{"id":3766,"date":"2015-04-02T10:20:06","date_gmt":"2015-04-02T10:20:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/revoscience.com\/en\/?p=3766"},"modified":"2015-04-02T10:20:06","modified_gmt":"2015-04-02T10:20:06","slug":"surprising-health-benefits-of-jackfruit","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.revoscience.com\/en\/surprising-health-benefits-of-jackfruit\/","title":{"rendered":"Surprising health benefits of jackfruit"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 0);\"><a href=\"http:\/\/revoscience.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/Jackfruit.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-3767\" src=\"http:\/\/revoscience.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/Jackfruit.jpg\" alt=\"Jackfruit\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" title=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.revoscience.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/Jackfruit.jpg 640w, https:\/\/www.revoscience.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/Jackfruit-300x170.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.revoscience.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/Jackfruit-70x40.jpg 70w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a>Jackfruit is one of its own kind of tropical fruits, recognized for its unique shape, size, and fruity flavor that can be appreciated from a distance. The fruit is\u00a0delicious sweet taste. In common with other tropical fruits such as\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.nutrition-and-you.com\/durian-fruit.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 0);\">durian<\/span><\/a>,\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.nutrition-and-you.com\/banana-fruit.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 0);\">banana<\/span><\/a>, etc., it is also rich in energy, dietary fiber, minerals, and vitamins and free from saturated fats or cholesterol, making it one of the healthy summer treat to relish!<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 0);\">Botanically, this popular Asian tropical fruit belongs to the family of\u00a0<em>moraceae<\/em>, genus:\u00a0<em>Artocarpus<\/em>\u00a0and is closely related to\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.nutrition-and-you.com\/fig-fruit.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 0);\">figs<\/span><\/a>,\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.nutrition-and-you.com\/mulberries.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 0);\">mulberry,<\/span><\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.nutrition-and-you.com\/breadfruit.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 0);\">breadfruit<\/span><\/a>. Scientific name:<em>\u00a0Artocarpus heterophyllus.<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 0);\"><strong>Health benefits of jackfrui<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"color: rgb(0, 100, 0); text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 0);\"><a href=\"http:\/\/revoscience.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/images-3.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-3768\" src=\"http:\/\/revoscience.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/images-3.jpg\" alt=\"images (3)\" width=\"240\" height=\"192\" title=\"\"><\/a>1. 100 g of edible jackfruit bulbs provide 95 calories. The fruit is made of soft, easily digestible flesh (bulbs) with simple sugars like fructose and sucrose that when eaten replenishes energy and revitalizes the body instantly.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"color: rgb(0, 100, 0); text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 0);\">2.\u00a0Jackfruit is rich in dietary fiber, which makes it a good bulk laxative. The fiber content helps protect the colon mucous membrane by\u00a0binding to and eliminating cancer-causing chemicals from the colon.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"color: rgb(0, 100, 0); text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 0);\">3. Fresh fruit has small amounts of\u00a0vitamin-A, and flavonoid pigments such as\u00a0<span style=\"font-style: italic;\">carotene-\u00df, xanthin, lutein and cryptoxanthin-\u00df.<\/span>\u00a0Together, these compounds play vital roles in antioxidant and vision functions. Vitamin A is also required for maintaining integrity of mucus membranes and skin. Consumption of natural fruits rich in vitamin-A, and carotenes has been found to protect from lung and oral cavity cancers.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"color: rgb(0, 100, 0); text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 0);\">4. Additionally, jackfruit is a good source of antioxidant vitamin-C, provides about 13.7 mg or 23% of RDA. Consumption of foods rich in vitamin C helps the body develop resistance against infectious agents and scavenge harmful free radicals.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"color: rgb(0, 100, 0); text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 0);\">5. It is one of the rare fruits that is rich in B-complex group of vitamins. It contains very good amounts of vitamin B-6 (pyridoxine), niacin, riboflavin, and folic acid.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"color: rgb(0, 100, 0); text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 0);\">6. Fresh fruit is a good source of potassium, magnesium, manganese, and iron. Potassium is an important component of cell and body fluids that helps controlling heart rate and blood pressure.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"color: rgb(0, 100, 0); text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Source: <\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/www.nutrition-and-you.com\/jackfruit.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">nutrition-and-you.com<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Jackfruit is one of its own kind of tropical fruits, recognized for its unique shape, size, and fruity flavor that can be appreciated from a distance. The fruit is\u00a0delicious sweet taste. In common with other tropical fruits such as\u00a0durian,\u00a0banana, etc., it is also rich in energy, dietary fiber, minerals, and vitamins and free from saturated [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":3767,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[16,23],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3766","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-biology","category-food"],"featured_image_urls":{"full":["https:\/\/www.revoscience.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/Jackfruit.jpg",640,360,false],"thumbnail":["https:\/\/www.revoscience.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/Jackfruit-150x150.jpg",150,150,true],"medium":["https:\/\/www.revoscience.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/Jackfruit-300x168.jpg",300,168,true],"medium_large":["https:\/\/www.revoscience.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/Jackfruit.jpg",640,360,false],"large":["https:\/\/www.revoscience.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/Jackfruit.jpg",640,360,false],"1536x1536":["https:\/\/www.revoscience.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/Jackfruit.jpg",640,360,false],"2048x2048":["https:\/\/www.revoscience.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/Jackfruit.jpg",640,360,false],"ultp_layout_landscape_large":["https:\/\/www.revoscience.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/Jackfruit.jpg",640,360,false],"ultp_layout_landscape":["https:\/\/www.revoscience.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/Jackfruit.jpg",640,360,false],"ultp_layout_portrait":["https:\/\/www.revoscience.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/Jackfruit.jpg",600,338,false],"ultp_layout_square":["https:\/\/www.revoscience.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/Jackfruit.jpg",600,338,false],"newspaper-x-single-post":["https:\/\/www.revoscience.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/Jackfruit.jpg",640,360,false],"newspaper-x-recent-post-big":["https:\/\/www.revoscience.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/Jackfruit.jpg",550,309,false],"newspaper-x-recent-post-list-image":["https:\/\/www.revoscience.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/Jackfruit.jpg",95,53,false],"web-stories-poster-portrait":["https:\/\/www.revoscience.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/Jackfruit.jpg",640,360,false],"web-stories-publisher-logo":["https:\/\/www.revoscience.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/Jackfruit.jpg",96,54,false],"web-stories-thumbnail":["https:\/\/www.revoscience.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/Jackfruit.jpg",150,84,false]},"author_info":{"info":["Amrita Tuladhar"]},"category_info":"<a href=\"https:\/\/www.revoscience.com\/en\/category\/news\/biology\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Biology<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.revoscience.com\/en\/category\/health\/food\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Food<\/a>","tag_info":"Food","comment_count":"1","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.revoscience.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3766","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.revoscience.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.revoscience.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.revoscience.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/6"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.revoscience.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3766"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.revoscience.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3766\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.revoscience.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3767"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.revoscience.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3766"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.revoscience.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3766"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.revoscience.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3766"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}