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Todays  Health Article

March 30th, 2011

TODAY,

An exotic fruit that has grabbed lots of attention lately. It has been referenced by one America’s most popular medical doctor and TV talk show host,  Dr Oz, as a miracle in your medicine cabinet that can help you lose 10 pounds. The Internet has been plastered with countless blog postings, and many of the social media, including Facebook, which have shared messages regarding this fruit benefits. This newest of diet crazes may be just what every one has been looking for… least that is what every one is promoting at the moment. Can this exotic fruit, which little is known about, be what the doctor ordered? You may not need the doctor, nor change your diet, and no exercise ( ?), and loose weight. Today it’s sharing about the little unknown  fruit, called the African Mango.

African Mango

Despite the recent frenzy surrounding African Mango and its weight-loss benefits, the fruit has actually been used as a diet aid for centuries in Cameroon, Africa. This is the only place in the world where African Mango is grown. The brightly-colored tropical fruit is found exclusively in Cameroon’s west-coastal rain-forests.  The African Mango, may also may be known by other names: Agbono, Bread Tree, Bush Mango, Dika Nut, Dikanut, Dikka, Duiker Nut, Etima, Irvingia, Irvingia barteri, Irvingia gabonensis, Kaka, Mangifera gabonensis, Odika, Ogbono, Wild Mango.

Afican Mango differs from other mango fruits, in that it produces a peculiar seed, which natives of Cameroon refer to as “Dikka nuts.”  For hundreds of years, an extract from the seeds called irvingia gabonensis had been used among Cameroon villagers. They used it for its wide-ranging medicinal benefits,  ranging from reducing and preventing obesity, lowering cholesterol, regulating blood sugar, and treating infections.

African Mango Clinical

AAfrican Mangoccording to a new study published in the medical journal Lipids in Health and Disease, this extract caused an average weight loss of 12.3 pounds in 30 days without diet or exercise. What’s more, subjects supplementing with this extract experienced significant decreases in bad LDL cholesterol, triglycerides, and glucose levels. No negative side effects were reported in the clinical research.

You can find out more about this study here:
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19254366?dopt=Abstract
http://clinicaltrials.gov/ct2/show/NCT00645775

 In May 2005 a study was undertaken by the Nutrition, HIV and Health Research Unit from the University of Yaounde in Cameroon. The aim of the study was to test the effect of Irvingia Gabonensis seeds on body weight and blood lipids of obese subjects in Cameroon.

You can find out more about this study here:
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18377661

African Mango Interactions and Reactions

Limited information is available regarding drug interactions. Because African mango delays stomach emptying, prescription medications should be coadministered with caution. Clinical studies enrolled a small number of patients, and mild side effects were documented. Adverse reactions included headache, dry mouth, GI complaints, sleep disturbance, and flu-like symptoms.

The use of African Mango has limited information  regarding drug interactions. Theoretically, African mango may enhance the side effects of medications used in diabetes and high cholesterol. Additive side effects may also be seen in patients treated with medications for obesity. Because African mango delays stomach emptying, prescription medications should be coadministered with caution.

Todays Health Comments

Today  we continue to seek better health and the need for many of us to get a handle on our love handles, to face obesity head on, diet is the key. We must not over look the need for eating healthy and exercising daily. If we can eat something such as the African Mango or it’s supplement and control our eating and perhaps loose some weight, than maybe it might fit some ones health  routine. We must remember that before any changes of diet, be sure to consult, as medications and supplements do not always work well with each other.

 

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