The benefits of star fruit are mainly to help you lose weight, because it is a fruit with very few calories, and to protect the cells of the body, fighting aging, as it is rich in antioxidants.
However, star fruit also has other benefits such as:
- Fight cholesterol, because it has fibers that prevent the body from absorbing cholesterol, for that it is enough to eat a bowl of star fruit as a dessert for lunch;
- Reduce the swelling because it is diuretic, you can drink a cup of carambola tea once a day;
- Help fight fever and diarrhea, having a glass of juice with star fruit as a snack, for example.
Despite all the benefits, star fruit is bad for patients with kidney failure because it has a toxin that these patients cannot eliminate from the body. As the toxin is not eliminated by these patients, it increases in the blood, causing symptoms such as vomiting, mental confusion and, in severe cases, even seizures.
Benefits of star fruit in diabetes
The benefits of carambola in diabetes are to help lower blood sugar, as in diabetes, sugar rises a lot in the blood. In addition to the hypoglycemic properties, star fruit has fibers that also hinder the sudden rise in blood sugar.
Despite the benefits of star fruit in diabetes, when the diabetic patient has kidney failure, star fruit is contraindicated. Learn more about fruits for diabetes at: Fruits recommended for diabetes.
Nutritional Information of Carambola
Star fruit is an exotic fruit rich in vitamins and minerals that can be consumed during pregnancy.
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