The Health Advantages Of Mangosteen In Promoting Natural Wellness

By James Patterson


If you check today's bulletin for natural remedies and supplements for both health and beauty, you can easily find a vast array of fruits and vegetables. Some whose names you can even imagine exist in Webster's dictionary. Mangosteen, a Southeast Asian tropical fruit, is one of the most popular. The health benefits of Mangosteen according to researchers are too vast ranging from weight loss to countering premature aging, boosting immune system, treating cancer, cellular inflammation and infections, and a whole lot more.

Mangosteens are scientifically known as garcinia mangostana. Various regions in Southeast Asia like Malaysia, India, Philippines, Indonesia, and Thailand as well as in Central and South America and Australia have aplenty of this sweet and creamy fruit. Resembling a star apple with its color purple rind, it however has much thicker and sturdier variety than the former. From its rind to its bark, leaves, juice and extracts, health benefits are being attested by international companies developing health and dietary supplements as well as medical treatment for chronic diseases.

Mangosteen is a popular treatment in ancient times all over Asia. Used in Ayurvedic treatment, it has been noted to be effective in treating dysentery, diarrhea, gastric issues, wounds and other infections. The secret behind its rewarding elements is in its phytonutrient content - xanthones which was noted to have forty kinds in its pericarp alone. Xanthones are known to elevate protection and development of healthier bodily functions for digestive, immune and respiratory systems as well as in augmenting metabolic properties.

This fruit contains powerful antioxidants called polyphenols. Medically, polyphenols are deemed ten times more powerful than vitamin C and a hundred times much stronger than carotenoids and Vitamin E. This type of antioxidant is one powerful aspect in naturally fighting free radicals off the body thereby preventing cancer, heart diseases, diabetes, hypertension and various threats to the immune system.

Containing efficient anti-allergy and anti-inflammatory ingredient, this fruit has also been developed to treat lupus, rheumatoid arthritis, and polymyalgia rheumatica as well as chronic inflammation like asthma, Crohn's disease, and ulcerative colitis. In ancient times, its rind where boiled and drank as tea to help alleviate pain and relieve cellular inflammation. Notably certain skin diseases like eczema and psoriasis can also be treated with this.

There are certain diseases that have developed resistance to the usual antibiotic medication. Mangosteen with its active chemical ingredient, alpha-mangostin, also provide's relief by virtue of its anti-bacterial prowess. This ingredient is usually extracted from the bark of its stem and has proven effective in fighting methicillin-resistant infections like staph as well as VREs or vancomycin-resistant enterococci.

One prominent skin problem is acne and alpha-mangostin is one anti-bacterial solution renowned to be efficient in eradicating this horrendous looking skin cystic disease. Additionally, recent studies also show that its active ingredients xanthones and alpha-mangostin are good sleep aid and in developing anti-cancer treatment.

Above all else, this "superfruit" is continually being hailed the best addition in the weight loss and anti-aging markets. Laden with antioxidants and phytonutrients, it helps fire up a person's metabolism especially when paired with active physical workout. Weight loss supplements coming in as liquid drinks and diet pills often have mangosteen ingredients. Anti-aging pills, creams and lotions are also growing in popularity in improving one's looks. In all these, the health benefits of Mangosteen can never be denied.




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