How Eating Paw Paw Seed Can Be Good For You

 Papaya is a small, bushy tree with a hollow trunk, large palmate leaves, and oblong smooth-skinned fruits (melons). The melons are usually picked in a green state and allowed to ripen. When ripe, the flesh is sweet and juicy and similar in taste to other melons.

How to Select and Store Papaya for the Best Quality and Taste because papaya comes from Hawaii or Mexico, chances are good you’ll be able to find this fruit in a grocery store year-round but just because papaya is available 12 months out of the year doesn’t mean that every selection is a perfect one. For the best-tasting papaya, only purchase the fruit when ripe, or hold off eating the fruit until it ripens. Unripe papaya has a color that’s a mixture of yellow and green. Ripe papaya, on the other hand, is bright yellow and firm (but it can feel soft with gentle pressure). If you’re buying a ripe papaya, avoid fruit that’s overly soft unless you plan to use it in a smoothie or as a puree. A good papaya also has little or no blemishes. An unripe papaya from the grocery store should ripen in a couple of days. After it’s ripe, store the fruit in the refrigerator to help slow down the ripening process. If you have leftover papaya, it can be stored in the freezer for up to 10 months. Remove the seeds first and then cut the fruit into small pieces for storage.

In contrast to methanolic seeds extract from papaya back seeds, we found that the aqueous extract of papaya white seeds, surprisingly, stimulated prostate cancer cell proliferation whereas aqueous extract of black seeds has no effect. Papaya seeds are rich in various types of phytochemicals including saponins, tannins, polyphenols, flavonols, glucosides, alkaloids, triterpenes, amino acids, sugars, proteins, and vitamins. Some of the known phytochemicals identified by LCMS-MS technique in the aqueous extract of papaya seeds include 5-hydroxy feruloyl quinic acid, acetyl p-coumaryl quinic acid, quercetin-3-O-rhamnoside, syringic acid hexoside, 5-hydroxy caffeic quinic acid, peonidin-3-Oglucoside, sinapic acid-O-hexoside, cyaniding-3-O-glucose and methyl feruloyl glycoside. Again, it is not clear if these phytochemicals are present in black seeds or white seeds. It is apparent from our study that some tumor promoting substance is present in white seeds which is no longer present as the white seeds mature into black seeds when papaya becomes ripe. 

Clearly, further studies are required to resolve this issue. Pawpaw seeds may be eaten raw, ground or crushed in salad dressings, milk, or honey.  When eaten raw however, the seeds have a strong, pepper-like bitter taste.   You should only eat small quantities at a time and not very frequently and you should avoid them completely if pregnant. Thinking about dropping a few pounds? If so, it doesn’t hurt to add papaya to your daily menu.  Papaya is excellent for weight loss because of its low calorie count. Because the fruit is also a good source of fiber, papaya isn’t only physically satisfying — it’ll also help you stay full longer. As a result, you may end up consuming fewer calories throughout the day. Fiber in papaya also promotes healthy digestion. With improved digestion, you’ll feel and look less bloated, which can help flatten your stomach.