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Here’s another article from an outside source that you could find educational.  We all know that modifying our diet can have a huge impact on our ability to stop bruising easily.  Even though I’m not familiar with this particular fruit, I trust the source of the information.

There is a strong precedent for ’super foods ‘ emerging from the Southern Hemisphere.  Fruits that not just are enjoyable to eat   but also help improve our wellness, fruits with tremendous health benefits.  They have come in all shapes and sizes, from all types of countries.

A fortunate few  have proven to be able to prove their claims of health benefits, many others less so .  One of the up-to-date of such super fruits to show itself is the Mangosteen. Just Like the others, many people are saying marvelous things about how useful the Mangosteen can be for our health.  So what are the actual facts?

Mangosteen Facts

The Mangosteen is the fruit of a plant native to the Indonesia , which is why many people in the Western world are yet to hear of it .  This remoteness from Western study also explains why, till now , very few people had made statements about the health benefits of the mangosteen – as till now researchers hadn’t had a chance to research it.

Not  that it doesn’t have a ancient track record , far from it .  The health benefits of the Mangosteen have been recognized for over 1400 years.  Indigenous peoples used a dried and pulped version of the fruit and its rind to make potions and salves as long ago as 600AD

Mangosteen is a smallish fruit, approximately a similar size as a tangerine.  The rind (  pith ) of the Mangosteen is purple and greenish , whilst the inner most pulp is whitish .  This pulp is much sought after by locals as an exquisite tasting fruit.

In fact the British Queen, Victoria (1819 – 1901) is believed to have enjoyed the taste of Mangosteen so much that she offered to give knighthoods on anyone who brought her more some of the fruit , which is an example of how much it was looked upon even in Victorian Britain!

Mangosteen Health Claims

Because the Mangosteen is only just now starting to be seriously studied by scientists there is still a lot about it that we are still to   appreciate .  But initial testing and research has brought a number of apt facts about the fruit to our attention .

• The Mangosteen has more than 40 varied kinds of Xanthones in it, making it the strongest single source of Xanthones known to occur naturally .
• Xanthones are useful to our health in a many ways, not to the lowest degree acting as a strong anti-inflammatory agent, stopping or reducing swelling.  Very useful for migraine sufferers.
• Anti-oxidants .  Anti-oxidants are vital in helping us fight off free radicals – dangerous molecules that can cause cancer.  They are also of import in helping to build and strengthen our immune system to ward off various attacks.
• Illness.  Many of the impressive number of anti-oxidants found in the mangosteen are anti-virals and anti-bacteria, allowing us to be able to get over illnesses promptly, and potentially fight off an illness that you would otherwise get.

So however you select to take your mangosteen, whether in  juice, fresh or freeze-dried supplement form you should now know exactly what it is that you are putting into your body.