Sugar Apple are best known as Custard Apple or Cherimoya – a green colour, segmented fruit from the outside, has a off-white colour, custard texture, sweet meat on its plentiful seeds on the inside, to consume the custard apple’s meat is a sweet treat in itself and this sweet treat comes with plentiful health benefits.

Cherimoya contains a range of nutrients, including protein, fiber, vitamins, minerals, and antioxidants.
Some of its significant nutrients are:

One custard apple contains 674 milligrams of potassium and 40 milligrams of magnesium –

Normal body levels of potassium are important for muscle function, including relaxing the walls of the blood vessels. This lowers blood pressure and protects against muscle cramping. Normal potassium levels also are important for the conduction of electrical signals in the nervous system and in the heart. This protects against an irregular heartbeat.

Magnesium helps regulate hundreds of body systems, including blood pressure, blood sugar, and muscle and nerve function. We need magnesium to help blood vessels relax, and for energy production, and bone development.

One cherimoya contains 60% vitamin C of your recommended daily intake –

Cherimoyas are rich in vitamin C, which supports a healthy immune system. Getting the recommended daily amount of vitamin C can help your body fight off infections.

A cup of cherimoya contains 4.8 grams of fiber –

Fiber is a type of carbohydrate that the body can’t digest. Though most carbohydrates are broken down into sugar molecules, fiber cannot be broken down into sugar molecules, and instead it passes through the body undigested. Fiber helps regulate the body’s use of sugars, helping to keep hunger and blood sugar in check.

Cherimoya contains lutein—a carotenoid related to vitamin A –

A large body of evidence shows that lutein has several beneficial effects, especially on eye health. In particular, lutein is known to improve or even prevent age-related macular disease which is the leading cause of blindness and vision impairment. Furthermore, many studies have reported that lutein may also have positive effects in different clinical conditions, thus ameliorating cognitive function, decreasing the risk of cancer, and improving measures of cardiovascular health. 

(Source of information: webmd.com, health.harvard.edu, hsph.harvard.edu, ncbi.nlm.nih.gov)

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