Schizophrenia alternative treatment could be found in tropical fruit mangosteen

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Mangosteen has long been used in traditional medicine in South-East Asia, and now Australian researchers hope to prove that its antioxidants could ease psychosis and other symptoms.

Present day medication for schizophrenia can have some unpleasant side effects, and researchers are hoping that if their trials prove positive, the fruit could be used as a milder treatment for the mental illness.

Mangosteens are a tropical evergreen fruit from Indonesia, resembling a passionfruit on the outside, with a dark thick skin.

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Researchers will study 150 people over six months to see what effect the use of antioxidants from mangosteen rind might have on hallucinations, delusions, moods and energy levels.

Read more here http://www.msn.com/en-au/health/med...ngosteen/ar-BBxgGhd?li=AA4RDf&ocid=spartanntp

 

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The trial has yet to take place... I must admit I get fed up of seeing these types of headlines which in the UK regularly appear in the Daily Mail. One minute its the mediterranean diet. The next its goji berries!