5 Health benefits of eating star fruits
Star fruit scientific known as “Averrhoa Carambola”, is a crunchy, juicy fruit with a light flavor with an edible yellow or green waxy skin. This fruit is normally 5-18 cm long and it actually looks like a five-point star when you slice them. Note that, when this fruit is unripe it is green in color but when it gets ripe, it become yellow and very juicy. When we talk about the benefits of the star fruit, it actually ranges from disease prevention to great skin and hair health.
This fruit has so many nutritional values. That is, 90grams of start fruit contains, 6.2 grams of Carbohydrate, 2,5grams of fiber, 3.6grams of sugar, 0.1 gram of saturated fats, 24.6mg of Omega 3 fatty acid, 143mg of Omega 6 fatty acid, just to list a few. This statistics is meant to brief you on the nutrients you get to gain when you consume this fruit.
Here are some health benefits of eating star fruit
1. Star fruits help to ease weight loss:
If you are trying to cut body fat, eating star fruit will be an ideal fruit for you. This is because, star fruits contain very few calories, and also due to its high-water content, and fiber nutrient, it helps to keep you full for a long period of time. Equally, this fruit helps to make your metabolism work fast.
2. Star fruits help keep your digestive system in good health:
Star fruits contain and provide soluble, insoluble fiber, and dietary fiber, which are nutrients that help to nourish the digestive system and maintain good bowel health. Eating both the flesh and peel of star fruit is very good for digestion because it nourishes the gastrointestinal tract and when your bowel movement is in good health, you are guaranteed a good digestion. Equally, star fruit helps to improve the absorption of nutrients into the body.
3. Star fruits help improve your hair health:
Star fruits contain vitamin C, vitamin B complex, and antioxidants, which are nutrients that are very important for the growing strong and very healthy hair. Note that aside from improving your hairs health, star fruits also help keep you skin and nails in good health.
4. Star fruits help in reducing inflammation:
Star fruits contain nutrients like quercetin, epicatechin, and gallic acid, which are flavonoids that help prevent inflammation by neutralizing harmful free radicals that could have cause inflammations in the human body.
5. Star fruits help improve your sleep health:
Not having a good night rest can be very disturbing for your next day activity and productivity. In a case where you find it hard to sleep, star-fruits should be your next friend to help improve your sleep health. This is because star fruits contain a lot of magnesium a nutrient that helps maintain the gamma-Aminobutyric acid level in the body and turn also promotes good sleep.
That’s amazing fruit ??
Never seen such fruit but will love having a taste of it
Waooooo really really interesting. Just that I don’t know star fruits neither have I seen it but let me keep learning for the future. My best part is the weight loss though I no even get weight and the one that it improves sleep and hair growth. I love my hair and I really want it to grow fast and long. I wish I could have this type of fruit around me. Thank you for sharing mummy May God bless you abundantly ?
Thanks mum. Star fruit is not quite common in my community. Given it’s wide range of health benefits, I will look for it and munch it to manage my weight enable my skin to glow. Thanks again for sharing.
WoW that’s interesting
Love you mama kiffa Hod keep blessing you for your tips everyday to improve our health
Thank you ma, though I don’t know of this fruit I already love the health benefits. The fruit has very good nutrients and I’m looking forward in eating the fruit someday
Wooooow the benefits are interesting
Wow I’ve learnt abt a new fruit today
Thanks although is my first time hearing of star fruit..i don’t even know where I can find this type
Thank you Doc, though I don’t know this fruit I already love the health benefits.
Interesting benefits thought I don’t know star fruit
Just learning about this fruit, thank you mom ❤️
I used to see students in UB eating I was wondering which type of thing they were eating.
Next time I will try and taste it
Thanks for sharing mum
Thanks for sharing mom ❤️
Thanks very much for sharing we keep on leaning everyday
Star fruit with star benefits
The benefits are too much, thanks ??
Wow nice one
Thanks for sharing. The fruit will be ideal for me but we don’t have it here
Oh limbe botanic garden, 3 sides fruits, thanks ?
Thanks mom
Thanks for sharing ?
Thank you ma, but can we find this star fruit in Cameroon, it’s health benefits are so helpful I wish I could one day see it.
Interesting, mommy knowing you and your blog is the best thing that ever happened to me