Amazing Health Benefits Of Consuming Libas Fruit

Libas Fruit or Spondias Amazing Health Benefits

Libas fruit is known as ‘Spondias’ with edible and sour taste, which also contain numerous health benefits to the body’s health.

Spondias is locally named as alabihod, abihid, lanu, and alambihod. This type of plant can be usually found in tropical climate countries such as the Philippines. This flowering plant is among the cashew family, which has 17 described species.

It was also called as ‘Golden Apples’ because of its brightly colored fruit similar to apple. This fruit looks like a small mango which has a yellow or orange color when ripe. It has a sour delicious taste, which is suits in cooking dishes.

This fruit was mostly used for culinary purposes as an ingredient in cooking some global cuisines. In the Philippines, Libas is used in cooking “Sinigang na Isda” and fresh fish soup, but this kind of fruit can be rarely found in the country.

Aside from culinary purposes, libas has been traditionally used in treating and preventing several types of diseases, because of its medicinal properties. It is also one of the best natural alternatives for expensive treatments and medications.

Spondias contains vitamins A, C, pantothenic acid, fiber, carbohydrates, niacin, thiamin, and other nutrients. It has minerals such as manganese, iron, magnesium, potassium, zinc, phosphorus, and copper, which are beneficial to the body’s health.

It also contains antibacterial, antimicrobial, antiviral, and anti-inflammatory properties. It also contains a great amount antioxidant, which helps the body to fight free radicals that can cause harm to the health of our body.

It can also maintain the health of our teeth and bones, control cholesterol levels, heals wounds, cuts, burn, and skin issues. Prevents premature aging, heart diseases, cancer, stroke, heart diseases, and further complications. It is also effective in reducing the blood sugar levels in the body and boosts the immune system. These are only some of the numerous beneficial effects of eating Spondias.