Mangosteen Juice

Mangosteen juice from the Mangosteen fruit Garcinia mangostana, also known as The Queen of Fruits or Food of The Gods, has been much acclaimed for its health benefits by supporters of its use as a supplement but has also been written off by some as another fad or just expensive juice by its critics that is no better than eating fresh fruits.   Mangosteen juice is not proposed by its supporters as an alternative to a well balanced diet that includes a variety of vegetables, fruits, protein and carbohydrates. The purpose of consuming mangosteen juice is as a food supplement to obtain properties that are not available in any other food consumed by humans. Those unique and specific properties being a range of Xanthones and antioxidants.

If you do not already know what Mangosteen is a little background information is provided here for your benefit? Mangosteen is a distinctive purple fruit that has been used for centuries by local healers in parts of South Asia, such as the Philippines and Thailand where the fruit is native. Healers in Asia have traditionally used the whole fruit as a healing aid and supplement in teas and various other applications for more than 1,000 years. The whole fruit including the rind is only available in very specific preparations of Mangosteen juice and is where the benefit lays. It is the rind that is the important part of the fruit as this is where the 43 xanthones are to be found.  The formula for Mangosteen juice is the concentrated whole fruit that has been prepared to retain the combination of active phytonutrients, xanthones and antioxidants.

The use of Mangosteen and Mangosteen juice was discovered by European explorers who brought back their observations to the western parts of the world. Since then and more particularly in the last 30 years scientific testing has been carried out to try to understand how consuming the whole fruit interacts with the human body. The scientific community has no definitive conclusions about which of the elements acts on what but it has been found that certain of the phytonutrients, Xanthones and other elements have effects when isolated and tested. The ultimate impartial conclusion drawn from testing is that the active effects are from the combination of all of the elements in the whole fruit in particular the rind. The effects from this combination act to remove impurities cleansing and protecting the body.  Click here for further research results. Used as part of a regular regime the effects of properly prepared Mangosteen juice on skin conditions, and many ailments including serious disease and some cancers is profoundly significant.

Further, and more importantly, many of the supporters of Mangosteen juice are Medical Doctors and Practitioners who have trialled particular brands of Mangosteen juice in their own practices with patients of their own. There have been significant positive results in certain conditions, illnesses and serious conditions such as colon cancer and diabetes with positive influences on other conditions.  Click here for further research on mangosteen.

It is also clear that the method used to prepare the Mangosteen juice is highly significant. The rind is particularly bitter tasting and is only palatable when mixed with other fruit juices. Many Mangosteen products available do not contain the whole fruit or are not prepared effectively.  The fruit may be found at local grocers but as it is not indigenous to the west and cannot grow outside of specific sub-tropic climates it is likely to be old and consequently will have lost most of its potency as all fruit degenerates within a week after it is picked. Preparation of Mangosteen juice was learned by healers from other healers who knew how to prepare the fruit and its rind in various ways to fit as specific purpose.  Now Mangosteen juice is becoming available from just one or two producers who have discovered how to prepare the fruit correctly to maximise and preserve its active ingredients so that it can be shipped to the parts of the world where the fruit cannot be grown.

Results from research favour supplementing your diet with Mangosteen juice recommended for at least 30 days to feel the benefits as the effects of the phytonutrients, antioxidants and xanthones are cummulative and take time to build up.