Papaya for weightloss

Papaya for Weightloss

The papaya, a previously exotic and rare fruit, is now readily available at most times of the year.

Papayas grow in tropical climates and are also known as papaws or pawpaws. Their sweet taste, vibrant color and wide variety of health benefits are just a few reasons to add them to your diet.

The papaya fruit is very low in calories (just 39 calories/100 g) and contains no cholesterol; however, it is a rich source of phyto-nutrients, minerals, and vitamins.

Papayas contain soft, easily digestible flesh with a good amount of soluble dietary fiber that helps to have normal bowel movements; thereby reducing constipation problems.

It is also an excellent source of Vitamin-A (provides 1094 IU/100 g) and flavonoids like ß-carotene, lutein, zea-xanthin and cryptoxanthin. Vitamin A is required for maintaining healthy mucus membranes and skin and is essential for healthy vision. These compounds are known to have antioxidant properties; help act as protective scavengers against oxygen-derived free radicals and reactive oxygen species (ROS) that play a role in aging and various disease processes. Consumption of natural fruits rich in carotenes has known to protect the body from lung and oral cavity cancers.

Papaya fruit is also rich in many essential B-complex vitamins such as Folic acid, pyridoxine (vitamin B-6), riboflavin, and thiamin (vitamin B-1). These vitamins are essential in the sense that body requires them from external sources to replenish and play a vital role in metabolism.

 

Papaya Enzymes and Weight Loss

Losing extra body weight is possible by means of limiting calorie intake or burning more and more calories. The digestive enzymes present in papaya can prevent the storage of food in our body as fat cells and provide sufficient energy to fuel our daily activities so that we can burn up the added fat in an efficient manner.

• Papain – Major Papaya Enzyme

Papain is the most crucial enzyme found in papaya. It is actually a cysteine protease (proteolytic enzyme) which, in spite of being formed inside the digestive tract, can work similar to the natural digestive enzyme pepsin (generated in pancreas). Papain is highly effective in breaking apart the peptide bonds of large complex protein molecules and forming comparatively smaller as well as readily soluble individual peptones or amino acids. The enzyme mostly works on meat protein and other similar proteins like wheat protein (gluten), milk protein (casein), etc. It accelerates the whole procedure of digestion, which is very much necessary for successful weight loss.

• Other Papaya Enzymes

Apart from papain, papaya also contains a number of other potent digestive enzymes, such as chymopapain, alpha-amylase, caricain, glycyl endopeptidase, and so on. These are also quite effective in digesting meat and other concentrated forms of protein. Moreover, these enzymes can break down carbohydrates, starches and fats along with proteins and digest them with equal efficiency. In short, they can aid in our natural digestive process, gives a considerable boost to our bodily metabolism and eventually promotes weight loss.

 

Papaya Enzyme Supplements for Weight Loss

Papaya enzymes are also available in the form of green papaya tablets or chewable capsules. Being a good alternative to raw papaya fruit, these dietary supplements have become very popular these days. If you can’t avail fresh papaya, take these supplements along with high-protein meals. They comprise both protein and lipid digesting enzymes, which facilitates the digestion to a great extent. In other words, papaya enzyme supplements can dissolve the proteins encasing the fatty deposits, thereby burning up the fat cells and releasing energy. The whole procedure can help us get rid of unwanted fat.

Papaya weight loss diet:

Breakfast – Pick up papayas from the store which are not overly ripe.  Start the diet from the first meal of the day.  Preferably, you must drink a glass of oatmeal water or soy during these two days, sprinkled with 2 teaspoons of grains like wheat germ so you have sufficient fiber intake.  Following this, eat a generous serving of papaya salad.  Select a medium sized fruit, peel it, and chop it down into cubes, squeeze a little lemon and that is how you start a healthy day.

Lunch – For lunch, go for a whole grain salad.  You may prepare it with vegetable broth, and then add some diced tomatoes, some spinach leaves, a few olives, cloves of garlic and half a lemon juice.  Finish the meal with papaya juice. On the second day of your diet, bake an eggplant and eat it with a small spinach salad. Dress it with olive oil and a few chops of beets.  Again, complete the meal with papaya juice.

Snack – For that evening time snack, cut half a papaya, some pineapple pieces, a lemon and some honey. Blend the washed and chopped fruits into a blender and juice them out. Squeeze the lemon, and add some honey.

Dinner – For dinner on the first day of diet, take one bowl of veg broth.  For taste you may add onion celery and lemon juice. Sorry, your desert is limited to a diced papaya. On the second day of diet make some artichokes.  Cook them properly and sprinkle a little vinegar and salt.  Eat it with a toast of whole grain bread. Again, let the desert be limited to cubed papayas.

Eat Papaya Seeds For Weight Loss

Now this might come as a surprise, but the seeds of papaya are blessed unbelievable health properties. Papaya seeds restrict your body from soaking in fats. You may say that the consumption of papaya seeds will regulate the process of fat absorption or minimize it rather.  Consume these papaya seeds like pills. After breakfast, lunch and dinner, swallow 8 to 10 seeds with water or the juice. The effects of the papaya seed diet will be miraculous.