BREAD FRUIT
Nutrition in 100 gm
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Carbohydrates
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25 gm
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Water
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70 gm
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Vitamin C
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20 mg
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Thiamin
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100 µ gm
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Potassium
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Small amount
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Zinc
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Small amount
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Breadfruit looks like a baby
jackfruit. The tree is huge and gives many fruits. Bread fruit is mostly used
as a vegetable in curry and other dishes. It is also deep fried to make chips.
When cooked, it tastes like cooked potato or bread and hence it is called
breadfruit.
It is rich in starch. They
are preserved by peeling and storing in a leaf lined pit. After some weeks,
they ferment to produce a sour, sticky paste. These breadfruits can be eaten
even after 20 years!
In the 18th century breadfruit
was used as a cheap and high-energy food for the slaves in Caribbean.
Bread
fruit is rich in Vitamin C, thiamine, riboflavin, niacin, iron and phosphorous.
Bread
fruit can be dried and powdered to produce gluten-free flour high in nutrients.
It can be used as a substitute to wheat flour.
Benefits:
1. Breadfruit is used in the cure many
diseases from sore eyes to sciatica.
2. Heart attack: Bread fruit reduces the
bad cholesterol and triglycerides. These triglycerides are dangerous for the
heart.
3. Diabetes: Fibre present in bread fruit
can help reduce the absorption of glucose from the food we eat. Hence eating
bread fruit is useful to diabetic patients.
4. Cancer: Bread fruit being rich in fibre,
helps reduce the risk of cancer. It clears the intestines and helps move
bowels.
5. Overall body health: Bread fruit contains
ω-3 and ω-6 fatty acids which help improve the overall health of the body
especially the bones and mind.
6. Hair: If you want to look young and
beautiful for long, just eat bread fruit at least twice a week.
7. The wood of the tree is resistant to termites
and shipworms. Hence it was used to make canoes and surfboards. The wood is
very light.
8. Wood pulp is used in the manufacture of
paper, called breadfruit ‘tapa’.
9. All parts of the tree yield latex which
is useful for boat chalking.
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