Dragon Fruit || Pitaya Fruit || Health Benefits || Ep No: 125


 Dragon fruit is one of the topical region fruit is getting popular now a days. Many of them suggests there are lots of health benefits to it.It has a unique taste and look .Dragon fruit grows on a cactus plant, Hylocereus .This Hylocereus plant is also known as Honolulu queen , in which it has a peculiarity that its flowers are getting open only during night time. The native of the Dragon fruit is in Mexico , especially the southern regions of Mexico.But it is getting planted and cultivated now all around the world.There are many names for the fruit like pitaya, pitahaya and strawberry pear.There are three types of dragon fruit. One is with pink outer skin and inner white fleshy part with black seeds.The other one is with outer pink colour and pink inner fleshy part with black seeds.Where as the last one is with yellow outer skin and white inner fleshy part with black seeds inside.All these dragon fruits has scales outside the skin part which looks like a dragon and hence it got such a name.



100 Grams of Dragon fruit provide  

Calories - 60 K cal
Protein - 1.2 grams
Fat - Nil ( 0 grams )
Carbohydrates - 13 grams
Fiber - 3 grams
Vitamin C - 3 % of the RDI
Iron - 4% of the RDI
Magnesium - 10 % of RDI



Health Benefits 

Dragon fruit is an amazing fruit , which is not readily available in Kerala for all seasons.It has got lot of health benefits.The fruit is planting various regions of India and in Kerala too.It has a edible pink part with black seeds in it.We will be able to get 8 to 10 fruit from a plant It is low in calorie and high fiber fruit , which is a good choice for diabetic patients.
It has got lot of Vitamin C, iron , calcium and magnesium
As there are lot of iron content it prevents anemia , and magnesium strengthens muscles. So that it is a good fruit to the children.
It maintains cardiac health by reducing cholesterol and controls weight gain.
Dragon fruit is rich in Vitamin C and thus it increases immunity.
The abundant fiber content in this fruit helps to prevent indigestion.
As there are lot of fiber content,the intake of this fruit helps to reduces the risk of colon cancer.




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