Health tips: Mango fruit and its health benefits



Mango is a juicy stone fruit produced from numerous species of tropical trees belonging to the flowering plant genus Mangifera, cultivated mostly for their edible fruit.

The mango has the amino acids which are necessary for human health. The fruit also has useful properties due to the presence of carotenoids, which is why the pulp has a peculiar color.

Its rich mineral composition lets using the fruit for the treatment of different diseases. Eating mango helps relieve depression, nervous tension, and stress.

The immature form of the fruits is consumed with honey against chronic dyspepsia, dysentery, constipation, hemorrhoids, and bile stasis.

Speaking of ripe fruits, they are very rich in pro-vitamin A. So they should be included in the diet of people who suffer from the night blindness and several eye diseases.

The undoubted advantage of this product is its ability to slow the cancer-related progression of the genitourinary and also reproductive systems.

The combination of B vitamins, carotene, and ascorbic acid, allows the mango to get in the list of the best natural medicines for colds and different diseases.

It enhances immunity, prevents the effects of free radicals act as antioxidants.

We should also mention the benefits of mango for dieters. A low calorie of this fruit allowed nutritionists to develop a method of losing weight based this fruit and milk. A lot of nutritionists recommend including mango in your menu for weight loss because it has no more than 70 kcal, and when it is combined with milk, it turns into a surprisingly tasty and healthy for the stomach and intestines dessert.


In cosmetology its juicy pulp is used for making household masks: it moisturizes, reduces wrinkles, nourishes the skin, and removes ‘black spots’. The Indian fruit is a true helper for feminine beauty: moisturizing mask with mango is recommended for the face, hands, and hair. And for the very busy beauties can advise a simple but effective recipe: wipe your clean face with a freshly cut mango crust, wash off juice with water after 15 minutes. Such a fruit mask moisturizes and softens tired skin.

In the hot countries, this fruit is considered one of the most effective treatments for the cardiovascular disease. Oriental Medicine recommends using it to get rid of the plague and cholera. There are also health benefits of mango leaves - people prepared medicinal teas to normalize blood sugar levels and activity of the pancreas using them. Herbal infusion restores sight, the condition of blood vessels with varicose veins and multiple skin hemorrhages.

During pregnancy, mango is also useful, but in moderate amount! After all, it has some diuretic and laxative properties. It is able to eliminate heartburn and normalize digestion. Press the fruit juice and you will get an effective tool for the treatment of skin dermatitis and diseases of the respiratory system (bronchitis, asthma, pneumonia, etc.).

Mango is traditionally used as an aphrodisiac. It increases sexual desire and enhances sexual function, so salads and light meals with mango is a wonderful component of a romantic evening.

There is an interesting theory that a lot of the most useful products work for those organs to which they are similar. Mango (along with avocado and some other fruits) reminds the female reproductive organs, not by chance it has long been considered as ‘women's’ product. It is especially recommended for the ladies during menstruation, especially when the body needs iron.