“The king of the fruits," mango fruit is one of the most popular, nutritionally rich fruits with unique flavor, fragrance, taste, and heath promoting qualities, making it numero-uno among new functional foods, often labeled as “super fruits."
Mango is one of the delicious seasonal fruits grown in the tropics. The tree is believed to be originating in the sub-Himalayan plains of the Indian subcontinent. Botanically, this exotic fruit belongs to the family of Anacardiaceae, a family that also includes numerous species of tropical fruiting trees in the flowering plants such as cashew, pistachio.
- Health benefits of Mango fruit
Mango fruit is rich in pre-biotic dietary fiber, vitamins, minerals, and poly-phenolic flavonoid antioxidant compounds.
According to new research study, mango fruit has been found to protect from colon, breast, leukemia and prostate cancers. Several trial studies suggest that polyphenolic antioxidant compounds in mango are known to offer protection against breast and colon cancers.
Mango fruit is an excellent source of Vitamin-A and flavonoids like β-carotene, α-carotene, and β-cryptoxanthin. 100 g of fresh fruit provides 765 IU or 25% of recommended daily levels of vitamin-A. Together; these compounds have been known to have antioxidant properties and are essential for vision. Vitamin-A also required for maintaining healthy mucosa and skin. Consumption of natural fruits rich in carotenes is known to protect from lung and oral cavity cancers.
Fresh mango is a good source of potassium. 100 g fruit provides 156 mg of potassium while just 2 mg of sodium. Potassium is an important component of cell and body fluids that helps controlling heart rate and blood pressure.
It is also an excellent source of vitamin-B6 (pyridoxine), vitamin-C and vitamin-E. Consumption of foods rich in vitamin-C helps the body develop resistance against infectious agents as well as scavenge harmful oxygen-free radicals. Vitamin B-6 or pyridoxine required for GABA hormone production within the brain. It also controls homocysteine levels within the blood, which may otherwise be harmful to blood vessels resulting in coronary artery disease (CAD), and stroke.
• Facts About Mango
Tropical climate, with its long dry season suits mango even though there are isolated cases of the fruit being grown successfully in Europe. It is seasonal fruit that is believed to be originating from the sub-Himalayas. Some documents indicate that mango was around 4000 or more years ago!
"The king of the fruit" by all means deserves the title. Mango is nutritionally rich fruit with an incredible fragrance, flavor, sweetness levels, texture and taste that tends to capture taste buds of even the most choosy and prominent flavor seekers. Flavor is pleasant and rich: the fruit tastes sweet but the high water content is providing the balancing act. Quality mango fruit features sweetness and creaminess with good balance of water and fibrous content. With such versatility, mango is a perfect addition to fruit creams, raw ice creams, nut yogurts, raw desserts, raw chocolates, fruit and other salads as well as smoothies, breakfast muesli and shakes. This is not where the story ends. This is where it actually begins.
• Mango For Health
Mango contains an incredible array of health building nutrients. It is rich in B vitamins. Anti-oxidant vitamins A and C are present in remarkable quantities. Alkaline minerals such as potassium and magnesium are found in mangoes, so are copper and iron. Being rich in iron, mango is suitable for individuals with iron deficiencies, such as anemia.
Mango is an alkaline fruit that is rich in organic water, numerous other anti-oxidants and phyto hormones, dietary fiber and so on.
Valuable anti-oxidant vitamins such as vitamin A, C alongside remarkable phyto nutrients content attribute to considerable free radicals fighting and anti cancer properties.
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