Fairly new dragon fruit is known in Indonesia. Even so, his name lately's lips in public. Fruit appearance is very unique and interesting. Gedong mango the size of lipstick, a bright red color. Scaly skin like a big snake (dragon), but not because the fruit is known as dragon fruit.
Society considers the ancient Chinese dragon fruit to bring fortune, so often placed between the duo's tail green dragon statue on the altar table offerings to the gods. Red fruit become conspicuous in the color green dragon.
There are linking to the myth can lower blood sugar and cholesterol. Lately, these fruit trees also began to be used as an ornamental plant grown fruit in the pot.
Fiber to the dragon fruit is very good, reaching 0,7-0,9 grams per 100 grams. Fiber is needed by the body to lower cholesterol levels. In the digestive tract fibers to bind bile acids (the end product of cholesterol) and then extracted with feces. Thus, the higher consumption of fiber, the more bile and fatty acids released by the body.
Fiber to the dragon fruit is also very useful in the digestive system. Fiber foods (dietary fiber) were able to shorten transit time, the time it takes food from the oral cavity until the rest of the food is made in the form of feces.
Fiber food will bind carcinogenic substances. Thanks to the short transit time, time residing carcinogenic substances in the body are also getting shorter, so the opportunity to harm the body smaller.
Meanwhile, fiber food also helps to prevent diabetes mellitus, heart disease, stroke, cancer, and other cardiovascular diseases. Unfortunately, fiber consumption in Indonesia is still very low, ie about 10 grams per person per day. In fact, consumption of fiber foods is recommended 20-30 grams per person per day.