Every now and then you hear of a new health food or super food that has everyone raving. One of those foods that you might have heard about recently is pitaya.
What Is Pitaya?
The pitaya is a fruit that comes from several species of cactus. The pitaya fruit is a strange-looking fruit. It is a deep pink or red color on the outside and it has hard green leaves. The inside of the fruit is fleshy and contains seeds, just like the kiwi does.
There are two varieties of pitaya (or pitahaya). One comes from Central America and the other (dragon fruit) comes from Asia.
The Asian dragonfruit comes from the genus Hylocereus, is white on ...
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