Guest post is provided by the courtesy of the makers of Cellan. The popular dietary supplement contains dried and powdered inner seeds of African mango which has been proven to bring many benefits. Cellan Diet delivers same benefits of African mango.

The botanical family of Irvingia includes many varieties that are found from Africa to Southeast Asia. Among those varieties Irvingia gabonensis or commonly called African mango is more than just another fruit. People in the West African region have been using it as a thickening agent especially in ogbone soup for centuries, nuts have been pressed to make vegetable oil and the hardwood has been used in construction. Unknown at the time is others benefits that it brings.

The flesh of the fruit has nutritional value. But most of the benefits come from the nut that many called “dikanut.” The nut has been the subject of extensive research lately. African mango nuts contain beta-carotene. Researchers find that the extracts derived from the nut has medicinal properties to help with diarrhea, diabetes, yellow fever and hernia. Natives use juice extracted from leaves to reduce fever. Additional benefits of African mango includes obesity related issues and lowering low-density lipoprotein (LDL) cholesterol. This is why Cellan is rich with African mango.