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Dragon Fruit, is more commonly referred to as the Pitaya, is a new-known fruit in Indonesia.  It is an extremely beautiful fruit that has dazzling flowers and an intense shape and color. The dragon fruit is usually a dark red color, although some types of this fruit are pink or yellow. The skin of the dragon fruit is a thin rind. The skin is usually covered in scales, and the center of the fruit is made up of a red or white, sweet tasting pulp.

The fruit is often a companion of two statues on the altar table offerings. And, every Chinese New Year celebration this fruit is also served and be one dish that must exist because it is believed to bring fortune. Meanwhile, in the place of origin, Mexico, dragon fruit is regarded as one eye. It was only after being taken to Vietnam, dragon fruit crop cultivated extensively before it eventually evolved into the Southeast Asian country.

Dragon fruit has a light skin color, his skin is not smooth, but layered so that similar large serpent or dragon scales. The contents of white fruit, red or purple with a sprinkling of black seeds. Texture content such as sweet basil with flavors such as kiwi fruit. Dragon fruit efficacious as balancing blood sugar levels, protecting oral health, prevention of colon cancer, reduce cholesterol, preventing bleeding and treating complaints whitish.

Dragon fruit is usually consumed in the form of fresh fruit as relieving thirst, because the dragon fruit contains high moisture content of about 90% of the weight of the fruit. It was pretty sweet because they contain sugar content reaches 13-18 briks. Dragon fruit can also be expressed in the form of juice, fruit juice, jam or candied or various forms of presentation to suit your taste. In general, experts agree and acknowledge that the dragon fruit is rich in potassium, ferum, protein, fiber, sodium and calcium is good for kesihatan versus other fruits are imported.

According to AL Leong, from Johncola Pitaya Food R & D, an organization that examines the red dragon fruit, honey cactus fruit is quite rich with a variety of vitamins and mineral substances which help increase endurance and beneficial for metabolism in the human body. "Research shows red dragon fruit is excellent for the circulatory system, also gives the effect of reducing the emotional pressures and neutralize toxic in the blood." Research also shows this fruit can prevent colon cancer, in addition to preventing high cholesterol content in the blood and reduce levels of fat in body, "he said.

Overall, every red dragon fruit contain adequate protein can increase metabolism and maintain cardiovascular health; fiber (to prevent colon cancer, diabetes and diet); carotene (eye health, strengthen the brain and prevent the entry of the disease), calcium (bone strengthening). Dragon fruit also contain adequate iron to increase the blood; vitamin B1 (prevent fever entity); vitamin B2 (add to taste), vitamin B3 (lower cholesterol) and vitamin C (increase slipperiness, smoothness of skin and prevent acne).

Nutritional full dragon fruit is the sugar content: 13-18 of bricks, water: 90%, carbohydrates: 11.5 g, acid: 0.139 g, protein: 0.53 g, fiber: 0.71 g, calcium: 134.5 mg, phosphorus: 8.7 mg, magnesium: 60.4 mg, vitamin C: 9.4 mg. Know that the dragon fruit can lower blood sugar levels. By consuming a red dragon fruit (250 grams) every morning and evening for eight consecutive days will lower blood sugar levels in diabetics. During eating dragon fruit should be patient stops taking the rice because rice is a source of sugar for diabetics.

It also can smooth the skin, as disclosed Prof. Dr. Muhammad Yusuf experts of traditional Chinese medicine, in Chinese culture the dragon fruit believed to smooth the skin so it appears more beautiful, but it is not used to treat deadly diseases such as cancer or heart disease. Dragon fruit both to cope with the heat because it is cool.

Savor the dragon tree is not located on the fruit but the leaves and fruit skin. Rosario Vargas Sols The results of the Laboratorio de Investigation Fitofarmacologia Universidad Autonoma Metropolitana de Xochimilco Mexico showed that the chloroform extract of the leaves contain a white fleshed dragon fruit pentacyclic triterpene compound taraxast-20-ene-3a-ol and taraxast-12, 20 (30)-dien- 3a-ol. Both compounds were shown to protect rabbit blood vessel flexibility. Researchers estimate the efficacy of both compounds were almost equal troxerutin one micro vascular protective drug on the market. The drug was beneficial to reduce the risk of rupture of blood vessels.(From various resources)