The Health Perks Of Mangosteen In Promoting Natural Wellness

The Health Perks Of Mangosteen In Promoting Natural Wellness

by Andrews Thomson

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.

Scientifically known as garcinia mangostana, Mangosteens bear fruit that is deep purple in rind color with thick skin yet creamy and sweet meat. Endemic in the regions of Indonesia, India, Malaysia, Southern Philippines and Thailand, this "super fruit" is also found in Central and South America as well as in Australia. Its health benefits can be found from its bark, rind, leaves, roots, and inside meat. Today, international companies health and dietary treatment and supplements consist one way or another with extracts from this fruit.

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.

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.

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.



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