A commercially produced debriding ointment is available by prescription in the United States. Each 1 g contains 8.3 × 10 5 USP units papain and 100 mg of urea. There are very little data available to make specific recommendations regarding systemic doses of papaya. One study used a 4 g dose of air-dried papaya seeds in 20 mL of honey to treat helminthiasis. In the United States, the fruit is generally recognized as safe (GRAS status) when used as a food.
Papaya can be used as a preventative measure or help with the following ailements,
- Colon Cancer:
The nutrient in papaya has been helpful in the prevention of colon cancer. Its fiber is able to bind cancer-causing toxins in the colon and keep them away from the healthy colon cells. These nutrients provide synergistic protection for colon cells from free radical damage to their DNA. Increasing your intake of these papayas is good idea for individuals at risk of colon cancer.
- Anti-Inflammatory:
Papaya contains several unique protein enzymes including papain and chymopapain. These enzymes help lower inflammation and to improve healing from burns. In addition, the antioxidant nutrients found in papaya, including vitamin C, vitamins E, and beta-carotene, are also good at reducing inflammation. This may explain why people with diseases that are worsened by inflammation, such as asthma, osteoarthritis, and rheumatoid arthritis, find that the severity of their condition is reduced when they get more of these nutrients.
- Promote Lung Health:
If you are smoker, or if you are frequently exposed to secondhand smoke, then making vitamin A rich foods, such as papaya, your healthy way of eating save your life .vitamin A's protective effects may help explain why some smokers do not develop emphysema. "There are a lot of people who live to be 90 years old and are smokers" Why? Probably it’s because of diet. The implications are those who start smoking at an early age are more likely to become vitamin A deficient and develop complications associated with cancer and emphysema.
- Relieve Nausea:
If you often have nausea, it is because you have morning sickness or you get sick when you are traveling, you may want to consider adding papaya to your diet. Papaya is known to prevent this type of nausea or provide you with relief once you already have it.
- Cure Dengue Fever:
The juice from papaya leaves can cure dengue fever. Wash the leaf and cut into smaller pieces. Squeeze the pulp and filter with the cloth. Two tablespoons serving per day. It has a very bitter taste. Hence it may provide some relief to dengue fever.
- Skin Treatments:
The papain is very useful for the treatment of various skin irritations and wounds. It has also been used for the treatment of bedsores, burns, wounds from surgical procedures and skin ulcers. Papain lotions are used on wounds in the healing process and not on open sores. When applied to the skin, be careful as not to let the ointment come in direct contact with open wounds.
- Anti-Inflammatory:
Papaya contains several unique protein enzymes including papain and chymopapain. These enzymes help lower inflammation and to improve healing from burns. In addition, the antioxidant nutrients found in papaya, including vitamin C, vitamins E, and beta-carotene, are also good at reducing inflammation.
- Heart Disease:
Papayas are very helpful for the prevention of atherosclerosis and diabetic heart disease. Papayas are an excellent source of vitamin C as well as a good source of vitamin E and vitamin A. These nutritional values of papaya help to prevent the oxidation of cholesterol. Only when cholesterol becomes oxidized, it able to stick to and build up in blood vessel walls, forming dangerous plaques that can cause heart attacks or strokes. One way in which dietary vitamin E and vitamin C may exert this effect is through their association with a compound called paraoxonase, an enzyme that inhibits LDL cholesterol and HDL cholesterol oxidation.
- Prevent Prostrate Cancer:
Eating regularly lycopene-rich fruits, such as papaya, may greatly reduce a man's risk of developing prostate cancer. In this case-control involving 130 prostate cancer patients and 274 hospital controls, men taking papaya were found to have an 86% reduced risk of prostate cancer.
It was found between the men's consumption of lycopene-rich fruits and vegetables such as tomatoes, apricots, pink grapefruit, watermelon, papaya, and guava. Men who most frequently enjoyed these foods were 82% less likely to have prostate cancer compared to those consuming the least lycopene-rich foods.Regular consumption of foods which is rich in lycopene resulted in a synergistic protective effect.
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