Papaya - Home Remedies and Beauty Tips Glossary

Last Updated on Oct 24, 2016

Paw Paw is another name for this fruit.

The pulp of ripe papaya makes a super face mask, honey can also be added.

Papaya, when it is eaten first thing in the morning, coats the stomach wall with papain, preventing acidity and indigestion.

A cup of papaya eaten everyday improves heart health.

Last Updated on Oct 24, 2016

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nehakhandelwal - Sep 05, 2012

Papaya fruit is a rich source of nutrients such as provitamin A carotenoids, vitamin C, B vitamins, dietary minerals and dietary fibre. Papaya skin, pulp and seeds also contain a variety of phytochemicals, including natural phenols. Danielone is a phytoalexin found in the papaya fruit. This compound showed high antifungal activity against Colletotrichum gloesporioides, a pathogenic fungus of papaya. Papayas have a relatively high amount of pectin.

chini - Oct 30, 2011

ripe papaya mashed and mixed with honey acts as a good detanning mask

mamii - Mar 11, 2011

papaya is the best face pack for face and the body,it is very good result in complextion in my experience i swear