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So I just got back from a trip to visit my parents where I met up with a friend who was lucky enough to visit thailand for a while. She taught me how to make the green papaya salad and I have a feeling that its very healthy (similar to kimchee I think just not fermented?) as the only ingredients are the green papaya, tomato, carrot, and some anchovy sauce, along with hot peppers. Traditionally, it also contains sugar, but I can see easily replacing that with artificial sweetner. I could seriously eat this stuff every meal and not get sick of it.

Any ideas if this is a good thing to be eating or not?

flag	asked Jun 23 2011 at 13:49 Oranges13 2,025●4●22

	Skip the artificial sweetener and use a squeeze of orange juice instead. Green papaya salad is not traditionally very sweet. It should be balanced with salty and sour, like a good nước chấm. – lunabelle Jun 23 2011 at 18:04
	The girl who taught me to make it added brown sugar and lemon juice. Lemon juice is just fine by me. – Oranges13 Jun 23 2011 at 22:44

Karen P. · Answer 1 · 2011-06-23 17:34:38Z UTC

Yum...Thai papaya salad is the best, and so great for summer. Yeah, as for sweetener, I'd go natural as often as possible. I use mostly honey, with the occasional maple syrup. Mark's Daily Apple has a great run-down on all these sweeteners and whether or not they raise insulin levels.

Rogue Nutritionist · Answer 2 · 2011-06-23 19:16:37Z UTC

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Plain stevia is not artificial, it's an herb. I wish I could get green papayas here...my mouth is watering!

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Ben · Answer 3 · 2011-06-23 13:54:31Z UTC

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It sounds good to me, except the artificial sweetener. What are you planning to use?

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Would sugar be better? I usually use truvia. (stevia) – Oranges13 Jun 23 2011 at 14:06

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Actually Stevia is the best option (if you're adding a sweetener). Artificial sweeteners, Stevia being the exception, react with your body similarly to sugar. – Ben Jun 23 2011 at 14:39

fyi, Truvia is stevia + erthyritol. – g. Jun 23 2011 at 17:55

Seems like ethyritol doesn't effect insulin levels either - should I be worried? – Oranges13 Jun 23 2011 at 22:46

re: erthyritol paleohacks.com/questions/47218/… – g. Jun 25 2011 at 18:31

Kelly · Answer 4 · 2011-06-23 16:07:19Z UTC

I have never heard of eating the green papaya,(in s. america they eat tons of ripe ones) so I googled it, interesting note about eating too much of it and it becomes 'a contraception'

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carica_papaya

I know that here we pierce the skin from top to bottom about four times for the 'milk' to drain out, supposidly releases toxins from the ripe fruit.

Green Papaya? Good or Bad?

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