Who is not familiar with cassava? Cassava is one type of plant that must have been familiar. This type of tuber plants is one of the most famous foodstuff in Indonesia, even the world. Although some areas in Indonesia cultivate cassava as staple food, and also thrives in the areas – Indonesia, but actually tubers are often called by the name Cassava comes from the Latin American region.

Cassava tree itself has varying growth rates, there is a range of 1 meter, and some are very high. Likewise with the tuber. There are several types of cassava that have bulbs that are very large, but there are also cassava that has a smaller tuber.

Cassava itself is very easy to be planted, because only rely on the process of cuttings obtained through the trunk. You can also enjoy the results, which is a tuber that is embedded underground in a relatively short time. Almost all parts of this cassava can be processed and utilized for the purposes of human life. Thus, there are many health benefits of cassava starch.

Nutritional Content of Cassava Trunk

Antioxidants : to help recovery of bleeding

Tannin : to against bacteria so the infection would not be more severe, an astrigencia and anti-diarrhea compund

Catechins : will be united with the body to counteracting the free radicals and prevent cell damage

• Cassava leaves

Cassava leaves are often used as one of the main ingredients in the manufacture of vegetables, and also fresh vegetables that are used in dining, especially for those of you who often stop by the restaurants – dishes Padang cuisine.

• Cassava Trunk

Cassava stems in addition can be cultivated as cuttings, can also be used as one of firewood. Although not as firewood, but at least cassava can produce a good fire.

• Tubers

Well, this is a part of the cassava plant that most often used by us. Yup, part of the tuber. Usually part of cassava can be processed into boiled cassava or fried cassava. Or it can also be used as a mixture on traditional foods and cakes. In addition, the trunk from cassava is also often utilized essence juice for various purposes.

• Cassava Starch

What is the starch of cassava? In short, what is meant by the starch of cassava is the extract from the cassava tuber itself. Cassava extract can be obtained easily. You can use cassava bulbs, then shredded it or can also be obtained by using a machine and certain chemicals.

Cassava starch may not be too familiar to use, because many people who prefer to eat cassava tubers directly instead of having to bother to extract the starch of its patent.

What are the benefits of cassava extract?

Actually cassava starch itself has many benefits for our lives, whether consciously or not. What are the benefits of cassava extract? Here are some of the health benefits of cassava starch that you may not know:

1. Edible Film Making

What is an Edible film? Maybe you are not familiar with the term edible film. Edible film is a thin layer of food that serves to ‘wrap’ food and can also be eaten. The layer of the edible film on these foods has several benefits and uses:

• Inhibits vapor transfer
• Inhibits gas exchange
• Prevent the occurrence of aroma loss in a food
• Prevent fat transfer
• Carrier additives

Edible film is a common layer that is often added to the production of food manufacturers. Edible film can be made using the starch of cassava, because there are several advantages, namely:

• Economical
• Easy to update
• Easy to obtain
• Provide good characteristics.

2. Making Tapioca Flour

You often hear the tapioca flour? Yes, the type of flour that is often used as the basic ingredients of making crackers and various types of food and other cakes is a type of flour is made by utilizing the content of starch present in cassava tubers.

Tapioca flour itself is rarely used in household production, because it loses prestige with wheat flour. However, until now some industries still need tapioca flour supply.

3. Wound healing

For our own body, starch extract from cassava tube has good benefits to help wound healing. By utilizing the essence of cassava, the wounds you experience can heal quickly and can prevent the emergence of infection and bleeding.

How? Here are the steps to make cassava starch as a remedy for healing wounds:

• Grate cassava until smooth
• Paste on the injured body part
• In addition to pasted, you can try to compress it

Well, easy is not it? You can also practice it yourself at home.

4. Carbohydrate Source

Cassava extract is also one source of good carbohydrates for our body. This can reduce our dependence on the product of your carbohydrate intake rice in a day will be fulfilled by utilizing cassava extract of this.

How? You can grate cassava, then process them into various types of foods that are very delicious and help meet your carbohydrate needs.

In addition, you can also make some kinds of cakes by using tapioca flour, which is the result of processed from the extract of cassava tuber.

5. Energy sources

Cassava starch is also one source of energy for the body that has no doubt about its capacity. Cassava extract can provide more energy for you in carrying out your daily activities.

Here are some other benefits of cassava for body health:

• treat diarrhea, you can treat diarrhea by scrape the bark of cassava stem, boil it, strain and make a sediment of the boiled water
• treat rheumatism, you can treat rheumatism by get 100 grams of cassava stem, 1 lemongrass, 15 grams ginger, boil all the ingredients with 3 glasses of water and leave for a half to drink.

Those are some of the health benefits of cassava starch that you may not know. We hope this article useful for you readers.