Mangosteen (Garcinia mangostana)

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Mangosteen - the fruit of many secrets.

The fast pace of life, stress, poor eating habits, reduced physical activity and lack of time are factors that characterize life in the modern world. These factors are also a common cause of health problems. More and more people are turning to nature in order to improve their quality of life and feel better. Many plants are famous for their beneficial effects on health. Among them is also the exotic mangosteen, a mandarin-like fruit that is famous not only for its excellent taste, but also for its many beneficial effects on health.

Juicy and healthy fruit

Mangosteen (Garcinia mangostana) is a plant that originated in Southeast Asia, specifically Malaysia. It is a tropical evergreen tree that grows up to 25 meters in height and bears fruits that resemble a larger mandarin in size. The ripe fruits have a characteristic red-purple peel and a snow-white core. Mangosteen is juicy and has a sweet taste similar to a mixture of strawberry, peach and vanilla.

Not only because of its excellent taste, but also because of its many beneficial effects on health, mangosteen is famous in its homeland as the king of fruits, and in the Caribbean even as the fruit of the gods. Although it has been used in the folk medicine of Southeast Asia since 600, it is still almost unknown in Europe.

Mangosteen contains a wealth of beneficial substances

Mangosteen contains many vitamins and minerals. These include B vitamins, vitamin C, potassium, phosphorus, calcium and iron, as well as a number of biologically active substances such as antioxidants, flavonoids, catechins, quinones and polysaccharides. Mangosteen occupies a special place among fruits thanks to xanthones. Xanthones are one of the most powerful antioxidants contained in only afew plants. We know about 200 different xanthones, and mangosteen contains as many as 50.

Consumption of xanthones contributes to healthy blood vessels, protects the heart, lowers blood pressure and cholesterol levels. Xanthones in mangosteen are mostly in its shell, so it is important that the dietary supplement with mangosteen contains the shell in addition to its core. Thanks to its high content of antioxidants and other important nutrients, mangosteen helps prevent many diseases, as well as alleviate pre-existing health problems. It protects the stomach and gastrointestinal tract, relieves problems with reflux, gastritis, hernia, urological inflammation, arthritis and muscle pain.

It also has an antihistamine effect and thus alleviates the symptoms of allergies, and at the same time has an antifungal effect, as xanthones inhibit the growth of many fungi and bacteria. Among other things, studies show that mangosteen is even more effective than some drugs in fighting fungi such as candida.Mangosteen is also popular as a fruit that helps in losing extra pounds and maintaining a suitable body weight as it regulates appetite and melts fat. At the same time, mangosteen increases the effectiveness of insulin, so it will also benefit those who have problems with high blood sugar.Mangosteen not only has a beneficial effect on physical well-being, but also improves emotional mood. It regulates the level of cortisol in the body, so its consumption contributes to better well-being and more energy.

Mangosteen can be sold in the form of juice, to which, due to the bitter peel, flavor enhancers are added, and due to the longer shelf life, preservatives are often added. However, dried and ground whole fruit without additives can be eaten, which is the most natural way for it to work most effectively.

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Ovo sam videla na klipovima samo, neka plantaza je bila u pitanju, imam zelju da probam ali za sad kod nas nema u kupovini, nadam se da ce neko uskoro doneti.

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4 years ago

Mangostin (Mangosteen) je tropsko drvo za koje se predpostavlja da je sa Sunda Islands i Moluccas. Raste od 7 do 25m visine. Radja plodove koji dobijaju crvenkastu boju kada sazre, a meso im je slatko, kremasto, citrusnih i aroma sočne breskve. U bliskom je srodstvu sa button mangosteen i lemondrop mangosteen, i nije ni u kakvoj vezi sa mangom.

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4 years ago

Mangostin, ete vo Malezija bilo kral na ovosjeto, so eden kup vitamini koi gi sodrzi vo sebe i so mnogu blagodeti za zdravjeto dokolku se koristi. Ne sum go probala do sega, ne sum sigurna dali go ima vo prodazba kaj nas, no mislam deka sum go videla. Utre kje proveram, i dokolku go ima, a i cenata odgovara kje go probam.

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Nisam imala do sada prilike ni da vidim, a kamo li da probam ovo egzoticno voce. Nadam se da ce mi se pruziti prilika i za to.

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4 years ago

nisam ni ja..

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IF YOU’VE NEVER tasted a mangosteen, then you’ve never tasted the most exquisite fruit of the tropics. And that's not just one opinion, it's the consensus of farmers, explorers, and royalty going back centuries.

European colonists stumbled upon the small purple tree fruit in Southeast Asia, where they found it to be a delicious mix of lychee, peach, strawberry, and pineapple flavors. The fruit spoiled so fast that someone started the rumor around 1890 that Queen Victoria would grant knighthood to anyone who brought her one. It was, whether true or not, enough to earn the mangosteen the widely-accepted title as "the queen of fruits."

The mangosteen has a rather illustrious history for a fruit that most Americans have never heard of. And why is that? You would think that the trappings of the 21st century—air travel, industrial fertilizer, climate control—would be the keys to taking this tropical fruit global. And yet, not only would you be wrong, but you'd be wading into the complex world of fruit logistics that says as much about the mangosteen as it does about us.

In 2006, the New York Times reported on the difficult process of growing mangosteens in the U.S., or anywhere outside of the warm and well-watered belt of the tropics where the fruit is native. The story’s writer, David Karp, talked to Ian Crown, who was at the time America’s leading mangosteen grower (because he was America’s only mangosteen grower). Back then, Crown’s company, Panoramic Fruit Company, was on the verge of harvesting his first 200 pounds of mangosteens in Puerto Rico to sell in U.S. markets, and from there, increasing “exponentially.” Here was a man, Karp wrote, finally realizing the long elusive dream of bringing fresh mangosteens to North America.

I had no idea how long that dream had been around. In fact, until about three years ago, I had never even heard of a mangosteen. (Like anyone, I initially assumed it was a cousin of the mango with a slightly different name for some Ellis Island-like reason no one could remember). It wasn’t until I started digging into the journals and diaries of David Fairchild, a 19th and 20th century food explorer for the U.S. Department of Agriculture, that I realized the mangosteen was nothing like a mango. It’s small, about the size of a fist, with a deep purple and leathery skin that hides about six to eight white and slimy wedges.

As part of his work for the USDA, Fairchild traveled to dozens of countries at a time when the U.S. had few native crops of its own in hopes of finding new ones to bring back. And amid the thousands of plants he officially introduced to the U.S.—avocados, nectarines, dates, pistachios, Egyptian cotton—he called the mangosteen his favorite.

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4 years ago

iako sam probao svasta od egzoticnog voca, ovo nisam imao prilike do sada videti uzivo i svakako me zanima da ga isprobam

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4 years ago

probaj...i još je zdravo

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4 years ago

prvič vidim

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4 years ago

draga probaj....sej prodajajo sok

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4 years ago

This is the first time I've heard of this fruit, it's probably very expensive, I haven't even seen it in grocery stores, big stores.

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4 years ago

Egzotika. Mogu samo zamisliti koliko košta ova flaša cijeđenog soka sa slike. Ma najbolji je Fructal.

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4 years ago

punoooooo......da Fructal ti je ok

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4 years ago

Just amazeing dear

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4 years ago

Thank you

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