Singkamas

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Below are the 8 health benefits of eating singkamas:

1. Full of healthy nutrients– Singkamas is very rich in beta-carotene, vitamin B-complex and it also has a low-calorie content that is very beneficial for losing extra weight.
2. Reducing common diseases–  Singkamas in your diet will help you to reduce the risk of diabetes, hypertension, cancer, and other non-communicable diseases.
3. Maintaining normal weight–  will help you to maintain normal weight, and having a normal weight will reduce the risk of Diseases thus we will have a more healthy body.
4. Helps Bowel movement– If you are suffering from constipation, singkamas will gonna help you because singkamas has lots of fiber content that is very beneficial for your bowel movement.
5. Cures Fever– Singkamas also has a cooling effect, if someone is suffering from a fever, you can grate some singkamas and collect its juice to drink by the patient.
6. Good for sunburn– Sunburn is very common in summer and sometimes it can really hurt or sting your skin but singkamas can help you from those problems. Just grate some singkamas and apply it to the affected areas of skin.
7. Lighten skin–  Singkamas has a pre-biotic content that can help your skin to get moisturized and it also has a whitening effect.
8. Reduce the risk of Heatstroke– Singkamas is very high in water content that will rehydrate your body in hot weather condition and it can also decrease the risk of heatstroke.

It can be eaten raw or used in cooking or salad. In the Philippines, we love to eat it raw as a snack. Singkamas should be peeled before eating. It is eaten plain, with salt or vinegar and fish sauce.