Mangosteen Fruit - The Queen of the Fruits is a Dog
Thursday, December 10th, 2009 Subscribe To Our Feed
Author: F Fleming B.Sc.Pharm, M.H
Have you observed lately when you browse a health ezine that there is some novel exotic food being trumpeted as the “New Super Food”? We are often being bombarded with new information and assertions. From all kinds of foreign foods to green teas how do we know what items have some good medicinal qualities?
I want to talk about a fruit that I’ve recently been introduced to called Mangosteen. Mangosteen fruit has been grown since the beginning of mankind in the eastern world although it has only recently been made known in the western world. Introduction of Mangosteen fruit to the vast western world brought with it the name “Queen of Fruits”
Mangosteen fruit, commonly referred to as Xango, began it’s existence in Southern Asia. This location is where Mangosteen fruit is usually grown. The fruit grows on Asian tropical evergreen trees where the weather is relatively warm, does not thrive in very cold temperatures and grows at a very slow pace. When these trees are somewhere around ten years old they begin to produce little purplish fruits which bear no relation to the Mango. In Asia, Mangosteen fruit is noted as the “Queen of Fruits” owing to its delicate taste and fragrance
The “Claim to Fame” for Mangosteen fruit comes as a plentiful source of xanthones. These are phenolic compounds having potent antioxidant properties. Most people are unaware that most of the xanthones are located in the rind and outer shell, not in the fruit itself. Slick selling has promoted this exotic fruit for sale in the form of juices at ridiculous prices. On the internet I discovered Mangosteen juice for sale at $35.00 for a 750ml bottle. In a health food store I couldn’t believe it when I saw 1 liter of Mangosteen juice for sale at $50.00. Are these prices justified?
Wikipedia advises that when Mangosteen was tested for nutrient content, antioxidant strength and potential impact for lessening the risk against human disorders it was determined that the overall nutrient content was absent of important content.
I am very leery of any food items arriving from China. There is a recall on toddler’s toys due to lead contamination, milk products have been contaminated with melamine which is a known toxin that has poisoned thousands of children while chickens, being fed melamine, and their eggs are likewise contaminated.
A recent article in The National Geographic magazine informs us about the Yellow River in China being so highly polluted that the water is not usable. Thousands of villagers are dying of cancer and other terminal illnesses because they use the water from the Yellow River. Equipped with this information I must then invite some questions:
- If Mangosteen fruit is imported from China what are the dirt conditions like in the location it is being grown?
- What water sources are feeding this produce and how seriously are they contaminated?
- What toxins are we putting inside our bodies when we buy these exotic products?
We tend to forget our own superfoods produced right here in our own backyards. Enjoy blueberries, black cherries, concord grape juice, blackberries and cranberries. All of these have been proven to contain plentiful antioxidant properties while they decrease the risk against some human diseases. We can obtain these tasty foods certified organic which means we know that no pesticides have been used.
While you can obtain our own homegrown foods, for your family, at a fraction of the price of Mangosteen juice you can also rest easier with the certainty of quality coming from our own certified organic farming. My money and my families health remains with our own superfoods!
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