The Super Summer fruit

Mango is called "The King of fruits" due to its sweetness and richness in phytochemicals and nutrients. It is praised as "heavenly fruit" in Vedas. It is also known as "Super fruit" due to its potential health values.

Origin and Distribution: The mango is indigenous to India. It has been cultivated here for over 4000 years. Alexander and his army were the first Europeans who saw mango fruit in India in 327 B.C

Nutritional values:
Mangoes are an ideal Summer food as they are high in many carotenoids, especially Beta-carotene. Beta-Carotene not only has a protective effect against the harmful rays of the sun.
but also is a very rich antioxidant (445 µg/100 g fruit). Along with Vitamins A, C & E, mangoes contain B-complex (anti-stress) vitamins, magnesium, potassium, phosphorus, selenium, Folic acid (folate), calcium and zinc. Mango peel and pulp also contain carotenoids, polyphenols, and antioxidents.
These are very low in Saturated Fat, Cholesterol and Sodium. Plus are a good source of dietary fiber. They also contain some protein and amino acids.

Natural benefits of Unripe Mango:

• Eating raw mango with salt quenches thirst and prevents the excessive loss of sodium chloride and iron during summer due to excessive sweating.
• Unripe mangoes are an excellent fruit remedy for bilious disorders. The acids contained in the green mango increase the secretion of bile and act as intestinal antiseptic. Therefore, eating green mango daily with honey and pepper cures biliousness, food putrefaction, urticaria and jaundice. It tones up the liver and keeps it healthy.
• It is valuable in blood disorders because of its high vitamin C content. It increases the elasticity of the blood vessels and helps the formation of new blood cells. It aids the absorption of food-iron and prevents bleeding tendencies. It increases body resistance against tuberculosis, anemia, cholera and dysentery.
• The amchur is valuable in the treatment of scurvy.

Natural benefits of ripe Mango :

• Eating mangoes liberally will also prevent development of refractive errors, dryness of the eyes, softening of the cornea, itching and burning in the eyes.
• Liberal use of mangoes during the season contributes towards formation of healthy epithelium, thereby preventing frequent attacks of common infections such as colds rhinitis and sinusitis.
• The mango-milk cure is an ideal for increasing of weight
• An infusion is prepared from fresh leaves by soaking them overnight in water and squeezing them well in water before filtering it in the morning. This infused water should be taken every morning to control early diabetes.

Precaution:Unripe mangoes should not be eaten in-excess. Their excessive intake may cause throat irritation, indigestion, dysentery and abdominal colic. One should, therefore, not consume more than one or two green mangoes daily. Water should not be drunk immediately after eating the green mango because it coagulates the sap and makes it more irritant.