Papaya seeds have been used for medicine for millennia in Tropical America and for centuries is Asia. Seeds and Fruit are well known to aid in digestion and are a great remedy for intestinal distress.

Papaya is an absolutely delicious and extremely nutritious fruit. It might take 2 or 3 tastings to acquire the taste. In Mexico they cut it into cubes and add lime and cinnamon(slat and chile optional). I just sprinkle mine with cinnamon.

Buy a papaya that is green, yellow and orange and possibly even a small brown patch or two on the outside. You want your papaya to be soft. That’s when it is sweet and delicious. You can always ask someone who looks like they know. I buy mine like this…

 

 

Hawaiian papayas are GMO and Irradiated. I think Belize Papayas are too. I am investigating which papayas are not GMO and will report back when I find out. 🙁 I dont knowingly eat GMO food). I have never seen organic papaya.

You can buy papaya digestive enzymes or just eat  the seeds.

** a teaspoon of papaya seeds a day will help detoxify the liver. Papaya seeds are often recommended by natural doctors in the treatment of cirrhosis of the liver. Detoxifying the liver is the way to detox and help heal almost any ill.

**Papin in papaya and seeds hinders tumor growth and prevents cancer from spreading to other parts of the body. It has shown to to be effective in breast cancer and multiple Myloma.
**Papaya seeds are antibacterial are effective against E. coli, Salmonella, and Staph infections.

**papaya seeds are strong parasite eliminator.
**Research has found that papaya seed extract  protects  kidneys from toxin-induced kidney failure.

 

Since, they are not organic, I usually get mine at the Latino market or the Asian grocery store to save money. Trader Joe’s has them, but they are always to green. I have boyght green papaya that never ripened.

 

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