Escondido, CA -- (SBWIRE) -- 01/09/2013 -- Mango is a widely popular fruit across the globe. However, recently African mango has come under the dieting microscope for its potential to produce weight loss. Used for sustenance in Cameroon for ages, African mango is a staple source of essential vitamin C in many African diets. The mango's seed, called the "dika nut" is thought to hold the weight loss power of African mango. The dika nut contains powerful enzymes that have been found to aid diets when administered to laboratory rats. Dika nut is rich in lauric acid, similar to other diet oils like coconut oil and palm kernel oil. Like MCT oil, derived from coconuts, oils high in lauric acid are known to provide a metabolic boost that aids the body's natural fat burning mechanisms. Studies of Dika nut oil also claim that "increasing amounts of dietary Irvingia gabonensis (Dika nut) fat in correlation with the rising of myristic acid (23.53 to 58.86%), modify cholesterol metabolism and increase significantly the concentration of HDL-Cholesterol." The dika nut simply increases metabolic rate in its consumers along with increasing levels of HDL, the good cholesterol. Studies are vague, but claim that Irvingia gabonensis (Dika nut) may produce "Significant improvements in body weight, body fat, and waist circumference. African Mango (Irvingia gabonensis) administered 150 mg twice daily before meals to overweight and/or obese human volunteers favorably impacts body weight and a variety of parameters characteristic of the metabolic syndrome."

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