Now that the weather is finally turning warmer, you might be thinking about lightening up and cutting back on calories. One of the easiest — and healthiest — ways to do that is to substitute one of your daily meals with a yummy smoothie made from fresh whole foods. It’s quick and easy to make, satisfying, healthy and delicious!
A whole foods diet—fruits, vegetables and whole grains—provides you with the richest source of nutrients essential to feel young and healthy until you are 100 or more. Read the rest of this entry »
The FDA (Federal Drug Administration) is up to their old tricks again. They want to make compounding medicine and bio-identical hormones (BHRT) illegal. They have already taken aggressive action against compounding pharmacies around the country.
What does this mean? Read the rest of this entry »
In my last post, I mentioned the brand new Xango Goodness Meal Pack program, but I neglected to include the video about it.
I hope you’ll take a close look at this fabulous program, because it is going to help starving kids in places like the Sudan, Uruguay and other poverty ravaged countries.It’s mind-boggling to be living in this modern world with every imaginable advantage, and yet know that children are starving to death. Can you imagine how painful it must be to literally starve to death!?
What’s worse is that there’s not much hope for these little guys unless we step up to the plate to help.
No one on this planet should EVER go hungry! Gad, most of us think we’re dying if we don’t get 2 or 3 meals a day!
The Xango Goodness Meal Pack program gives each and every one of us an opportunity to help in a very basic and easy way… and I’m truly excited about that! What about you?
If you can find it in your heart to help feed a few children, contact me at kerri {at} mangosteenblogger {dot} com.
One meal pack feeds 50 starving kids. Why wouldn’t you!?
Contrary to common belief, mangosteen fruit is not related to the mango.
Its botanical name is Garcinia mangostana and if you’ve never heard of or tasted mangosteen fruit, you’re in for a taste treat.
The mangosteen is primarily grown in Southeast Asia. This exotic fruit is pretty, absolutely delicious, and packed full of xanthones and other phytonutrients that have shown some very impressive health benefits.
Mangosteen is…
- found mainly in Southeast Asia and other tropical regions
- roughly the size of a tangerine—about 2-3 inches in diameter
- often called the Queen of Fruits (Queen Victoria gave knighthood to anyone who brought it to her)
- has a bitter, purplish rind packed with xanthones and other phytonutrients
- has a beautiful, white pulp with 4-8 segments of pure taste-bud bliss
Although the mangosteen has been touted for its incredibly delicious flavor, it has also been suggested that use of the whole mangosteen fruit can promote good health.
In fact, the whole mangosteen fruit — especially the xanthone-packed rind — has been used to treat a variety of health conditions for centuries. As early as 600 AD, scribes in Southeast Asia recorded the use of the mangosteen as a general remedy and healing agent.
Healers sliced and dried the rind of the mangosteen, then ground it into a powder and administered it as an herbal preparation. The mangosteen rind was also steeped in water overnight and taken as a tea. Yet another use of the mangosteen rind was to make an ointment and apply it externally as a lotion.
It was through these popular uses that the benefits of mangosteen were passed down through generations and several scientists and explorers took note.
When Europeans explored Southeast Asia, folklore related to the mangosteen began to spread to Western culture.
Now this delicious and beneficial fruit can be found in a healthful beverage called XanGo® Juice!
How Does Mangosteen Grow?
The fruit grows on small evergreen trees, and Mangosteen farmers harvest bi-annually. The tree is in the same plant family as St. John’s Wart, a common herbal supplement.
The mangosteen tree is…
- short, thick and leathery evergreen leaves
- grows 20-80 feet tall
- first fruit harvest takes place 10-20 years after planting
- average lifetime yield of full-grown tree is 500
- some trees provide ripe mangosteen fruit up to 100 years
Because the mangosteen tree can’t tolerate temperatures below 40°F or above 100°F, it only grows in tropical climates.
