TROPICAL TASTE FOR INTERNATIONAL BENEFITS

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TROPICAL TASTE FOR INTERNATIONAL BENEFITS

One of the most popular tropical fruits in Indonesia is Mangosteen. This fruit is also called “The Queen of All Fruits” because it has many benefits for all people in the world. Mangosteen comes from genus Garcinia mangostana. It can grow up 600 m above the sea surface at 22-32 degree celicius. To produce fruit, mangosteen needs 7-10 years after being planted. This fruit comes from Sunda Island. You know what? The taste of this fruit is very delicious, fresh, and addictive. Not only about the taste but also this fruit has many benefits for our health. Are you curious to know? Okay, let’s see!

Generally, mangosteen has an oval shape, reddish-purple colour, hard rind, green calyces on the top, and flower shape in the bottom part of the fruit. The taste of its edible flesh is tangy and sweet. The textures of the flesh are soft and fibrous. It also contains vitamin C and Xanthonoid.

The most interesting thing that makes mangosteen unique is the flower shape in the bottom part of the fruit which looks like star sign on the phone keypad. You can predict the edible flesh by counting the flower shape. If there are four spaces so, there will be four fleshes too. Therefore, if you want mangosteen which has many fleshes, you can see and count it from its star sign.

Based on www.wikipedia.com, mangosteen is rich of Xhanthonoid and vitamin C. Vitamin C and Xanthonoid are required by our body. “Xanthonoid” seems like poison but exactly it is the main thing that makes mangosteen is very useful for our health. We can find Xanthonoid from the rind of mangosteen.

Many scientists have examined and made a research for mangosteen. The result is mangosteen, especially Xanthonoid has many benefits for our body especially for preventing or curing us from desease. The benefits are:

1.      Preventing and decreasing risk from cancer, heart attack, diabetes.

2.      Decreasing cholesterol.

3.      Giving a solution for someone who has obesity.

4.      Preventing from catarac.

5.      Having anti-oxidant properties.

6.      Avoiding from free radical.

7.      Strengthening the immunity.

8.      Preventing from leukimia.

So, how to proccess mangosteen become a medicine for us? It is very easy, we can process the rind by making it into juice. First, we dry the rind until it feels harsh. Then, we crush it until turns into smooth powder. Last, mix the powder with some water and drink it. If it tastes too bitter, we can add honey to subtitute sugar and if we drink it daily, the risk of the disease will be decreased than before.

From the text that has descripted, we know that mangosteen is a unique fruit, has a good taste, and has many benefits inside although it is just a tropical fruit. Therefore, we can conclude that eating mangosteen is such a great measure. We do not need to pay a lot of money to get a healthy life. We only need to consume and process this fruit.