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Nuts and Seeds

How to Eat a Mango Seed

Published Jul,08 2011 | By Paula Quinene

Mangoes are rich in vitamins C and A and are excellent in fruit smoothies and protein shakes, especially if you freeze the mango ahead of time. You can certainly suck, slurp and eat the fruit and fiber right off a mango seed without tearing into the seed and digesting it.

Paula Quinene is an Expert/Talent, Writer and Content Evaluator for Demand Media, with more than 1,500 articles published primarily in health, fitness and nutrition. She has been an avid weight trainer and runner since 1988. She has worked in the fitness industry since 1990. She graduated with a Bachelor's in exercise science from the University of Oregon and continues to train clients as an ACSM-Certified Health Fitness Specialist.