Should I…

I enjoy eating fruits a lot more than what I have for my meals in my low salt/low sugar/low carbs/no red meat diet but the problem is not all fruits are good for me. That is why I have to go online to read up on all kinds of fruits, what I should eat a lot of and what I should stay away from.

An apple a day keeps the doctor away, they say…but avocados, bananas, oranges and so on are not for the likes of me, it seems. Thankfully, papayas…

…are good!

I got this from one website…

…so you can all go and click the link and read all about it.

These days, I only buy this variety…

The fruit is not big, smaller than a rugby ball and round in shape, not long and oval.

Inside, it is more like yellow in colour, not the usual red or orange and other than the fact that it is very sweet, it is not strong on that papaya smell that can be a bit over-powering in some papayas. At one time, everyone went crazy over the small round ones – just cut it open and eat with a spoon! I never liked those because I got somewhat put off by the smell.

Another thing about me when I eat papayas is after I have got rid of the seeds, I shall have to cut away the rough part inside where the seeds stick to the fruit so in the end, I have something like this…

– completely smooth and no seeds.

I can’t remember if I read something about that part that I cut and throw away but I hear the seeds are good for health!!! The aforementioned website has this to say about papaya seeds:
Papaya seeds are also named as “traditional healers treat”. As we are aware, kidneys are responsible for removing waste and impure substances from the body. These unwanted materials include metabolic waste, toxins, excess water, infection, drugs, etc. Once they suffer from a disease, they tend to lose this function leading to multiple medical conditions. Papaya seeds in this case help to heal the damage caused and prevent further complications. Papaya seeds easily remove the toxins produced in the metabolism of the whole body and excreted in the urine. An alkaloid named Caprine is present in the papaya seeds that help in detoxifying the body.

Unfortunately, I have tried eating the seeds but they are so bitter and quite impossible to eat. Some people told me not to chew – just swallow, they say but no, I think I’d just stick to the fruit proper and enjoy it…

…as it is. Having said that, hopefully, my condition will improve otherwise I would have no choice but to go and eat the seeds and pray that they will work as claimed.