Table of contents:
- Overview of the efficacy of guava for dengue fever patients
- A guide to choosing packaged guava juice for DHF patients
- 1. Be thorough in reading the nutritional value
- 2. Read the expiration date
- 3. Real guava juice has a thicker texture
DHF or dengue hemorrhagic fever is a common disease affecting Indonesian society. This disease is caused by dengue virus infection which is usually transmitted to humans through mosquito bites Aedes aegypti. One way that is usually done to speed up the healing of this disease is to regularly drink guava juice.
Currently, guava juice is widely available in ready-to-drink packages. Due to its practical form, many people prefer to consume guava juice in packs. Unfortunately, not all packaged juice products are healthy and taste from real fruit. Check out the guide to choosing guava juice in a good packaging for DHF patients in this article.
Overview of the efficacy of guava for dengue fever patients
To help speed healing, dengue fever patients are often advised to eat foods that contain various types of vitamins and minerals. One of them is red guava.
Guava contains thrombinol which can stimulate thrombopoietin to be more active, so that it can produce more blood platelets.
In addition, guava is also known to be rich in vitamin C. In fact, the content of vitamin C in guava is higher than oranges. This abundant vitamin C can help strengthen the immune system by increasing antibodies and the production of white blood cells, thereby accelerating the patient's healing process.
Not only that, a small study conducted in Indonesia said that red guava could help improve the presentation of platelet and hematocrit values of patients with dengue fever who had decreased.
A guide to choosing packaged guava juice for DHF patients
Of the many guava juices on the market, you have to be smart before buying it. The reason is, currently there are a lot of packaged guava juice products that are not actually made from real fruit, but only use fruit flavors.
So, so as not to be fooled, here are some tips on choosing bottled guava juice to help deal with dengue fever.
1. Be thorough in reading the nutritional value
The nutrition in each packaged juice varies, depending on the type and brand of juice. Usually packaged juices made from real fruit must contain a high variety of vitamins and minerals, which are almost the same as the original fruit content. Therefore, if you want to consume bottled juice, it is important that you always check the nutritional value on the packaging before buying it.
2. Read the expiration date
In addition to being careful in reading the nutritional value label, you must also carefully look at the expiration date of the packaged juice that you are going to buy. You don't want to, do you, consume a drink that is past its expiration date? Instead of wanting to be healthy, you will actually drop even more after consuming the juice.
3. Real guava juice has a thicker texture
An easy way to distinguish packaged fruit juice that you buy is genuine or fake can be seen from the texture. Guava juice that comes from real fruit is generally thicker in texture because it contains more than 35 percent pure guava juice. On the other hand, guava juice that uses artificial flavors has a more fluid texture because it contains very little real guava juice in it.
