Health Benefits of Paw Paw Leaves

Pawpaw or also often known as papaya is one of delicious food that bring you good health. Most of people already know that but only a few people know the health benefits of pawpaw leaves. 

Nourishing Elements

Who knows that in pawpaw leaves contains more that 50 great nutrients such as Vitamin A,  B-Vitamins, Vitamin C, Vitamin D, Vitamin E, calcium, flavonoids, tannins, betacarrotene, folate, karpain, antioxidants, dietary fiber, and more.

Break Down Wheat Gluten

Health benefits of Pawpaw leaves have great ability to help your body digest wheat gluten by break it down.  That’s why it helps in preventing our body from some diseases.

Relieve Indigestion and Heartburn

Inside pawpaw leaves contain karpain which can eliminate bacteria that cause your stomach growl. Pawpaw leaves also contain a lot of papain, protease enzym, and amylase enzym. What are those things? Those are the enzyms which can help your body break down protens and carbs. It also can help you with gastrointestinal track and acid reflux.

Great Laxative

If you have already suffered caused by constipation pawpaw leaves may help you. Pawpaw leaf tea will work great as some laxative to help cure your constipation.

Increase Appetite

Despite the less delicious taste, apparently pawpaw leaves can boost your appetite. As the result you can have your vigor and vitality to face the day.

Immune Booster

A lot of powerful antioxidants are contained in pawpaw leaves. A cytokines called “Th1” also contained in pawpaw leaves. Those things can significantly boost your immune system and prevent cardiovascular disease, strokes, and cancer. The Vitamins A, C, and E that are contained in pawpaw leaves can boost your immune system so that your body can fight viral infection such as a common cold virus.

Skin Care

The most often problem which can result unhealthy skin is fungal infections. In pawpaw leaf tea contain more than 50 active ingredients. One of them is karpain. Karpain can eliminate microorganism such as fungi, worms, parasites, even bacteria from your skin. Beside a cleanser agent, pawpaw leaves also can protect you skin from pimples, freckles, blemishes and act as a cure for eczema, help healing open wounds and sores, and soften the hardened skin or the corn or wart on your feet. It can make your hair shine, softens, and strengthen your hair. The karpain compounds inside have the great ability to get rid dandruff, dirt, and oil.

 

Diabetes Treatment

The incredible nutrition in pawpaw leaf works great with diabetes patients. The three main reasons it is good for diabetes patients are:

•        Pawpaw leave can enhances insulin sensitivity. Based on study on Mauritian population the extract of pawpaw leaf can improve insulin sensitivity while decreasing ALT ans AST (bio-markers of diabetes type II) enzyme levels.

•        Reduce complications caused by diabetes. There are many research have been proven that the antioxidants substances in pawpaw leaf can reduce the secondary diabetes complications such as oxidative stress, fatty liver, and kidney damage.

•        Promote wound healing. There are numbers of studies have confirmed that since pawpaw leaves can act as antibacterial and antioxidant agent, the process of delayed wound healing can be promoted.