Sapota Health Benefits
Sapota has the different name in each country. Such as, in some parts of India- Andhra Pardesh, Tamil Nadu, Karnataka and Kerala- is known as chikoo, sobeda/sofeda in eastern India and Bangladesh, and sapathilla or rata-mi in Sri Lanka. The appearance of sapota fruit is a round smooth skinned potato. The color of flesh from sapota fruit is a yellow to earthy brown, has two-five seeds, and fabulously sweet. Sapota fruit benefits are as antioxidants because it contains the vitamin and minerals. It is hard to touch when it still unripe because high amount of saponin, which has astringent similar with tannin that cause the mouth of drying.
Sapota fruit benefits are good for revitalize the body and replenish energy because it contains fructose and sucrose. Also sapota fruit benefits are helping to prevent morning sickness during the pregnancy. Besides that sapota fruit benefits are helping the skin rejuvenation and collagen production. So, the other word that sapota fruits benefits are helping prevent the formation of deep wrinkles and good for the aging skin process.
Dietary fiber from sapota is good as laxative. Sapota fiber fruit benefits are helping to reduce the risk of piles and constipation. It isn’t a good source, but sapota fruit contain vitamin A and vitamin C. Consuming the food which contains vitamin C, it helps to develop resistance the infectious agent. This vitamin works to protect the teeth, gums, and bones, whereas vitamin A is for body repair and for growth. Containing antioxidant vitamins, sapota fruit benefits are good for healthy vision, skin, and mucus membranes. The health benefit of vitamin A has known to protect oral cavity and lung cancers.
The good source from this fruit is minerals and vitamins, in minerals such as iron, copper, and potassium, whereas vitamins like folate, pantothenic acid, and niacin. This fruit contain with antioxidant poly-phenolic compound tannin. The potential from tannin in this fruit is as anti-parasitic effects, antiviral, anti-bacterial, and anti- inflammatory. The effect of anti-inflammatory has the limit conditions like irritating bowel disorders, erosive gastritis, enteritis, and reflux-esophagitis. Young fruit of sapota can be boiled and decoction is taken to stop diarrhea, it can be happened because contains the compound of tannin.
The health benefits of sapota to relieve pulmonary complaints are the way of an infusion of the young fruits and flowers which is drunk. The crushed seeds are claimed to expel bladder and kidney stones.
Medical Disclaimer: It is caused your throat experiencing the mouth ulcers, raw sensation in throat and difficult to breath if you eat unripe fruits. Raw sapodilla fruit has the taste of bitter and high in latex also tannin.
