Mangosteen Pulp Concoction

Well, I found a little bit at Wikipedia, my bestest friend:

"Furthermore, a possible adverse effect may occur from chronic consumption of mangosteen juice containing xanthones. A 2008 medical case report described a patient with severe acidosis possibly attributable to a year of daily use (to lose weight, dose not described) of mangosteen juice infused with tannins."

As with many things, it sounds like excess consumption can have an undesireable effect.

The Wiki article link: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Purple_Mangostee

A description similar to yours about how the juice is made can be found there.

Hmmnmmmmm...

Tried the link this morning, and it doesn't work. Try this one:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mangosteen

Must have mis-copied the link. Just tried this one, and it is O.K.

very true. thanks for the answer

The lab results so far identified xanthones in mangosteen having a number of useful medicinal applications: anti-inflammatory, anti-cancer, and antimicrobial against multi-drug-resistant bacteria.

This is a review article: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18725264

Or search "mangosteen" here and see the abstracts of 114 peer reviewed studies.

The published paper about the acidosis is there as well - please note, this is a single case study (one patient) and there was no proof of causality. But of course, I agree with Doorman that moderation is a good thing.