compounds. Therefore, if you eat grapes, look who has the seeds and eat with the skin.
4. Red betel leaf is known as an anti-breast cancer by boiling.
5. Wild Ginger is known to have active substance cursil that is as anti-inflammatory and anti-cancer.

"Some medicinal plants in Indonesia contain anti-cancer drugs, such as sitotoksin who has the ability to kill and detecting cells that grow abnormally. The compounds in this plant can function in the form of joint, but there is also a single," he said .

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So far, people familiar with wine as a delicious and healthful fruit. Did you know, eating grapes while its seeds are much more nutritious because the content of antioxidants that can reduce risk of skin cancer?

Some people would think twice if asked to eat grapes with seeds at once. It might seem strange because during the person intentionally discard seeds. In fact, while being engrossed in enjoying, would feel uncomfortable if there are seeds that get caught, and spontaneous. No wonder, people are looking for fruit wine with little or no seed.

From now on, throw it reluctantly. The reason, various studies reveal, in addition to antioxidant-rich, the wine was developed as potential anticancer natural remedies, especially reducing skin cell abnormalities due to exposure to sunlight. That is, such as skin and flesh, the seeds were abundant grape efficacious compounds.

That's the conclusion of researchers from the University of Alabama, United States, against mice. In his research, a group of mice without hair is exposed to ultraviolet light (UV). Some were given additional food (extract) contain chemicals derived from the seeds of grapes (grape seed proanthocyanidins / GSPs), whereas other rats given regular diet without supplements.

Based on the observations and results of laboratory tests, mice given the extract additional GSPs enough to react positively and effectively inhibit the harmful effects of UV, which can trigger carcinogenic (cancer originator.) Tumors in the body of the mice were 78 percent smaller than those not given the grape seed extract.

Press the formation of estrogen

In a presentation delivered Dr. Santosh K Katiyar in an annual conference of the American Chemical Society, mentioned that GSPs have antioxidant active. As is known, UV light can inhibit the immune system and these problems can be avoided thanks to GSPs.

He recommends regular consumption of GSPs extract as a daily supplement to enhance immune from attack of free radicals as well as reduce risks and avoid the dangers of skin cancer.

Meanwhile, researchers Shiuan Chen PhD from the Beckman Research Institute of the City of Hope explained that the grape juice (with seeds) effectively suppress the growth of cancer cells by preventing the synthesis of the hormone estrogen plays a major role in the development of breast cancer.

Through lab tests, fruit juices and grape seed proved able to stop the production of the hormone estrogen in cells. Recent research using mice that planted tumor cells showed a tumor the size of mice given 0.5 ml of grape juice for five weeks only a third of which are not given the grape juice. Research last year showed that extracts of red wine (not white wine) contains compounds similar to those in grape juice and can suppress the formation of estrogen.

Choose a dark color

In the country I have found no formal studies, perhaps because our country is not a big wine producer and consumer. However, empirically, recognized the benefits of grape seed and fruit for health.

It was as disclosed Pudji Rahayu, developer of medicinal plants in Indonesian, West Java. It has long been his use of grape seed as a mixture of juice for immune-enhancing herbs.

"Do not a lot, just five to ten grains grapes when used as a mixture of fruits or other herbs. We suggest choosing a dark colored, like purple and blue, because more seeds. This method allows for the ability to chew it began to decrease, especially the elderly, "he said.

So, from now of course there's no reason to refuse to eat grapes with skins and seeds because they are more useful and efficacious.

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