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22 Amazing Benefits of Custard Apple (Sitaphal) for Hair, Skin and Health

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Benefits Of Custard Apple

Benefits Of Custard Apple

A very yummy fruit, the humble custard apple for many centuries now has been regarded as a super food for its abundant health benefits, along with bounty for hair and skin too. Today, we would like to speak about exactly that, and this is why we are going to go into detail on how the humble fruit can be very good for you. Please read on and be well-informed.

But first, here is the nutritional value of custard apple

Custard Apple Nutritional Values

Nutrients Amount
Basic Components
Protein 5.2 g
Water 183 g
Ash 1.9 g
Calories
Total Calories 235
Calories From Carbohydrate 213
Calories From Fat 6.1
Calories From Protein 17
Carbohydrates
Total Carbohydrates 59 g
Dietary Fiber 11g
Fats & Fatty Acids
Total Fa 725 mg
Saturated Fat 120 mg
Monounsaturated Fat 285 mg
Polyunsaturated Fat 100 mg
Omega-6 Fatty Acids 100 mg
Vitamins
Vitamin A 15 IU
Vitamin C 91 mg
Thiamin 275 mcg
Riboflavin 283 mcg
Niacin 2.2 mg
Vitamin B6 500 mcg
Folate 35 mcg
Pantothenic Acid 565 mcg
Minerals
Calcium 60 mg
Iron 1.5 mg
Magnesium 53 mg
Phosphorus 80 mg
Potassium 618 mg
Sodium 23 mg
Zinc 250 mcg
Copper 215 mcg
Selenium 1.5 mcg

Here is the List of Custard Apple Benefits:

Benefits Of Custard Apple for Health:

1. Helps To Gain Weight

Call it the ideal snack to munch on when you are hungry, the humble fruit would be best to have for those who fall into the ‘skinny binny’ category.

It is highly calorie laden, and the sugars found in the fruit are responsible for pepping up the metabolism rate in the body too. This in turn makes the eater more hungry than before and the food intake at meals would be much better. Hence, if you or someone you know has an issue with eating, a custard apple a day can help them beat the eating disorder. Healthy weight would be gained too.

Custard Apple for Weight Loss

2. For A Better Immune System

Medical science and experts always recommend a fruit, and in this case, a custard apple to care for your immunity.

Custard apples are an excellent source of vitamins and antioxidants and is also known to help beat inflammation in the body, and boost the immune system at large. One needs to have a serving a day to keep the immune system strong and healthy. The fruit helps the body to be strong against the pathogens and the free radicals around that scavenge over the human body. Having a custard apple per day, means to help the body stay strong and fit; it also helps keep the illnesses at bay.

3. Replenish Your Energy Levels

Most of us are perennially tired, and irrespective of the amount of sleep we have, the exercise we do and the light diets we follow, something is always amiss. We still feel lethargic and tired. This is because our bodies lack the kind of energy it needs. The excellent source of energy once again comes from the custard apple. The fruit helps one eliminate weakness of the muscles and also fights exhaustion in the long run. Just a serving a day would help keep the exhaustion at bay.

4. Natural Anti-cancerous Properties

While we seek the best treatments for cancer, medical sources now point out to the powers of the humble custard apple that helps defeat and kill cancer causing cells.

The bark of the custard apple tree has plenty of tannins and astringent properties in it, which is used in the manufacturing of herbal supplements. It is exactly these herbal supplements that can go ahead and stop metasis from happening, and prevent the spread of tumors and caners at large.

There are compounds in the fruit such as acetogenin and plenty of alkaloids that help bring the risk of cancer down and renal failure too.

The bark helps work against the onslaught of cancer cells and does not affect the growth of healthy cells whilst doing so, says research.

Bullatacin and asimicin are antioxidants found in the bark that have antihelminthes and anti cancer properties, which help neutralize the attacks of free radicals.

And there is also a large amount of fibre in the bark and the fruit which keeps the colon membrane protected. This is does by eliminating a large chunk of toxic matter from the gut, which helps bring down the risks of colon and liver problems and the fruit also in turn helps prevent the occurrence of breast cancer too.

5. For Better Brain Health

To make the memory strong and the brain energetic and healthy, one should have a good source of complex B vitamins, which can help motivate and boost the working of the GABA neuron chemical levels in the brain. This is why, most medical experts and nutritionists across the globe would suggest consuming a custard apple every day. The fruit is known to help control anxiety pangs and disorders, depression and irritability too. In some studies done, custard apples have been shown to have helped patients suffering from the dreaded Parkinson’s disease as well. It is said that a simple serving of hundred grams of the fruit can have around 0.6grams of vitamins B6, which is around 20percent of what you need everyday for the brain to work at its best.

6. For A Strong Dental System

Chomping and munching on the fruit brings in a lot of health benefits for sure, but the skin of the fruit should not be thrown out. This is because, the enzymes in the skin of a custard apple can help with stronger teeth and gums; overall dental health is always wished for and desired, no matter what. So before you throw the skin out the next time, wash it well and chew on it to reap the benefits of the same. It is antimicrobial and antiseptic at the same time, which helps promote the fight against bacteria and plaque formation.

10. For Better Cardiovascular Health

Custard apples have a well-balanced ratio of potassium and sodium in it, which helps with the regulation and the controlling of blood pressure in the body. Even the levels of magnesium in the fruit is high which helps in smoothening out the working of the muscles and does not allow jerking or cramping of the muscles to happen.

Thanks also to the fiber and the niacin content in the fruit, the LDL or the bad cholesterol levels in the body is brought down to a large extent, while the HDL or the good cholesterol levels in the body is upped.

Sitaphal For Better Cardiovascular Health

Custard apples as research shows can help prevent the absorption of cholesterol in the gut, and also does not allow the onslaught of free radicals to attack the lipids and in turn promotes the best of heart health too.

11. Thwarts Off Diabetes

For those that suffer from diabetes, we know how annoying it is to them because they feel that the sweetness of life has been robbed. This can be prevented to a large extent when you consume the sweet custard apple, which has a lot of fiber in it. The fruit is known to bring down the sugar absorption in the body, and also helps prevent the occurrence of type 2 diabetes too from happening.

12. For A Stronger Digestive System

The delicious custard apple is known to help with digestion issues, and eliminating them as well. This is because; the effective fruit helps wash away the harmful toxins from the intestine and helps with better bowel movements and functioning of the intestine too. Issues such as GERD, heartburn, acid reflux, gastritis and even ulcers can be prevented when you consume a serving of custard apple per day, says medical sources. However, the custard apple form here would be the unripe and dried form which needs to be eaten. This can also help ward off loose motions and diarrhea as well as dysentery too, says medical science. A custard apple of weight six grams is more than enough to bring in the much needed fiber that your body needs, and hence would add more bulk to the stools and helps bring down constipation too.

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13. Good For Fetal Skin And Hair

The fruit when broken down for nutritional value shows us how abundantly blessed it is with vitamins A and C. And it is these two vitamins that helps best with skin and eyes and hair of the fetus maintenance. This is why, it is safe as pronounced by doctors for expectant mothers to consume and have everyday.

14. Prevents Premature Labor

Premature labor pains are annoying and this means the body is demanding more copper. Custard apple has plenty of it and is an excellent source of the same. The trace mineral helps the body to produce more hemoglobin, and pregnant women need around one thousand of the same for the fetus to develop healthily. If there are low levels of copper in the body, chances are that the fetus in the stomach would not develop well and there would be premature birthing chances too. Hence, for pregnant women it is a must to consume custard apples on a daily basis. Speak to your doctor on the same!

15. Good For Fetal Brain Development

An expectant mother would always want to have the best interests for her unborn baby, and this is why she would want to consume the right and the best diet to ensure that a healthy child is born. With this being said, doctors would always advise expectant mothers to consume a custard apple everyday, which helps with the growth of the baby’s body and also the development of the baby or the fetus in the stomach. Even the European Journal of Biomedical AND Pharmaceutical sciences praises the role of custard apple in fetal brain development and calls the fruit a super boon!

16. Cures Acne

Healthy skin is what we wish to have and desire as well, and for this we need to include in our diet a large dose of antioxidants. Custard apples have plenty of vitamins and antioxidants in it which does not allow the pathogens and infection to irritate the skin. With consumption or topical application of the fruit, sebum consumption is regulated and the occurrence of pimples and acne are brought down too. What one could do is to consume the fruit or maybe mix lime juice with the flesh of the fruit and use it as a face mask thrice a week. It is the anti inflammatory properties of the fruit which helps clear the pores and bring down the occurrence of acne, prevents eruptions and breakouts, and the nutrients along with the vitamins help fight free radicals whilst the antioxidants protect the skin on a long term.

While these were the important benefits of having custard apple for the skin, let’s now take a look at how the humble fruit can be beneficial for our hair too. Please read on and be well-informed!

Benefits of Custard Apple for Hair

Benefits of Custard Apple for Hair

17. For Better Collagen Levels

For all the hair issues that we have, one must look deep into the matter to find a solution. A natural way to enhance the working of the collagen would be the consume custard apples. This is because of the abundance of vitamin C in the fruit, which helps with healthy development of collagen, and which leads to better hair growth and scalp maintenance too. Collagen is a protein which is the main part of the hair and scalp, and hence needs to be cared for with utmost grit. One can again topically consume the fruit or make a paste of the flesh and apply it as a hair mask once a week.

18. For A Luxurious, Moisturized Hair

To have lovely shiny and beautiful hair is a must for us all and a desire too. This is why, we shall look at the oil of the custard apple seed for the same. It helps tame the mane with frizz and waves, and also softens out coarse hair too. What the oil does is to hydrate the scalp and moisturize it as well, and this makes the hair lustrous, shiny and full of volume too. There are also high levels of vitamin A in the seed oil which helps hydrate and protect the hair from the harmful UV rays of the sun as well. Remember, this is a lightweight hair oil which can be used even before going out, since it would not make the hair look limp and weighed down.

19. Prevents Premature Graying

There are many reasons as to why premature greying of hair happens, and one of them would be the lack of copper in the body. Since custard apples have a lot of copper as a trace mineral in it, the mineral helps in the formation of high levels of melanin. Melanin is the reason why we have color on our hair, skin and in our eyes. This mineral when consumed helps with the stopping of premature greying. And the mineral also is responsible for the maintenance of the hair’s natural color as well.

20. Natural Antidote For Scalp Infections

For all hair and scalp infections and issues, the presence of vitamin C in custard apple proves to be a boon. Along with that, the antioxidants found in the fruit can help with sebum regulation and production too. This brings down the flaky skin issues and dandruff we face. Applying the paste of the fruit in its raw form once a week is recommended.

21. For Better Hair Growth:

To have thick, long, shiny and lustrous hair, one can apply the fruit paste on the hair and the scalp or consume the fruit. This helps with bringing down the occurrence of inflammation and reducing hair fall to a large extent too. When the paste is massaged into the hair, the nutrients are better absorbed and the hair follicles are nourished as well. This is because of the high amounts of iron in the fruit, which helps circulate more oxygen to the scalp and stimulates hair grown and promotes the thickness of the hair too.

22. Helps To Eliminate Lice

The paste of the fruit has plenty of enzymes and antioxidants in it, but the skin is also strong enough to ward off pathogens, infections and lice too. Applying the paste of the flesh and the skin on lice infected hair can eliminate dandruff and lice in a week.

We now hope you understand how important it is to use and consume custard apple if you would want to have beautiful and long lustrous hair. Now let’s take a look at how to consume custard apples on a daily basis.

Tips for Taking Custard Apples

  1. One of the easiest ways to take custard apple would be to cut the fruit in half and consume it ripe. You may use a spoon to scoop the flesh and have its goodness too.
  1. You can also add a dash of rock salt and lime to make it flavorable and tastier
  1. If you wish to have custard apple ice cream, you must first scoop all the flesh out and then blend the same well. Remove the seeds though. Then put the paste in a tray and let it freeze. You can add fruits and nuts to make it more flavorable to the tongue.
  1. To make sorbet, you can add the flesh puree to water and blend well
  1. To make tastier muffins and cakes, you can add the flesh of the fruit to it
  1. To make tastier yogurt, add the puree of the fruit to the same
  1. For a weekend drink with friends, you can add the puree to a liquor choice of yours and lime juice as well with crushed ice and serve the delicious drink.
  1. If you would like to use it as a face pack, you do not necessarily need to add anything to the puree of the fruit when applying. Just use the ripe puree and wait for ten minutes while it dries. Wash it off with cold water thereafter
  1. If you would like to use the puree as a hair pack, use the ripe puree from root to tip and massage the scalp well with the puree. Enhance the effect by doing a hot towel wrap on the hair so that the nutrients enter deep into the hair follicles. Wait for half an hour and then wash the hair off. This should be done twice a week.
  1. To enhance teeth whitening, chewing on the washed skin of the fruit once a day is recommended by holistic experts

Final Words about Custard Apples

The health food that custard apples are, have a lot of benefits for the mind and the body, and for the beauty needs of an individual. The soft, mushy and humble fruit is a boon to us all, and should be consumed at least once or twice a week.

Disclaimer: While we have given you all the information possible about the various health benefits and beauty benefits the fruit can bring, we also want you to understand that the said information here is through research only.  Please consult an expert in nutrition to know what amounts of the fruit you can consume. Their words would take precedence over what is written here and elsewhere online.

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