Posts Tagged ‘Exotic Fruit’

Mangosteen Fruit Benefits Extend Further Than Just the Popular Mangosteen Juice

Wednesday, May 7th, 2008
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Alien asked:


Mangosteen fruit benefits have been explored by many people around the globe in the recent years.

Whether it is the berry or the tasty mangosteen fruit juice, it hasn’t taken much persuasion for some to buy into the idea of drinking and eating your way to an improved body or immune system.

But, with all this talk about the benefits of the mangosteen berry and juice, there are plenty additional uses that the mangosteen has to offer.

Mangosteen fruit benefits aren’t exclusively attached to just the berry. Many are unaware that the rind, leaves, roots and bark can also be used to treat several different medical concerns.

Traditionally, the locals of Southeast Asia have been tapping into the benefits of the mangosteen fruit for hundreds of years.

The rind of the exotic fruit mangosteen has been used to prevent and treat a variety of infections. This part of the fruit has also been known to decrease pain and help lessen the effects of a fever.

When mangosteen is dried, the product is sliced and dried in order to create a powder that is used to treat an array of health ailments, such as dysentery.

The dried mangosteen fruit also makes an essential ingredient in ointments that have been used to treat eczema and other skin irritations.

When making a decoction, the rind becomes an important part of a remedy that can treat diarrhea, cystitis, and even the sexually transmitted disease, gonorrhea. Externally, this same decoction makes an effective astringent lotion.

In the Philippines, it is the leaves and bark attached to the mangosteen fruit that becomes an important ingredient with some of their natural treatments. Using these parts of the fruit to create a decoction can treat diarrhea, thrush, dysentery, as well as urinary disorders.

Locals in Malaya have also found ways to use the leaves in conjunction with other ingredients to prepare a remedy for the speedy healing of a circumcision. Unripe bananas and a little benzoin are added to the mangosteen leaves to create such a treatment.

The root of the mangosteen fruit tree has also been used to create a decoction that allows females in Malaya to better regulate their menstrual cycle.

It is the health benefits connected to the consumption of mangosteen juice that is often making headlines.

Depending on whom you speak to, there is a wealth of associated advantages to eating or drinking the mangosteen, including balancing out microbiology, increased mental stability, and improving joint flexibility.

The juice has been known to boost the immune system and provide individuals with a renewed sense of energy.

There are also many different things that the mangosteen is said to work against, including skin disorders, bad cholesterol, fevers, nerve pain, dementia, Parkinson’s, depression, diabetes, ulcers, tumors, aging, viruses, and inflammation.



Derek

Mangosteen Juice: The Story of the Rind

Friday, February 29th, 2008
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Corrisa Malone asked:


Mangosteen Juice fakeries and forgeries abound on the Internet. It would be fitting to break it down a little bit as to what to look for when buying mangosteen juice so you don’t get suckered.

First of all, mangosteens are a kind of exotic fruit that is grown in Southeast Asian countries, like Thailand. It has antioxidant properties that may help maintain intestinal health, strengthen the immune system, and neutralize free radicals. If that wasn’t enough, it also helps support cartilage and joint function and a healthy seasonal respiratory system.

Yes this is one heck of a fruit, which explains why so many companies are trying to do copycat imitations of mangosteen products after the original company, XanGo, successfully brought mangosteen juice to the marketplace.

Now the prime active “ingredients” in the mangosteen fruit are xanthones. This is what makes the mangosteen so potent. Xanthones are a type of phytonutrient. And in case you’re wondering what a phytonutrient is, it’s a natural, bioactive compounds found in plant foods like mangosteens.

Most of the xanthones are found in the rind of the mangosteen fruit. This is why you want a mangosteen product that has the rind in it. Good luck finding anything outside of Xango’s Mangosteen Juice.

There are a lot of products out there that claim to have the whole fruit in its composition. Most do not. When products state that they contain the whole fruit, they mean the part of fruit that is edible. The rind isn’t included in that definition which is why many companies can get away with saying that; they are deceiving people into thinking that they have the most important part of the mangosteen, the rind, in their product, in which they don’t.

The point is, if you don’t have the rind in your supplement then you are not getting the best benefit from this exotic fruit; in fact, you will get mediocre results, if any results at all.

If you have a product that has rind extracts in it, you must know that a chemical process was involved and that usually means alcohol was used.

Why would you buy a natural whole food supplement that uses chemicals to extract the nutrients? It’s illogical at best. It’s like shaving off all your hair so you can go buy a wig.

You know that doesn’t make sense, but yet people spend money on products that are manufactured that way. And the makers of these products are laughing all the way to the bank.

Look, if you’re going to plunk down your money for something, wouldn’t it be wise to get the product that is going to have the best benefit for you?

You are basically wasting your money on these inferior products. I’ve seen some of them and they’re a joke, not to mention potentially dangerous.

I seen a mangosteen juice product that looked like barbeque sauce-and I’m not exaggerating. I couldn’t figure out how a fruit that is mainly purplish red turn into a brownish thick-ish gravy-looking “liquid.” Not only that, the label for the product looked like it was made on a computer with a cheap printer. This is scary stuff!

I would suggest you be careful as to what you consume especially if it’s from a non-recognizable company.

All in all, if you want the best mangosteen juice on the market then go with the product that will give you the best bang for your buck. Don’t you think you deserve it?



Floyd