Mangos health benefits include heart health, anemia prevention; detoxing and healthy skin. Mangos have been used for centuries as medicine and food. The mango fruit contains vitamins A, C and D along with beta-carotene.
In Unani medicine, mangos
are used to remove toxins, treat anemia, and heal the nervous system.
Ayurvedic medicine uses
the dried mango flowers to treat diarrhea, dysentery, as well as urinary tract
infections (UTI). Mango leaves, seeds, roots, bark, as well as the fruit all
contain healthy nutrients, especially the phenolic acids, flavonoids like
catechin, and the xanthone mangiferin. Mango has a high ORAC score because of
the presence of natural antioxidants found in Mango. While the high iron count
in mangos treats anemia, mango pulp is added to facial products because of its
ability to prevent acne by cleaning pores.
Healing the heart with mangiferin and mango polyphenols
Research
has shown that mangiferin can improve heart. This nutrient from the mango tree
can lower blood sugar and lipid levels. Mangiferin is a mild diuretic. There is
some evidence that mangiferin also acts to prevent tumor growths in some
cancers. The OREC rating for the mango fruit is 4500 umole TE/g. This denotes
the amount of antioxidants per gram.