What is a Mangosteen Good for?
March 12, 2009 by Oliver Tyler
Filed under Diet
There is a tropical evergreen tree that grows throughout southeast Asia commonly now, but is believed to have originated in the Sundra Islands and the Moluccas of Indonesia. This tree grows as tall as 80 feet and produces a purple fruit that is famously edible. Some compare the taste that of a sweet peach mixed with apricot. Depending on the crop and the area it is found in it can have a tangy or a very sweet taste. This purple fruit, called a mangosteen, is supposed to have some of the world’s most impressive healing properties.
There are many ’superfruits’ being talked about today. Mangosteen is at the top of the list, however the nutritional value of this fruit doesn’t at first appear to match up to what some health officials determine to be a superfruit. It contains 18 grams of carbohydrates, 1.8 grams of diet fiber, .6 grams…
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