Because when papaya is heated, its carotene, vitamin C and vitamin E will be greatly lost, the content of fruit acid will be greatly reduced, and papain will be denatured at high temperature. If you want to stew dessert, it is best to put papaya at the end, and the heating time should not be too long, so as not to cause a large loss of nutrients.
Papain exists in the milk of papaya. The content in immature papaya is the highest, which is about twice as much as that in cooked papaya. Papain is a cysteine protease, which can help the human body to decompose meat protein and kill some bacteria and roundworms in the human body to some extent. Eating a small amount of papaya after meals can help the intestines digest the meat that is difficult to absorb, and has a significant effect on preventing gastric ulcer, gastroenteritis and indigestion.
The content of vitamin C in papaya is very high. Adults can meet the needs of vitamin C by eating 100g papaya (about half a medium-sized papaya) every day. Vitamin E in papaya helps to remove the garbage in the body and keep cholesterol at a normal level. The fruit acid in papaya has the functions of protecting liver, reducing enzyme and reducing blood fat, and also has a strong inhibitory effect on Staphylococcus aureus, Shigella dysenteriae and cancer cells.
Efficacy:
1, Jianpi Xiaoshi: Papain in papaya can decompose fat into fatty acids. Modern medicine has found that papaya contains an enzyme, which can digest protein and is beneficial to the digestion and absorption of food, so it has the function of invigorating the spleen and promoting digestion.
2. Anti-epidemic and anti-insect: Carica papaya L. and papain have anti-tuberculosis effects and anti-tapeworm, roundworm, trichuris, amoeba and other parasites, so they can be used for insecticidal and anti-tuberculosis. three
3. Breast enhancement and anti-cancer: chymosin in papaya has breast enhancement effect, and papaya has anti-lymphocytic leukemia effect, so it can be used for breast enhancement and treatment of lymphocytic leukemia (hematologic cancer).
4, supplement nutrition, improve disease resistance: papaya contains a lot of water, carbohydrates, protein, fat, vitamins and a variety of essential amino acids, which can effectively supplement human nutrition and enhance human disease resistance.
5. Anti-spasm: Papaya contained in papaya pulp has spasmolytic and analgesic effects, and has obvious therapeutic effect on gastrocnemius spasm.