Doctors and medical researchers are starting to realize (according to several articles and research papers) that chronic inflammation might be the underlying cause for most diseases. The article first published in Time Magazine, February 2004 offers an easy to understand explanation of why this should be the case. The following excerpt from the above mentioned article should sum it up for you (specifically highlighting cancer) and forms the basis of why the mangosteen puree is so extraordinarily effective in supporting our system when ill – or more importantly – in preventing disease.
The Fires Within
Inflammation is the body's first defense against infection, but when it goes awry, it can lead to heart attacks, colon cancer, Alzheimer's and a host of other diseases
By CHRISTINE GORMAN AND ALICE PARK