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Papaya, the Wonder Fruit

Barbara Simonson -lecture given at the EVU Congress in Widnau 1999

When I was in Maui, Hawaii, where for the first time I had the pleasure to enjoy the sweet taste of sun-ripened, organically grown papayas. In the health food store in Paista, I found dried papaya seeds in little glasses, called "Papaya Enzymes", for about $5 each glass. I was surprised. Why do people throw the seeds away when eating the fruit, and afterwards buy them again for a lot of money? How silly! So, when my then fiancé, Aeoliah, and I had a tropical breakfast, I ate my papaya like an apple - including the kernels! My fiancé was shocked. "This is not the way one eats papayas!" he shouted at me. This did not bother me, and since then I eat the papaya whole - including skin and seeds.
Now that I have written a whole 200-page book on this "wonder fruit", the Carica Papaya (that is its Latin name), I know why papaya seeds are so healthy, and why you should not throw the skin away either. The people on Cuba call the papaya "Fruta de Bomba", since it is shaped like a bomb. I discovered that the papaya is a "bomb" of vital nutrients! It is packed with enzymes, vitamins and minerals. The papaya-enzymes like Papain are mainly concentrated in the half green fruit the ripe seeds as well as in the leaves of this plant. So, do not throw the seeds away! If you do not like the bitter, spicy taste, dry them and use them like black pepper. They look like pepper, taste like pepper, yet are much healthier than pepper!
In Costa Rica and Mexico, the natives there call the papaya "Tree of Good Health" and regard it as a healing remedy for almost all diseases. The papaya tree grows very quickly, up to 10 meters in height. It doesn't need much care. In South America, its homeland, it grows like weeds. The red Indians of South and Middle America use the papaya not only for food, but also for healing wounds, for supporting a weak liver, for healing constipation, against worms and parasites, for healing inflammation and skin problems and even for treating cancer. They are the "inventors" of modern enzyme therapy! When you live on raw food, you can of course forget about papaya as a healing remedy. The more sensitive you get, the more you feel the purifying and nourishing effects of this tropical fruit, even while eating!
What are the main ingredients of the papaya, that grows as long as 120 centimetres in Venezuela (this species is called "Lechosa")? There are a lot of anti-oxidants in the papaya, as beta carotene- more than in carrots! - and Vitamin C - more than in kiwis! - and a lot of Bioflavonoids. The papaya contains a lot of minerals like Potassium, Magnesium and Calcium and is the most alkaline fruit we know. For anybody suffering from the effects of cooked food, sugar and meat consumption like "Acidosis" (the body gets too acid, and the person is irritable and depressed), it is recommended to start the day with a papaya breakfast. Some doctors recommend "papaya cures": Take at least one papaya everyday for four weeks. After a week or so, you experience the results: more energy, less sleep, a good mood and clear thoughts. Unbelievable?! Try it and see for yourself!
The papaya-enzymes help to digest proteins, fats and starches. Columbus discovered not only America, but also the papaya. When he reached the South-American shores, he was greeted by the natives with a feast. The sailors ate too much after the long journey, and the Indians took them to the rain-forest and offered them papayas for releasing their pain. And it worked! So, if you overeat the fruit Durian, which is a little hard to digest because of all the fat, you can eat a papaya afterwards to help digestion. Of course, it is better to eat moderately, even as a raw foodist! The papaya-enzymes help purify your intestines and help remove protein residue. Moreover, the papaya helps to nourish our endocrine system, as Norman Walker has written at length in his book on juicing.
Papaya helps the body to produce more Arginin, that is an essential amino acid that activates HGH, a growth hormone that is important for cell rejuvenation and rebuilding of cells in the liver, in muscles and in the bones. Even the skin benefits from Arginin - it gets smooth and is able to regenerate. The beautiful women in the Tropics use unripe papaya for getting rid of wrinkles and old skin cells. I tried it once, on the Canary islands - and had to scream, so much did this hurt! Our skin is probably much thinner than the skin of these women, who are exposed to the sun all day long. I recommend to dilute papaya juice for treating the skin, and have included several recipes for skin masks and creams in my papaya book.
The aborigines in Australia and the Kahunas on Hawaii use the papaya as a remedy for cancer. The papaya should be half-ripe then, between yellow and green. I have a friend, Halima Neumann, who was healed from stomach cancer by drinking the juice of papayas for six months, half a liter each day, and after that eating half-ripe papayas every day. Most of the enzymes are contained in the fruit flesh of the unripe papaya and the seeds of the ripe one. The unripe papaya tastes bitter, so I would not eat them normally. The unripe papaya is the only unripe fruit that alkalines the body! Good for her: After that cure, she decided to change her diet and become raw-foodist and started to meditate and heal her childhood. Now, she is 50 years old, enjoys vibrant health and has written some books in German about her experiences. She lives on the Canary Islands and gives seminars on how to live healthily with raw food and how to grow organic papayas.
On Maui, there is a funny guy living in Paia who calls himself "Papaya John". His normal name is John McCollum, and he has got a little shop called "Papaya John", selling only papayas and papaya products like dried papayas. He regards the papaya as medicine and is quoted in the "Maui News" with: "A Papaya a day keeps the doctor away". Papaya John is an organic farmer and surfer and turned papaya messiah. His mission: "My main interest is getting enzymes into you on a daily basis.", and calls the papaya "the tropical miracle fruit".
Papaya John learnt the secrets of the papaya from Dr. Koesel, one of the original California health food advocates, who moved to Maui in the '60s. There the two men met, and for John, the encounter was "magic": "I knew I had some kind of lifetime karma with this man." He studied all the health benefits of the papaya with him. When Dr. Koesel died in 1990, one week before his 90th birthday, for Papaya John it was obvious: "I have a commitment with God and Dr. Koesel. I believe in the papaya and it is my task to spread the good news." He began experiencing a level of radiant health and joy of life that he only dreamt of before. Now he grows 22 pound papaya fruits in his garden and would not live in a country where papayas do not grow. Papaya John smiles: "I am addicted to papaya enzymes!" Every morning, he drinks a lot of papaya juice and feels great. His surfboard is decorated with a huge papaya, and he takes his self-made papaya-bars, enzyme-active, wherever he goes or travels.
You do not have to centre your life on the papaya in order to benefit from it. And, you can start trying out how much better you can feel even as a raw foodist by including papayas in your daily food choice! You can grow papayas easily in your backyard garden or, if you have, in a winter-garden for colder climate zones like Germany. In summer, I have my papaya trees outside, and take them in in the winter time. I even composed a hymn called "A Papaya A Day" I will share with you now. It is also included in my papaya book, including notes.