The Health Benefits Of Mangosteen In Promoting Natural Wellness

By David Bruckner


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'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.

Another useful content is its natural production of polyphenols, a powerful antioxidant. In the medical realm, polyphenols are noted to be a hundred times more powerful than vitamin E and carotenoids as well as ten times more potent than vitamin C. This means it has a more powerful capability to fight free radicals that cause cancer, diabetes, heart diseases, high blood pressure and threats to the immune system.

Its anti-inflammatory properties hold true in treating chronic diseases like rheumatoid arthritis and Crohn's disease. Certain skin conditions like eczema and psoriasis have also been clinically studied to back-up this claim. Juice extracted from the fruit is renowned in decreasing cellular inflammation and in alleviating pain.

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.

In all these, however, the health benefits of Mangosteen lay on its clout in the weight loss and anti-aging market. Its powerful phytonutrients and antioxidants aid in boosting metabolic prowess especially in partnership with physical activities. Most anti-aging creams, pills and lotions and weight loss supplements whether in tablet or liquid form are being developed by multi-national firms to provide man a chance to enhance healthy living.




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