Did you know Fruit Peria.

Bitter melon or bitter melon vines are derived from tropical Asia region, especially western India regions, namely Assam and Burma. Members of the tribe's pumpkins or Cucurbitaceae is commonly cultivated for material used as a vegetable and medicine. Momordica name attached to the binomial name means "bite" which indicates that the edges of the leaves are serrated resemble teeth marks.

Local names.

Peria has many local names, in Java referred to as a pariah, bitter melon, bitter melon, pepareh. In Sumatra, known as bitter melon prieu, fori, pepare, kambeh, a pariah. Nusa Tenggara people call marsh, truwuk, paitap, paliak, pariak, Pania, and pepule, while in Sulawesi, people call it the Poya, pudu, pentu, belenggede pariah, and palia.

Classification and ecology.

Peria grow vines with tendrils spiral shape

Peria is a kind of vines with fruit that is long and tapered at the ends and serrated surface. Peria grows well in lowland and can be found growing wild on wastelands, fields, cultivated, or grown in the garden with propagated on the fence. These plants grow vines or climbing with tendrils spiral, much branched, foul smelling and five ribbed stems. Single leaf, stemmed and located alternate, elliptic, with a length of 3.5 to 8.5 cm, width 4 cm, 5-7 share as a finger, heart-shaped base, and the color is dark green. Flowers are single flower, androgynous in a tree, long-stemmed, yellow crown. Round fruit lengthwise, with elongated ribs 8-10, air-scab irregular, 8-30 cm long, bitter taste, color green fruit, when ripe orange broke into three pieces of leaves.

Distribution, habitat, and maintenance.

Pare many in the tropics. It grows well in lowland and can be found in wastelands, moor, or cultivated and planted in the yard with a fence to be taken propagated in the fruit. These plants do not need too much sun light so that it can thrive in places that are somewhat protected. Bitter melon seeds taken from fruit that is already quite mature. Afterward, the seedlings in polypot with size 8-12 cm, fill with good soil. Afterward, seedlings 2-3 seeds. The soil should always be moist, until the growing shoots. If the leaves have emerged as 2-4 pieces, reserving one and unplug others. Move to the ground, and flush with water, and cover with chaff. However, bitter melon bitter melon that type of lard is better planted in the lowlands with loose soil. Usually planted in the yard, and there should be very little shade so that the fruit can be white.
Peria lard planted through seeds. When sowing seeds, ash should be given first. Therefore, bitter melon plant lard should not be arbitrary. Its tendrils creeping into the pole should be assisted propagation. Meanwhile, if the parent vine leaves more than 10 sheets, scissors ends to the female flowers do not emerge from the parent vine. After the vines are cut, there will soon appear a new tendrils. If the rain is not too down, flush peria regularly. After the female flowers appear, the new fertilizer. Do not overdo it, because it will result in temporary leaf becomes moist, but the fruit will remain small. Fertilization is done once every two weeks, with a chemical or organic fertilizers. If the fruit is formed, it must be covered with paper 2 copies to avoid the attack of fruit flies. After 3 months, can be harvested. The new fruit can be harvested when the fruit surface already bulging and watery. Press the center of the fruit, if it is still hard, wait until the already somewhat chewy. Immediately pick fruit before it becomes yellow, because it is a sign of aging fruit. Yellow fruit, seeds already be taken as a seed. When the leaves have yellowed, unplug the bitter melon tree, because the sign has been unproductive.

Usability.

Bitter melon fruit is presented as a typical Asian cuisine with a combination of spices.
The content of Peria
Nutritive value per 100 g (3.5 oz)
Energy 79 kJ (19 kcal)
Carbohydrates 4.32 g
- Sugar 1,95 g
- Dietary fiber 2.0 g
0.18 g fat
- Unsaturated 0.014 g
- Monounsaturated 0.033 g
- Unsaturated compound 0.078 g
Protein 0.84 g
Water 93.95 g
Vitamin A equiv. 6 g (1%)
Thiamine (Vit. B1) 0051 mg (4%)
Riboflavin (Vit. B2) 0053 mg (4%)
Niacin (Vit. B3) 0.280 mg (2%)
Vitamin B6 0041 mg (3%)
Folate (Vit. B9) 51 mg (13%)
Vitamin B12 0 mg (0%)
Vitamin C 33.0 mg (55%)
Vitamin E 0:14 mg (1%)
Vitamin K 4.8 mg (5%)
Calcium 9 mg (1%)
0:38 mg iron (3%)
Magnesium 16 mg (4%)
Phosphorus 36 mg (5%)
Potassium 319 mg (7%)
Sodium 6 mg (0%)
Zinc 0.77 mg (8%)
The percentage refers to the US recommendations for adults.
Source: USDA Nutrition Data
In East Asian countries, such as Japan, Korea, and China, bitter melon is used for the treatment of, among others, as a remedy indigestion, drinks pep, stimulant laxatives and vomiting, has even extracted and packaged in capsules as herbal medicine / herbal medicine. The fruit contains albuminoid, carbohydrates, and pigments. The leaves contain momordisina, momordina, carantina, resin, and oil. Meanwhile, the roots contain momordial acid and acid oleanolat, while the seeds contain saponins, alkaloids, triterprenoid, and momordial acid. Peria also can stimulate the appetite, cure jaundice, improving digestion, and as a cure malaria. In addition, bitter melon also contains beta-carotene two times greater than the broccoli and thus potentially able to prevent the onset of cancer and reduce the risk of heart attack or virus infection. Bitter melon leaves is also beneficial to cure diarrhea in infants, blood cleansing for women who have just given birth, reduce fever, issued pinworms, and can cure cough.
Usual bitter fruit cultivated as a vegetable, eg in a hodgepodge, pecel, rendang, or goulash. The Chinese bitter melon treated with tausi, tauco, beef, and peppers so that it feels more comfortable or dough filled with meat and tofu, while in Japan peria so excellent healthy food because processed into soup, tempura, or pickled vegetables.
Bitter melon seed extract is also used as a medicinal ingredient, it can also be used as a natural repellent such adverse larvae of Aedes aegypti spreading dengue fever or DHF.

Peria and diabetes.

Since ancient times bitter melon is used to treat people with diabetes because it proved efficacious hypoglycemic through vegetable insulin which reduces the sugar content in the blood and urine. Research on the efficacy of hypoglycemic This is done by William D.Torres in 2004 both in vitro and in vivo. Peria effect in lowering blood sugar in animals works by preventing the intestines absorb sugar is eaten. Besides allegedly bitter melon has a component that resembles a sulfonylurea, the oldest antidiabetic drugs. These drugs stimulate the beta cells of the pancreas glands of the body produce more insulin, in addition to increasing the deposit reserve sugar glycogen in the liver. Momordisin, a type glucoside contained in the bitter melon is also capable of lowering blood sugar levels and helps the pancreas to produce insulin. Peria effect in lowering blood sugar in rabbits also predicted similar to the mechanism of insulin.
Peria as antidiabetic invention is reinforced by the results of a British study drug experts, A.Raman and C.lau in 1996 which stated that the fruit juice and dried powder of bitter melon causes a reduction in glucose levels in darahdan improve glucose tolerance. In traditional herb, bitter melon fruit pulverized to produce a bitter fluid or boiling the leaves and fruit to produce potable water directly. As a diabetes medicine, bitter melon fruit may be presented as a tea because it proved to have no side effects on the digestive system so that the right is consumed by patients who experience constipation.

Diversity.

Diversity peria three, bitter melon jelly, green bitter melon, bitter melon and snake. Both bitter melon is not edible, but bitter melon lard because it tastes bitter. However, bitter melon lard has a flavor that is still tolerable, so it is still preferred.
Peria lard is kind of bitter melon is the most widely cultivated and most preferred. This type also called white or pare pare butter originating from India and Africa with a long fruit shape measuring 30-50 cm, a diameter of 3-7 cm, average weight between 200-500 grams / fruit.
Peria green oval-shaped, small and green with a pimple rather
smooth. The bitter melon fruit has a length of 15-20 cm, it tasted bitter and thin flesh. This green Peria easy maintenance, without trellis or para-para this plant can grow well.
Bitter melon or bitter melon snake eel can be recognized by its fruit is elliptic, slightly curved and the length is 60 cm. Colored fruit skin surface dappled, namely whitish green snake-like skin and meat taste not so bitter.

Some Benefits Pare.

Pare is one of the vegetables that are beneficial to health, but the problem is, not many people like it because it tastes bitter. Pare bitter taste seems indeed deeply felt attached, let alone usually pare served simply boiled and used as vegetables. Pare plants grow vines and vines, and in fact these plants can be easily grown and do not use special handling. Cuisine pare usually only in sauteed with assorted other vegetables or meat. Consuming pare highly recommended, because the content and benefits of bitter melon is good for the body and good for healthy skin and hair.

Benefits Pare Based on nutritional content.

Pare vegetables are very low in calories, with only 17 calories per 100g provide. However, not only is it pare also contain phytonutrients, fiber, minerals, vitamins and anti-oxidants.

Some of the benefits for health:

Phyto Nutrients.

Pare contains phyto especially insulin polypeptide-P is a plant known to lower blood sugar levels. Moreover, hypoglycemic agents called charantin increase glucose uptake and glycogen synthesis in cells of the liver, muscle and adipose tissue. Together, these compounds pare has been deemed responsible for the decrease in blood glucose levels in the treatment of type 2 diabetes.

Folate.

Fresh bitter melon is an excellent source of folate approximately 72 mg / 100 g (18% of RDA). Folate, when consumed by mothers during early pregnancy will help reduce the incidence of neural tube defects in newborns.

Vitamin C.

Fresh bitter melon is an excellent source of vitamin C (100 g crude pare provide 84 mg or about 140% of the RDI). The benefits of vitamin C is one of the powerful natural antioxidant and helps bind free radicals that damage the human body.

Flavonoids.

Flavonoids are a very good source for health. The benefits of flavonoids such as ß-carotene, α-carotene, lutein, and zeaxanthin. It also contains some vitamin A. These compounds help act to protect against oxygen-derived free radicals and reactive oxygen species (ROS) that play a role in aging, cancer and other diseases.

Vitamin B Complex.

In addition, the melon is a moderate source of vitamin B complex such as niacin (vitamin B-3), pantothenic acid (vitamin B-5), pyridoxine (vitamin B-6), and minerals such as iron, zinc, potassium, manganese and magnesium.

Fiber.

Pare can easily stimulate digestion and peristalsis in food through the intestine until excreted in the body. Thus, this will help in reducing indigestion and constipation problems.

Pare Benefits For Skin and Hair.

Bitter melon can be a natural blood purifier, will assist in improving the appearance of skin. Besides beneficial for skin and health, bitter melon is also effective in treating hair problems and make long-lived.

Some pare benefits for skin and hair :

1. Preventing Skin Problems
2. Anti-Aging
3. Shine
4. Anti-Dandruff
5. Overcoming Dry and Itchy Scalp
6. Overcome Oily Hair
7. Overcoming Abusive and Unruly Hair

Side Effects Pare.

Vegetable Pare

Pare may be safe to eat for most people, when consumed in the short term. The security of long-term use (over 3 months) is not known. And also, not enough information about the safety of consuming other parts of bitter melon. Some precautions and special measures for the use of this pare vegetables, including to:

Pregnancy and Breastfeeding.

Pare may not be safe when consumed during pregnancy. Certain chemicals in the flesh and seeds of his can start menstruation and causes abortion in animals. Not enough is known about the safety of using pare during breastfeeding. Fixed to the side of safety, it is better to avoid their use.

Diabetes sufferers.

Bitter melon can lower blood sugar levels, but be careful if taking pare for lowering blood sugar, because adding pare could create a decrease in blood sugar too low. Monitor blood sugar condition with more caution.

Will Undergo Surgery.

There are fears that bitter melon can interfere with blood sugar control during and after surgery. Stop taking pare at least 2 weeks prior to scheduled surgery. Thank you for reading this article. Written and posted by Bambang Sunarno. sunarnobambang86@gmail.com
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