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Article: THE PLEASURES OF THE PAPAYA
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- Americas
- Article date:
- March 1, 2008
- Author:
CopyrightCopyright Organization of American States, Sales and Promotion Division Mar/Apr 2008. Provided by ProQuest LLC. (Hide copyright information)
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In this land of the Americas, for the pleasure and health of humankind, God created a fruit that is the very light of the sun transformed into juice, pulp, and sweetness. There is no more exquisite taste to the palate than a slice of fresh papaya when it melts in the mouth and slides down the throat.
God also made it good because in his infinite laboratory of wisdom, he made a fruit that is also a perfect natural medicine. The papaya has more vitamin C than an orange, large amounts of vitamin A, and a substance coursing through the plant that-due to its innumerable practical and medicinal uses-is almost miraculous. It is called papain.
The origin of the papaya tree is lost in the fog of ...