Papaya is the richest source of beta cryptoxanthin https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cryptoxanthin (109 times more than...

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Papaya is the richest source of beta cryptoxanthin https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cryptoxanthin (109 times more than green pepper, 127 times more than grapefruit, 7 times more than oranges, 85 times more than eggs, 10 times more than watermelon, 11 times more than peaches, 55% more than red bell pepper; most fruits-veggies don't have this carotenoid at all), a great source of potassium (64% more than bananas per calorie), vitamin C (16 times more than bananas per calorie), vitamin E (16 times more than bananas per calorie), beta carotene (24 times more than bananas per calorie), digestive enzymes, folate (4 times more than bananas per calorie, 12 times more than watermelon), Calcium (11 times more than bananas per calorie). On a per calorie basis, papaya has 308 times more beta cryptoxanthin than the only non-vegan source, eggs. In 100 grams, Papaya got 761 μg cryptoxanthin, red bell pepper 490 μg, orange 116 μg, watermelon 78 μg, peaches 67 μg.

Source for the amounts is nutrition data, for example:

papaya ► http://nutritiondata.self.com/facts/fruits-and-fruit-juices/1985/2

red bell pepper ► http://nutritiondata.self.com/facts/vegetables-and-vegetable-products/2896/2

orange ► http://nutritiondata.self.com/facts/fruits-and-fruit-juices/1966/2

People with lowest serum beta-cryptoxanthin had 52% higher mortality than those with highest beta-cryptoxanthin ► Int J Epidemiol. 2001 Feb;30(1):136-43 ► https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/11171874.

Those with the most beta-cryptoxanthin in serum got 27% less AMD (advanced macular degeneration), just like the highest lutein serum levels meant 41% less AMD (and 36% less for highest beta-carotene compared to lowest beta-carotene) ► JAMA Ophthalmol. 2015 Dec; 133(12): 1415–1424. ► https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5119484/

Beta cryptoxanthin was significantly lower than normal in the blood of Alzheimer patients. The same lower values were observed for the blood level of other carotenoids (beta carotene, zeaxanthin, lycopene, alpha carotene), vitamin A, C, E. ► https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/12020262/, ► Arch Neurol. 2002 May;59(5):794-8.

A recent study found that the more beta carotene in the blood, the lower the dementia severity. In the brain, they found the following 5 carotenoids: lutein 34% of the total carotenoids, cryptoxanthin 26%, beta-carotene 20%, zeaxanthin 12%, lycopene 8%, alpha carotene zero. In the blood, they found 6 carotenoids with their percentage of the total carotenoids as follows: beta carotene 37%, lutein 21%, cryptoxanthin 18%, lycopene 13%, alpha carotene 6%, zeaxanthin 5%. ► free paper at ► https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3690640/, J Aging Res. 2013: 951786


Topical Papaya is great for skin and burns too ► http://www.burnsjournal.com/article/S0305-4179(99)00056-X/abstract -- Burns Journal, November 1999, Volume 25, Issue 7, Pages 636–639

Papaya carotenoids prevent prostate cancer ► https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/14973107?dopt=Abstract - Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev. 2004 Feb;13(2):260-9.

Beta cryptoxanthin is an anti-oxidant (a form of provitamin A) that prevents free radical damage to cells and DNA. It was also found to prevent the proliferation of lung and other types of cancer cells ► http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/ijc.22111/abstract ► International Journal of Cancer, Volume 119, Issue 9, 1 November 2006 , Pages 2084–2089

Beta carotene, C40H56, in papaya is present in the same amount as in watermelon and it protects the eye sight, as does beta cryptoxanthin - another form of pro-vitamin A.

Papaya is the only common fruit or veggie with an omega 3 to omega 6 ratio of 4:1, most fruits have a much lower ratio of omega 3 to omega 6. Bananas have omega 3 to omega 6 of about 1:2. The more omega 3, the better, as most people get too much omega 6 and too little omega 3. Tomatoes omega 3 to omega 6 ratio is 1:27, watermelon has no omega 3, just omega 6.

Papaya seeds are very soft and easy to eat, but most people discard them. They have many benefits related to protein digestion, getting rid of bad bacteria, parasites, liver detox and digestion optimization, but they are not recommended for pregnant women, kids or men trying to conceive. ► https://plus.google.com/+AlexPsi/posts/T5Pvq9waDoP. Some studies suggest pregnant women should avoid eating papaya too, just to be safe ► https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/12144723. Large amounts of papaya seeds given to pregnant rats led to miscarriage ► https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/12163882. Papaya seeds 50 mg/kg of body weight given orally to langur monkeys for 360 days led to zero sperm count after just 90 days. 5 months after the end of the 1 year program, they noticed the sperm parameters were all back to normal (but not everything), as explained at ► https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/11907624 - Asian J Androl. 2002 Mar;4(1):17-26. Rabbits given papaya seeds in the same doses 50 mg/kg did not affect their sperm quality at all ► https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/10080301. - Reprod Toxicol. 1999 Jan-Feb;13(1):59-66. Same zero effect at https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/10720785 - J Ethnopharmacol. 2000 Apr;70(1):17-27, another rabbit study. Humans are closer to monkeys though. A significant decrease in sperm concentration was observed in a group of dogs treated with extracts from washed papaya seeds, but no decrease was observed in the group of dogs treated with non-washed seeds ► https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19650877 - Reprod Domest Anim. 2010 Dec;45(6):1126-9. Rats fertility returned to normal after 30 days of no longer eating papaya seeds - but there were some other changes too that took longer to reverse ► https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/7997464. - Planta Med. 1994 Oct;60(5):400-4. In vitro (test tube, not a human body), papaya seeds do lower sperm count dramatically at even 2% concentration ► https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/11232785. Given all these factors, males who want to conceive within 6 months should probably stay away from the seeds, unless they eat them less than 5 times or something, especially if they had problems with infertility before. :) It's hard to know though, since no studies have been done on humans.

On November 2nd 2016, my glucose was 85, two hours after eating some papaya, lemon, ginger and zukini smoothie. 85 is the best value I ever got after a meal. Papaya has a lot of fiber, 3 times more than watermelon in 100 grams, and i guess because of the fiber papaya doesn't spike blood sugar as watermelon does. But I had eaten watermelon and gotten really low values too, like 95. But usually watermelon in large quantities causes the glucose to go to 100 or 109, for me.

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