Health benefits of Mangosteen

Modern Science Agrees With Traditional Asian Healing

Centuries of Mangosteen use has helped Southeast Asians maintain or regain their health and cure their diseases. Traditional Asian healers use the fruit to stop infection, treat inflammation, and increase one's energy, among others.

Modern scientists and a growing number of health practitioners now agree on the medical benefits of Mangosteen. They have found that the fruit is helpful in preventing and possibly even stopping a wide range of diseases such as diabetes, heart disease, Alzheimer's disease, cancer and other chronic diseases.

Those who have taken the time to do their own research on the validity of each health benefit of Mangosteen will find that there is real and solid science behind the "Queen of Fruits", so-called because of Queen Victoria's reported preferrence for this exotic fruit centuries ago.

Xanthones in Mangosteen

Our immune system tries to keep trillions of cells in our bodies protected from disease-causing toxins, free radicals, viruses, bacteria, fungi and other harmful agents.

At times, though, our immune system gets overwhelmed. Our bodies get sick, often because of free radical damage.

A free radical is an unstable atom with an unpaired electron. When a free radical comes in contact with a stable atom, it steals the electron it needs from the stable atom. This leaves the once stable atom irreparably damaged and prone to succumb to disease.

Antioxidants counteract free radicals. They have an extra electron that they can share with free radicals. Because of this ability, they are able to prevent free radicals from attacking healthy atoms or cells.

Mangosteen contains powerful antioxidants and immune system boosters called Xanthones, natural chemical compounds which were proven to possess a variety of potent medicinal properties.

Xanthones occupy a special place in the Mangosteen's arsenal of healing compounds. They have been shown to have more potent antioxidant activity than vitamin E, one of nature's most powerful known antioxidants.

A laboratory test known as ORAC (Oxygen Radical Absorbance Capacity), for example, showed that an ounce of Mangosteen juice provides 20 to 30 times more capacity to absorb free radicals than an ounce of most fruits and vegetables.

Mangosteen’s Other Natural Compounds

Mangosteen also contains other potent natural compounds like catechins, polysaccharides, quinones, stilbenes and polyphenols.

Catechins were discovered to be five times more potent as antioxidants than vitamin C.

Polysaccharides are highly potent anti-cancer and anti-bacterial plant compounds. They help block a mutated cell's ability to stick to healthy cells to help stop the spread of cancer, and are specially effective against intracellular bacteria.

Quinones are known for their anti-bacterial properties and also are strong oxidants.

Stilbenes in plants defend these plants against fungi. Interestingly, stilbenes also maintain their anti-fungal properties even when ingested. They also are strong antioxidants.

Polyphenols were found to be far more more potent as antioxidants than vitamin E, considered one of the most powerful known antioxidants.

Long List of Mangosteen Healing Properties

To sum it all up, here's a partial list of the 200-plus, mind-boggling Mangosteen medicinal benefits and properties from the catalog of prominent ethnobotanist, Dr. James Duke.

• Anti-aging - helps prevent aging

• Anti-allergenic - helps prevent allergic reactions

• Anti-arthritic – helps prevent arthritis

• Anti-atherosclerotic - helps prevent the hardening of the arteries

• Antibiotic - prevents or modulates bacterial infections

• Anti-calculitic - helps prevent kidney stones

• Anti-cataract - helps prevent cataracts

• Antidepressant – helps with depression

• Anti-diarrheal – helps with diarrhea

• Anti-fatigue - helps relieve fatigue

• Antifungal - prevents or modulates fungal infections

• Anti-glaucomic - helps prevent glaucoma

• Anti-Inflammatory – helps with inflammation

• Anti-lipidemic - helps lower blood fat

• Anti-neuralgic - helps in nerve pain

• Anti-obesity - helps in weight loss

• Anti-osteoporosis - helps prevent the loss of bone mass

• Antioxidant-rich – rich in antioxidants

• Anti-oxolytic - anti-anxiety

• Anti-Parkinson – helps with Parkinson's disease

• Anti-periodontic - helps prevent gum disease

• Antipyretic - helps lower fever

• Anti-tumor and cancer-preventive

• Anti-vertigo - helps prevent dizziness

• Antiviral - prevents or modulates viral infections

• Cardio-protective - helps in the protection of the heart

• Hypoglycemic - helps stabilize blood sugar

• Hypotensive - helps lower blood pressure

• Immunostimulant – helps the immune system fight infection

This exotic fruit, used in traditional medicine for centuries, contains some of the most potent antioxidant, anti-inflammatory, antiviral, antibacterial and anti-fungal compounds in nature.

Independent scientific research studies and clinical experience all show the remarkable health benefits of Mangosteen.

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