/oss/taxonomy/term/524/all en /oss/article/health-nutrition-you-asked/african-mango-can-its-seeds-really-help-you-lose-weight <p>Obesity is one of North America’s greatest nutritional challenges and it is now creeping into the developing world as well, thanks to the export of our dietary habits. But maybe we can import a weapon from an another culture to help us in the battle against the bulge. That weapon is an extract of the seeds of Irvingia gabonensis, a West African fruit that goes by the common name of African mango.</p> Mon, 02 Apr 2012 16:16:29 +0000 Joe Schwarcz PhD 1687 at /oss