MangosTEEN Angst - Summer Fruits week

This plant is known as the coolest of the cool, which is totally unlike our awful teen angst pun. It is extremely great for use during the summer whether you just eat the fruit straight up or making a tea even! Known as the way to cool you and expel excess heat in yang through better expressing yin energy. Also known as the Queen of fruits while Durian is the king; this relatively less famous fruit can actually be considered a superfood.

Mangosteen has many benefits according to Chinese Medicine and eastern tradition, where the forces of “Yin” and “Yang” affect every thing in the universe through their energy. In order to balance your health you must balance these two in harmony. Mangosteen is considered as yin or a cooling food/fruit. As a result, foods like this which can be commonly found in summer based fruits prevent stress and over-oxidation as well. As with all Traditional Chinese Medicine, it is all about supporting your body through natural ways as mangosteen does have many anti-oxidant properties. Not only that but it also can help you fight against inflammation, and many other stress related causes. These are backed up not just by Eastern based medicines but Western as well while benefits may include:

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Benefits:

• Great source of anti-oxidants and vitamins

• Menstrual aid such as better regulation

• Helps with your blood pressure and heart health via potassium, copper, manganese , etc

• Boosts immunity due to high vitamin c amounts

• anti-inflammatory

• Can aid with weight loss and skin health!

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With so many benefits you should try the queen of fruits soon! With such a unique taste we actually recommend making either a tea with it or eating it straight up. Due to its unique taste it is rather difficult to bake with it although there are some recipes out there. We hope you try it sometime soon with us at San Living!