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.
Aside from Southeast Asian countries like Thailand, Philippines, Malaysia, India and Indonesia, mangosteens are also found in Australia, Central and South America and popularly known in the medical realm as garcinia mangostana. This "super fruit" usually has a thick purple-hued rind but has meat that is sweet and creamy in texture and taste. Its health benefits are usually extracted from the whole tree and fruit, from leaves, bark or stems and trunk, rind, meat of fruit, and roots. Today's medical developers continually research and study extracts from these fruit parts to develop as both health and dietary treatment systems.
Mangosteen's renowned health benefits emanate from its phytonutrient content called xanthones. Usually extracted from its rind or pericarp, it has phytochemical properties that promote healthy bodily functions encompassing digestive, respiratory, metabolism and immune system. Ayurvedic healing systems for infections, diarrhea, dysentery and wounds have also been observed and noted to be effective. It was also noted that forty kinds of xanthones are present in its pericarp.
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.
This super fruit also has anti-inflammatory ingredient's hailed to be effective in treating Crohn's disease and rheumatoid arthritis. Some skin diseases like psoriasis and eczema have also backed the claim for its efficiency in treatment. Drinking juice extract from mangosteens will also help alleviate pain and cellular inflammation.
When it comes to its anti-bacterial capabilities, mangosteen contain a chemical ingredient called alpha-mangostin. This ingredient is usually extracted from its stem's bark. This helps to counter antibiotic resistant diseases like staph and VRE.
Additionally, alpha-mangostin has been discovered to fight against a special kind of bacteria that can cause acne. Studies and research has also been going on in the medical field on its efficacy as a sleep aid and anti-cancer treatment. Cancer-treating xanthones are often extracted from its roots and stems instead of the rind.
Today, the health benefits of Mangosteen have also been hailed one of the most notable in the field of weight loss and anti-aging. Dietary supplements in tablet and liquid form, and anti-aging solution in cream, lotion or tablet form are continually being developed today by multinational firms. The combined efficacy of antioxidants, phytonutrients and curative elements, indeed, make this aptly called a "super fruit" in today's medical science.
Aside from Southeast Asian countries like Thailand, Philippines, Malaysia, India and Indonesia, mangosteens are also found in Australia, Central and South America and popularly known in the medical realm as garcinia mangostana. This "super fruit" usually has a thick purple-hued rind but has meat that is sweet and creamy in texture and taste. Its health benefits are usually extracted from the whole tree and fruit, from leaves, bark or stems and trunk, rind, meat of fruit, and roots. Today's medical developers continually research and study extracts from these fruit parts to develop as both health and dietary treatment systems.
Mangosteen's renowned health benefits emanate from its phytonutrient content called xanthones. Usually extracted from its rind or pericarp, it has phytochemical properties that promote healthy bodily functions encompassing digestive, respiratory, metabolism and immune system. Ayurvedic healing systems for infections, diarrhea, dysentery and wounds have also been observed and noted to be effective. It was also noted that forty kinds of xanthones are present in its pericarp.
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.
This super fruit also has anti-inflammatory ingredient's hailed to be effective in treating Crohn's disease and rheumatoid arthritis. Some skin diseases like psoriasis and eczema have also backed the claim for its efficiency in treatment. Drinking juice extract from mangosteens will also help alleviate pain and cellular inflammation.
When it comes to its anti-bacterial capabilities, mangosteen contain a chemical ingredient called alpha-mangostin. This ingredient is usually extracted from its stem's bark. This helps to counter antibiotic resistant diseases like staph and VRE.
Additionally, alpha-mangostin has been discovered to fight against a special kind of bacteria that can cause acne. Studies and research has also been going on in the medical field on its efficacy as a sleep aid and anti-cancer treatment. Cancer-treating xanthones are often extracted from its roots and stems instead of the rind.
Today, the health benefits of Mangosteen have also been hailed one of the most notable in the field of weight loss and anti-aging. Dietary supplements in tablet and liquid form, and anti-aging solution in cream, lotion or tablet form are continually being developed today by multinational firms. The combined efficacy of antioxidants, phytonutrients and curative elements, indeed, make this aptly called a "super fruit" in today's medical science.