Health Benefits Of Lanzones – From Fruit To Peel

Lanzones is very delectable but it does not only please the tongue but also the whole body through the health benefits that this fruit brings.

Lanzones is one of the most common sight when you go to the nearest public market in your place but it does not only please the tongue but also the whole body through the health benefits that this fruit brings.

Lanzones or Lansium domesticum is commonly found in Southeast Asia including the Philippines. If you come to ask the Lanzones vendors and ask them where they import the fruits from, surely they will answer places in Southern Tagalog, including Laguna, Batangas and Quezon, and also from Camiguin, Sulu, Davao del Norte, and Zamboanga del Norte.

Undeniably, we cannot get enough of its sweetness that we often lose watch of time that has passed because Lanzones drowned our attention, but our body also gets health benefits from this delectable fruit.

Health benefits of Lanzones
A basket full of lanzones on display on a Philippine public market

A serving of lanzones contains 86.5 grams of moisture, 0.8 grams of protein, 9.5 grams of carbohydrates, and 2.3 grams of fiber. Lanzones also contains 20 grams of calcium, 30 grams of phosphorus, 12 IU of vitamin A, 89 micrograms of thiamine, 124 micrograms of riboflavin, 1 gram of ascorbic acide, and 1.1 milligrams of phytin per serving.

But is health benefits do not end there. Read the continuation on the next page.

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