Almost all media is raving about guanabana, another miracle fruit for better health. Some claim that it can treat cancer.
Guanabana is a tropical fruits with other similar names like soursoup and graviola. So how does guanabana can benefit your wellbeing? This fruit is rich with medicinal values. It contains potent, natural ingredients that can treat many diseases.
So what are some of the guanabana health benefits?
Soursop leaves can be used to treat gout. Choose 6 to 10 old soursop leaves but still green. Clean them with water. Add 2 cups of water into the pot. And boil the leaves. Let it simmer until
one cup of water remains. Drink this tea twice a day for maximum benefits.
If you have trouble with sleeping, then guanabana can help you. It contains tryptophan which makes you sleepy and relaxed. You can use the leaves for aromatherapy to help you sleep.
Guanabana is rich with fructose. It provides sufficient energy you need each day so you feel fresh and energetic.
Graviola contains soluble and insoluble fibers. You can increase the bulk to your stool by eating this fruit. This helps to relieve constipation.
For diabetic patients, soursop is a good alternative to sugar. You need to limit your blood sugar levels between 70 mg and 120 mg. Soursop leaves contains nutrients that can stabilize blood sugar levels
in the normal range.
Guanabana is believed to kill cancer cells. It is also known as graviola, custard apple, cherimoya, soursop and brazilian paw paw. It is 10,000 times stronger than Chemo. So can you use guanabana for cancer?
According to the Catholic University of South Korea, the researchers discovered one chemical in Graviola that could kill colon cancer cells at “10,000 times the potency of (the commonly used chemotherapy drug) Adriamycin…”
Cancer Research UK mentioned that graviola extracts can kill some types of liver
and breast cancer cells that fail to see improvements with chemotherapy
drugs. However, this observation is only done in lab tests. So far, no large scale studies have been conducted in humans.
"Researchers in various countries, including the US, have also found that soursop leaves have anti-cancer properties and this could be another reason why the tree is becoming more widely grown in Thailand. I was in Phuket recently when someone came asking for leaves from
my daughter's tree for a family member who had cancer. The next day
another came, also asking for leaves, and said her relative had
cancer." Source
