Health Benefits of Dragon fruit

The Dragon fruit is one of  the most wonderful fruit  grown in Southeast Asia,Mexico, Central andSouth America also dragon fruit known as pitahaya  or pitaya fruit  . The benefits of Dragon fruit is many ,dragon fruit  rich in vitamin C, calcium, fiber and antioxidants and many other nutritional values

Dragon fruit comes with three types:

The first type is pink skin and white flesh The second type is pink skin and red flesh The third type is yellow skin and white flesh

Health Benefits of Dragon fruit for the immune system

Dragon  fruit rich in vitamin C which boost the immune system and prevent free radicals  which causes cancer diseases and helps in healing cold and flu

Dragon fruit is a source of dietary fiber

Dietry fiber is important for every one, dragon fruit is rich in dietary fiber which are good for digestive system ,prevent constipation ,reduce fats and remove toxins from colon which may leads to colon cancer. Dietary fiber also  controlling sugar level so it play great role in controlling  diabetes

Health Benefits of Dragon fruit for the skin

Dragon fruit is  important for skin health because it contains hight amount of vitamin C which is important for your skin health to repair tissues , make collagen and for healing wounds ,  also vitamin c is important for bones strength ,teeth , cartilage, ligaments and tendons

Health Benefits of Dragon fruit for your body

• Dragon fruit contain vitamen B1 which helps in increasing energy
• Dragon fruit contain vitamen B2 which helps in recovering the loss of appetite
• The presence of vitaminB3 in the dragon fruit helps reducing bad cholesterol levels
• Dragon fruit improve the body metabolism  because it contains protein
• Dragon fruit helps weight loss
  • Water 80-90 g
  • Carbohydrates 9-14 g
  • Protein 0.15-0.5 g
  • Fat 0.1-0.6 g
  • Fiber 0.3-0.9 g
  • Ash 0.4-0.7 g
  • Calories: 35-50
  • Calcium 6–10 mg
  • Iron 0.3-0.7 mg
  • Phosphorus 16 – 36 mg
  • Carotene (Vitamin A) traces
  • Thiamine (Vitamin B1) traces
  • Riboflavin (Vitamin B2) traces
  • Niacin (Vitamin B3) 0.2-0.45 mg
  • Ascorbic acid (Vitamin C) 4–25 mg

How to eat the Dragon fruit

To eat the dragon fruit, cut it into halves and eat the flesh, you can make a cold fruit juice or make delicious  fruit salad with ice cream