A new laboratory test known as ORAC (Oxygen Radical Absorbance Capacity) has also shown that an ounce of mangosteen has twenty to thirty times the ability to absorb free radicals than an ounce of most fruits and vegetables. Several other studies have shown that polyphenols – also found in mangosteen were five times more potent as antioxidants than vitamin C, which is commonly regarded as one of the most powerful know antioxidants.

I know what your thinking. Just what the heck are free radicals? No they’re not the draft card burning, longhaired, dope-smoking, agitators of the sixties, shouting anti-war slogans and promoting free love. Free radicals are molecules with a missing electron, that enter our bodies and wreak a lot of damage, resulting in illness and disease, as they attack stable molecules in an effort to achieve stability.