It used to be that apples, oranges and bananas were the only kinds of fruit many Westerners were
willing to sample. Today, our tastes have expanded, thanks in part to the savvy marketing of superfruits like
pomegranates. Another new favorite that also happens to offer super health benefits is the mango. The U.S. is now
the world's leading importer of fresh mangoes, accounting for around one-third of the fruit's total imports.
According to experts at the University of Florida (Gainesville), U.S. consumption of mangoes has been increasing
steadily for years. Though many of us have had mango, and it is now easily found at most supermarkets year-round,
the fruit's tropical origins still hold an exotic appeal. It's usually the foreign, warm-weather feeling evoked by
mangoes that is the main attraction of including mango treatments on a spa menu.
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