Japan's growing legions of lard-laden lads may be in line to get some assistance in shrinking their stomachs from the Land of Smiles, according to Sunday Mainichi (6/22).
The key to combating "metabolic syndrome," the latest health-related buzzword used to describe a string of obesity-related diseases, may lie in the Thai national fruit, the mangosteen.
"Mangosteens are sometimes called the Queen of Fruits," Koichi Okabe, a dessert company president who deals with a variety of different Thai foods, tells Sunday Mainichi. "Mangosteen juice, made by crushing the fruit, skin and seeds, not only tastes great, it has wonderful health benefits. It was only developed last year in Thailand, but American buyers are swarming to get it."
Mangosteens contain over 100 different beneficial substances; most notably xanthones, said to help fight the effects of allergies, cancer and lifestyle diseases, as improve blood pressure and the immune system, and restore youthfulness to the body's cells.
In Thailand, mangosteens have long been used to prevent skin inflammations and infections, as well as to combat indigestion.
"Thailand is called the Land of Smiles and there are lots of people there who live happy, relaxed lives," Okabe tells Sunday Mainichi, a current affairs weekly produced by the Mainichi Newspapers. "There aren't many fatties in Thailand, which is also called a fruit superpower. It's clear the Thai have a very healthy eating lifestyle."
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