What is a Mangosteen?

Mangosteen or scientifically known as Garcinia Mangostana is a fruit that mainly grows in most tropical areas in the globe. The fruit has a sweet tangy taste and is also sweet and fibrous. The edible part of the fruit which is the inner flesh is has a nice smell and a good taste to it. The fruit has an inedible outer skin which has a bright reddish-purple colour to it. The Outer skin is very bitter and hard however the outer part of the mangosteen has benefits of its own to one’s health.

What are the benefits to health does this fruit have?

This fruit has a large number of medicinal properties. Firstly, the fruit is a fruit that has the properties to as the fruit has something called xanthone located in the pericarps of the fruit. This nutrient that is found on the outer skin of the mangosteen fruit has the property to stop the growth of leukemia cells in the human body. This outer part can be consumed by making the outer skin into making the outer part of the mangosteen into a tea. The inner sweet tangy part of the plant however has its own benefits to the human body. The fruit can help a person to maintain a regular blood sugar level in other word the fruits can lessen the chance of a person to be diagnosed with diabetes. The fruit can also provide effective weight loss if the fruit is consumed in the diet.

Did you know?

The fruit’s Xanthones are a great agent to prevent cancer. The fruit was known to contain 20 known Xanthones. Xanthones is considered to be a natural chemopreventive agent and it has potential to become an anticancer drug.