Normally there are 2 types of dragon fruit. For some other countries know as Pitaya/Pitahaya fruit. Or the scientific name is called Hylocereus Undatus. Maybe some people just love to eat without knowing what are the nutrition contain in Pitaya Fruit. You might be surprise when you consume of 1.5oz of dried Pitaya, it is same as you have consuming a full pound of fresh fruit.
There are few important nutrition contains in the dragon fruit that you should know. Let’s see again how Dragon Fruit can be the best fruit for your health and diet.
Fiber: It contain high fiber depending of the degree of the retention on the dragon fruit itself. Dragon fruit contains about 10g of fiber per 100g. Which other fruit mostly just have about 1g fiber per 100g.
Vitamin C: For those who want to get more vitamin C, dragon fruit is the best choice. To get the maximum vitamin C from dragon fruit, the best suggestion is by taking the dried dragon fruit. Why? Because it contains ten times vitamin C from fresh dragon fruit. Simple as, if you take 10g dried dragon fruit, mean you take ten times extra vitamin C than if you take 10g of fresh dragon fruit.
Control Blood Sugar: This is especially for diabetic patient. Scientifically dragon fruit has proven that it can help to control the level of glucose in blood. So for diabetic consumer, they don’t have to worry as they can take dragon fruit as much as they want.
There are other benefits of dragon fruit. By eating dragon fruit regularly can help you to neutralize heavy metal toxic in your body. It also can help to reduce cholesterol level and high blood pressure. Since it contains high fiber, it can help your digestive system going on smoothly and prevent colon cancer.
Believe it or not? For those who have asthma and cough, consuming dragon fruit regularly does really help. Try it so that you found the truth. It is scientifically proven. For those youngsters who love to diet and have slimming figure, it is suggested to take dragon fruit regularly as it can act as antioxidant. It also contains low cholesterol and fats to keep your heart healthy.
No matter if you consume dragon fruit in fresh or dried condition, do not worry about the nutrition fact. It is still remaining same and only the amount is differ but best suggestion if you can take it dried. In this way, you can double the nutrition intake.