PAPAYA

Papaya is the healthiest fruit with a list of properties that is long and
exhaustive. Papaya favours digestion as well as cures skin irritation and
sunburns. You can munch on it as a salad, have it cooked or boiled or just
drink it up as milk shake or juice. The most important of these virtues is the
protein - digesting enzyme in the milky juice. The enzyme is similar to
pepsin in its digestive action and is said to be so powerful that it can digest
200 times its own weight in protein. It assists the body in assimilating the
maximum nutritional value from food to provide energy and body - building
materials. Papain in raw papaya makes up for the deficiency of
gastric juice and fights excess of unhealthy mucus in the stomach,
dyspepsia and intestinal irritation. The ripe fruit, if eaten regularly,
corrects habitant constipation, bleeding piles and chronic diarrhoea.

The juice, used as a cosmetic, removes freckles or brown spots due

to exposure to sunlight and makes the skin smooth and delicate. A
paste of papaya seeds is applied in skin diseases like those caused
by ringworm. The black seeds of the papaya are highly beneficial in
the treatment of cirrhosis of the liver caused by malnutrition,
alcoholism, etc.

(a) One of the most important virtues of pepsin is that........................

(b) Intestinal irritation can be overcomed by.........................

(c) Throat disorders can be cured if............................

(d) The juice can be used as a cosmetic' means............................

(e) The fact that papaya is a versatile fruit is evident from...................

Q. Choose the correct alternatives:

1. The fact that papaya is a versatile fruit is evident

from
1. used as a cosmetic
2. its ability to fight and cure so many diseases
 3. corrects habitant constipation, bleeding piles and
chronic diarrhoea
4. None of the above
2. Papaya favours ________________.
1. digestion and cures skin irritation.
2. makes the skin smooth and delicate.
3. inflamed tonsils and other throat disorders.
4. deficiency of gastric juice and fights excess of
unhealthy mucus.
3. The black seeds of the papaya are highly beneficial
in the treatment of
1. colon cancer
2. cirrhosis of the liver
3. skin irritation and sunburns
4. None of the above
4. Find the word from the passage which means ‘a
lack or shortage’.
1. spreading
2. prevention
3. deficiency
4. mucus

Answer:
(a) it assists the body in assimilating the maximum nutritional value
from food to provide energy and body building materials.
(b) Papain in raw papaya as it makes up for the deficiency of gastric
juice and fights excess of unhealthy mucus in the stomach,
dyspepsia and intestinal irritation.
(c) the fresh juice of raw papaya mixed with honey is applied over
inflamed tonsils, for diphtheria and other throat disorders.
(d) it removes freckles or brown spots due to exposure to sunlight
and makes the skin smooth and delicate.
(e) its ability to fight and cure so many diseases.

1. its ability to fight and cure so many diseases

2. digestion and cures skin irritation.
3. cirrhosis of the liver
 4. deficiency

Read the passage given below and answer the

questions that follow:

An escalating epidemic of overweightedness and obesity is affecting many

countries in the
world; more than 300 million people are overweight or obese. Obesity could
be reason specific.In India, some people tend to be overweight because of
their high calories diet and lack of physical activities. In the United States,
obesity is more prevalent in lower economic groups. Obesity is now well
recognized as a disease in its own right. Though, obesity commonly means
extremely overweight, it is defined as an excess amount of body weight
that includes muscles, bone, fat and water. ’Obesity’ specifically refers to an
excess amount of body fat. Some people such as body builders or other
athletes with a lot of muscle, can be overweight without being obese.
A certain amount of body fat is needed to store energy, and for heat
insulation, shock absorption and other functions. Generally, women have
more body fat than men. Usually, men with more than 25% body fat and
women more than 30% body fat are regarded as obese. Obesity tends to
run in families suggesting a genetic cause. Environmental factors mean
lifestyle behaviour such as what a person eats and his or her level of
physical activity. Although, you cannot change your genetic makeup, you
can change your eating habits and the levels of activity. You can learn how
to choose more nutritional means which are low in fat and can become
more active.
Then, there are psychological factors. Negative emotions such as
boredom, sadness or anger
make people overeat. There is also ’binge eating’ when people eat large
amounts of food
thinking that they cannot control how much they are eating. Those with the
most severe ’bing eating' problems, are also likely to have symptoms of
depression and low self-esteem. These people may have more difficulty in
losing weight and keep it off, than people without binge eating problems.
Obesity is more than a cosmetic problem; it is a health hazard. Several
serious medical
conditions have been linked to obesity, including type-2 diabetes, heart
disease, high blood
pressure and stroke. Obesity is also linked to higher rates of certain types
of cancer. Other
diseases and health problems linked to obesity include gall bladder
diseases and gallstones,
liver diseases, osteoarthritis which leads to deterioration of joints, gout
which also effect the joint and reproductive problems in women.
As the trend is to equate attractiveness with slimness, especially for
women, obesity makes
people feel unattractive. There are many methods of treatment but the
benefits of exercise are much more than any other way of losing weight.
Not only does exercise help you to lose weight but it also improves your
fitness and flexibility and improves skin texture. Exercises are also free
from the side effects of crash dieting, slimming capsules and the heat
treatment used by slimming centres.
Answer the following questions briefly :
(a) What is obesity ?
(b) When can men and women be described as being obese ?
(c) How can one become more active ?ions and boredomi
Negative emotions and binge eating
(d) What are the two psychological factors that cause obesity ?
(e) Find words in the passage which convey similar meanings as the
following :
(i) increasing
(ii) improving outward looks/appearance
(iii) enlargement
(iv) to make work decline