MANGOSTEEN JUICE WARNING ARTICLE
This auction is for 1 penny. It will get you a reprint copy of a scientific report on Mangosteen Juice telling about the poor nutritional value, and how it cannot cure diseases that it claimed to cure. Some people have been spreading terrible lies about the juice claiming that it can cure cancer and other diseases. Is it honest for a person to sell "magic juice" promising to cure cancer or other terrible diseases? Is it honest to build a sick person's hopes on such promises? Does that sound like a "snake oil" sales business? Is that any way to make an honest business? We loooked up this information with REAL doctors and researchers including the researchers at American Cancer Society, U.C. Berkley, The Mayo Clinic Cancer Research Center. Now you can see exactly what REAL doctors and scientists say about this juice selling business.
Warning: there are various "business opportunities" that involve the sale of Mangosteen Juice. Ask yourself: Does a product sound sound like a real business? Or does it sound like snake oil salesmen pitch? This article has answers! Does it sound too good to be true? Some people selling juice are making wild claims that it can cure cancer and other diseases. BEWARE! This scientific report shows over 40 well researched scientific reports that discovered it does NOTHING to cure diseases! The juice does NOT cure cancer or the other diseases listed! If you are sick, see a REAL doctor! If you are sick, don't give up your real medication for a bottle of juice and a bunch of phoney promises. If you are poor and can't afford to spend money on fake "juice medicine" or phoney suppliments, don't buy them. Listen to a real doctor. The people that seem to benefit the most are the companies that sell it! They get rich from your money! Read the scientific report below. And for G-d's sake, use some common sense.
The article appears further down on this page. It discusses the wildly exaggerated claims. One well respected source shows it is no more effective than any fruit juice! There is also some additional information in this article by the FDA and other researchers on Mangosteen Juice. It will cost 1 cent to buy a copy, and print it, or you can read it for free in the auction and pay nothing. The article is reprinted further down on this page. Please note, the article is written by cancer researchers and scientists, and it starts out a bit boring, but you can see the serious problems related to the juice if you look at the section labelled "Claims of health benefits and critical assessment".
The report that follows is not my personal opinion. It is information documented and gathered from 43 well-documented resources including: American Cancer Society, FDA- Federal Food and Drug Administration, U.C. Berkley, Mayo Clinic, Federal Trade Commission, US Federal Patent and Trade Office, US Department of Agriculture, and more. The tests were done by REAL scientists and researchers that are footnoted and documented. The article shows exactly what they think of Mangosteen juice after they tested it. This is publically available information.
Personal note: If someone tells you a juice can cure cancer, you need to get the facts. I think it is very sad to see people get swindled with unsubstantiated claims of a product that claims to be "anti-inflammatory," "anti-microbial," "anti-fungal," "anti-viral," "anti-cancer," "anti-ulcer," "anti-hepatotoxic," "anti-rhinoviral," and "anti-allergic". It appears that the claims were fake regarding the claims to cure cancer and other serious diseases. I think its horrible to hear about charlatans trying to scam sick people.
A dear friend of mine was scammed by fast-talking nutritional people that made wild claims. My friend lost all her money and lifelong savings buying over-priced "nutritional suppliments" and homeopathic non-sense. After going through thousands of dollars a month, for 5 years, my friend was left penniless. It is sad to see people loose their money on false hopes.
Two other friends died after they got suckered by fake doctors. My friends refused to be treated by REAL doctors. Instead they paid homeopathic "doctors" and alternative medical "doctors" to treat them. Those "doctors" NEVER went to med school and knew nothing about medicine. They both died from common treatable diseases. Real doctors and real medicine could have easily cured them. Both friends listened to uncertified "nutritional" and homeopathic people, and now they are both dead.
I heard about the wild claims of Mangosteen Juice, so I decided to look into it. I checked online with various scientific research reports and the FDA's findings showing various medical reports from REAL DOCTORS AND RESEARCHERS who studied Mangosteen products. The article below is not my opinion, and I take no responsibility or liability for it. Nor will I look at any email regarding it. It is simply information available on the internet showing the findings of various scientific researchers and Federal agencies regarding Mangosteen Juice. Learn to make informed educated decisions in your life and health. A strong education is your best asset.
Remember, at the turn of the century there were over 100,000 people that were taking "patent medicines" claiming to cure cancer, cure gout, cure arthritis, cure any diseases. The people who sold those fake medicines were known as snake-oil salesmen. The people who bought those fake medicines spent lots of money on fake medicine, and they were NEVER cured by those sleezy charlatans and their potions. Be careful that you are not doing the same thing with a nutritional drink, pill, herb or suppliment.
Yesterday's snake oil potions have a new name: now it's called a nutritional suppliment. Phoney patent medicines now have a new name...its called homeopathy. DON'T GET SCAMMED.
Remember: the FDA does not check suppliments. They are NOT real medicines and some are downright dangerous. A well-know Consumer Reporting magazine did a study recently on nutritional suppliments. Their findings were shocking. The manufacturers who made the suppliments did not have any real scientific proof that their products cured anything! Furthermore, the manufactures did not use any standards to determine the strength of the product.
The biggest shocking was the fact that some suppliments sold at healthfood stores were dangerous chemicals, and 4 recent products found were actually known carcinogens being sold as health food suppliments!
If you suspect your'e being scammed with a fake medicine or "nutritional suppliment", read the REAL research by REAL scientists, or go online to check with your state's office of Consumer Affiars, Consumer Reports, FDA or your local Governernor's Office. Educate yourself and watch out for scams, false claims, or fake cures.
And now, here is the info on Mangosteen Juice:
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From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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XanGo juice components
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XanGo Juice is a blend of mangosteen aril and pericarp puree[9] with juices of eight other fruits: apple, pear (juice and purée), grape, blueberry, rasberry, strawberry, cranberry and cherry.[19]
XanGo claims its juice maintains the structure of xanthone compounds from the mangosteen pericarp which also contains other polyphenols such as oligomeric proanthocyanidins.[20] Chromatographic analyses have isolated selected xanthones in mangosteen pericarp,[21][22] providing confirmation that pericarp xanthone content is quantifiable. Although XanGo claims the epigallocatechin gallate found in green tea is slightly more abundant in mangosteen pericarps,[23] this difference has not been systematically studied and published.
As part of its report on the financial success of XanGo, the Associated Press commissioned the Linus Pauling Institute to analyze and compare the antioxidant capacity (measured in a test tube with the oxygen radical absorbance capacity or ORAC) of XanGo juice among other common fruit juices. XanGo was slightly higher than cranberry or apple juice, but lower than black cherry and less than half the ORAC value of blueberry juice.[8] Having a measured ORAC score of 14,884 units per liter, or 1488 units per 100 ml,[8] XanGo is approximately equal in ORAC score to white potato or grapefruit which have among the lower antioxidant ratings for common foods.[24]
Claims of health benefits
Marketing materials used to promote mangosteen juice indicate more than 20 human health benefits, among which are "anti-inflammatory," "anti-microbial," "anti-fungal," "anti-viral," "anti-cancer," "anti-ulcer," "anti-hepatotoxic," "anti-rhinoviral," and "anti-allergic"[25]. Promotional literature for the product cites antioxidants from the inedible rind of the fruit as providing health benefits.
None of these claims, however, has scientific proof established by peer-reviewed research and human clinical trials, as discussed below.
In mid-2005, the American Cancer Society profile of mangosteen juice said that there was no evidence that any part of the fruit is effective as a treatment for cancer in humans, but preliminary laboratory studies showed some promise for treating acne. The profile mentioned laboratory studies indicating need for further research [26].
On its website, after stating that "Research shows xanthones (a component of XanGo juice) possess potent antioxidant properties that may help maintain intestinal health, strengthen the immune system, neutralize free radicals, help support cartilage and joint function, and promote a healthy seasonal respiratory system", the company adds this disclaimer as a footnote: "These statements have not been evaluated by the FDA. This product is not intended to diagnose, treat, cure or prevent any disease"[27].
The company's scientific advisor, David A. Morton, PhD[28][29](whose brothers, Joe and Gordon, helped found the company[30][31]), stated in 2006 there is "emerging evidence that mangosteen has anti-inflammatory, antioxidant, and anti-microbial properties"[28], yet acknowledged the only study of humans consuming mangosteen juice was conducted as a test of dysentery therapy in Singapore in 1932[32][28]. "I don’t think there are plans to study mangosteen in humans in the near future," Dr. Morton said in 2006, because "there’s much too much that still needs to be studied in the lab"[28].
In 2007, the Mayo Clinic stated there was laboratory evidence that mangosteen had anti-inflammatory activity, but no studies exist to prove such anti-inflammatory effects in humans[33].
US FDA warning letter and response
On September 20, 2006, the United States FDA issued a warning letter to XanGo LLC International itemizing the company's extensive health claims.[34]
Jared Frei, XanGo's regulatory lawyer, said the materials collected by the FDA were published and sold by Sound Concepts of Orem, Utah, a separate company that is financially independent of XanGo. Frei said that "we, as a company, do not publish any materials that make drug-related health claims. We say nothing about a disease or symptom of a disease. . . . We take FDA compliance very seriously."[30]. Frei said XanGo has extensive distributor education.[35]
If XanGo Juice were expressly claimed by XanGo to have such health effects, said the FDA letter, then the claims “cause XanGo to be a drug” (paraphrased from FDA Warning Letter) which has not been subjected to the same human research and scientific scrutiny for safety and efficacy as other marketed drugs.
As new drugs can not be sold for interstate commerce in the US without approval of the FDA, the letter warned XanGo LLC that enforcement was imminent, including seizure and/or injunction of products.
Under FDA drug labeling rules, XanGo LLC, as manufacturer, is responsible for satisfying scientific criteria to make health claims on its product labels and all marketing materials. As of February, 2008, the FDA still has XanGo under scrutiny.[8]
Supporters
Dr. David Morton and J. Frederick Templeman, MD, who are part of a company called Phytoceutical Research, LLC [36], have written a number of editorials, available at their website, about the benefits of XanGo Juice. They criticize authors who made negative comments about the purported benefits of mangosteen juice. Drs. Templeman and Morton sell books, brochures, audio CDs and video DVDs about mangosteen juice therapy, such as Mangosteen: the X-Factor, fifth edition, at their website. Some of their books are also sold by Sound Concepts of Orem, a company closely linked with XanGo International LLC.[30]
Critical assessments of XanGo juice
The Mayo Clinic said in October 2005 that "there are no published clinical trials showing evidence that either the fruit or its juice — marketed under the name XanGo juice — is an effective treatment for arthritis, cancer or any other disorder in humans."[37]
In February 2006, the U.C. Berkeley Wellness Newsletter, sponsored by the University of California at Berkeley, said that "Mangosteen marketers make farfetched and unsubstantiated claims for their products." The newsletter notes that "there are no clinical trials, and what happens in a test tube or animal may not occur in a human. Any reported benefits in humans have been anecdotal. No one even knows if the processed fruit juice and capsules retain the potentially beneficial compounds. What’s more, the juice is typically a mix of fruit juices — with an undisclosed amount of mangosteen in it." [38]
Dr. Ralph Moss, author of several natural remedy books, has said of mangosteen juice:
In my opinion, what we have here is simply an overpriced fruit drink. Fruit drinks are often healthful beverages. But the only reason I can see that the promoters of mangosteen can get away with charging $37 for this product is that they are playing on patients' hopes and fears in a cynical way. Without the health claims, open or implied, the product could only be sold for at most $5 or $6 (which, for example, is the cost of antioxidant-rich pomegranate juice).[39]
In an article published in February 2007, Paul M. Gross, PhD (physiology), and Ian Crown, a mangosteen grower, said, "As mangosteen's supposed health claims are not supportable by sufficient nutrient density or a complete research process allowing conclusions about human health benefits, it has not met standards to be a superfruit. Research on xanthones is only at a preliminary stage from which no conclusions regarding lowered disease risk are valid at this time." [40]
When assessed by four criteria for superfruit status -- nutrient density, antioxidant strength, research intensity and commercial success -- mangosteen ranks lowest among five other exotic plant foods.[41]
Illnesses and dangers possibly caused by Mangosteen: A 2008 medical case report described a patient with severe acidosis possibly attributable to a year of daily use (to lose weight, dose not described) of mangosteen juice infused with xanthones,[42] as occurs in the manufacture of XanGo juice.
Possible Severe Dangers of Magosteen: The authors proposed that chronic exposure to alpha-mangostin, a xanthone, could be toxic to mitochondrial function,[43] leading to impairment of cellular respiration and production of lactic acidosis.
References
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- ^ a b c Comments to the Federal Trade Commission by XanGo, LLC, on the Notice of Proposed Rulemaking for the Business Opportunity Rule (pdf), July 12, 2006
- ^ "XanGo Issued Key U.S. Patent for Mangosteen Dietary Supplements", XanGo press release, May 4, 2004
- ^ US Patent and Trademark Office rejection of claim, mailed April 21, 2005
- ^ "New Vision versus XanGo", NetWork Marketing MLM Watchdog, retrieved February 16, 2007
- ^ , "Nutraceutical Mangosteen Composition", accessed February 16, 2007
- ^ a b c d e Foy P. FDA warns XanGo of its claims as juice sales top $1 billion, Associated Press, March, 2008
- ^ a b c d "Xango To Make Malaysia Launching Pad For Its Product", Malaysian National News Agency, July 30, 2007
- ^ Boey Ping Ping,"Queen of fruits, bottled", The Star, July 8, 2007
- ^ XanGo Compensation, company website, accessed February 16, 2007
- ^ a b "Hollister, Garrity build healthy business", Deseret Morning News, June 11, 2006
- ^ Chuck Jaffe, "Investing in juice hard to swallow", The Oklahoman, August 26, 2007
- ^ "Food Supplement Has Healthy Sales Growth, Gains Popularity", XanGo press release, March 9, 2005
- ^ "XanGo Named Top Growth Company by Nutrition Business Journal Awards", XanGo press release, February 9, 2006
- ^ Jack Bell, "M.L.S. Wants Your Advertising", New York Times", December 25, 2006
- ^ Sara Israelsen, "Aging SCERA gaining new luster: 5-year-plan aims to turn building into a state-of-the-art facility", Deseret Morning News, October 19, 2006
- ^ "XanGo Announces New Premium Brand, XALO Juice", XanGo press release, March 29, 2007, accessed July 31, 2007
- ^ "Supplement facts", pop-up at The XanGo Bottle, XanGo website, accessed February 18, 2007
- ^ Fu C, Loo AE, Chia FP, Huang D. Oligomeric proanthocyanidins from mangosteen pericarps. J Agric Food Chem. 2007 Sep 19;55(19):7689-94. [2]
- ^ Ji X, Avula B, Khan IA. Quantitative and qualitative determination of six xanthones in Garcinia mangostana L. by LC-PDA and LC-ESI-MS. J Pharm Biomed Anal. 2007 Mar 12;43(4):1270-6.[3]
- ^ Walker EB. HPLC analysis of selected xanthones in mangosteen fruit. J Sep Sci. 2007 Jun;30(9):1229-34. [4]
- ^ Clarisse Douaud, "Xango plugs analytical method for xanthone content", NutraIngredients.com, July 5, 2007, accessed July 19, 2007
- ^ [5] Oxygen Radical Absorbance Capacity of Selected Foods - 2007; Nutrient Data Laboratory, Agricultural Research Service, United States Department of Agriculture, November 2007
- ^ U.S. Food and Drug Administration warning letter, September 20, 2006
- ^ Profile of Mangosteen Juice, American Cancer Society, revised June 1, 2005, accessed February 16, 2007
- ^ [6] XanGo website, accessed February 16, 2007
- ^ a b c d "Mangosteen" (pdf), Nutrition Action Healthletter, Center for Science in the Public Interest, November, 2006, page 9
- ^ Morton has a PhD and is a member of the research and clinical faculty of Department of Neurobiology and Anatomy in the School of Medicine of the University of Utah, per the department's directory (accessed February 18, 2007)
- ^ a b c Linda Fantin and Robert Gehrke, "XanGo and the FDA", Salt Lake City Tribune, November 20, 2006
- ^ [7] XanGo founders and executives
- ^ "Specialty Fruit Juices' Health Claims Questioned", consumeraffairs.com, October 26, 2006
- ^ *[8] MayoClinic.com. Mangosteen juice: can it relieve arthritis pain? October 2007
- ^ FDA Warning letter, September 20, 2006
- ^ Distributor Education and Compliance "XanGo Policies and Procedures"
- ^ Biographies, Mangosteen MD, a division of Phytoceutical Research, LLC, accessed February 18, 2007
- ^ Mangosteen (Xango) juice: Can it help arthritis?, Mayo Clinic, October 3, 2005, accessed February 16, 2007
- ^ "Ask the Experts", U.C. Berkeley Wellness Newsletter, February 2006.
- ^ "A Friendly Skeptic Looks at Mangosteen", Dr. Ralph Moss, accessed February 16, 2007
- ^ Paul M. Gross, PhD, and Ian Crown, "Is mangosteen a superfruit? Nutrient and antioxidant properties", Natural Products Information Center, February 5, 2007
- ^ Paul M. Gross, PhD Tracking market meteors: exotic superfruits, Natural Products Insider, November 16, 2007
- ^ Wong LP, Klemmer PJ. Severe lactic acidosis associated with juice of the mangosteen fruit, Garcinia mangostana Am J Kidney Dis 51:829-3, 2008
- ^ Matsumoto K, Akao Y, Yi H, Ohguchi K, Ito T, Tanaka T, Kobayashi E, Iinuma M, Nozawa Y. Preferential target is mitochondria in alpha-mangostin-induced apoptosis in human leukemia HL60 cells. Bioorg Med Chem. 2004 Nov 15;12(22):5799-806
Other Dangerous items found in "Health Food stores":
Don't get scammed by ANY health food scam. There are many "health food" products that make wild promises. Most of them do nothing except waste your money. But some of them can be dangerous or even kill you. Here is a list of some of the most dangerous "suppliments" that can hurt you or kill you. The following information was compiled by Consumer Reports Medical Board:
Aristolochic acid: Potent human carcinogen; kidney failure, sometimes requiring transplant; deaths reported. Aristolochic acid is extremely dangerous. It is one of the most deadly items found in health food stores. It can cause kidney failure and cancer. It is also known as aristolochia, birthwort, snakeroot, snakeweed, sangree root, sangrel, serpentary, and wild ginger. It is found in products in health food stores. You must read ingredients of all products, no matter what they claim.
Comfrey: Abnormal liver function or damage, often irreversible; deaths reported.
Androstenedione: Increased cancer risk, decrease in HDL cholesterol.
Chaparral: Abnormal liver function or damage, often irreversible; deaths reported.
Germander: Abnormal liver function or damage, often irreversible; deaths reported.
Kava: Abnormal liver function or damage, occasionally irreversible; deaths reported.
Bitter Orange: High blood pressure; increased risk of heart arrhythmias, heart attack, stroke.
Organ/glandular extracts: Risk of deadly mad cow disease, particularly from brain extracts. This disease affects humans who eat brain tissue and it is lethal. There is no known cure for mad cow disease in humans. Death can occur in just weeks or months.
Lobelia: Breathing difficulty, rapid heartbeat, low blood pressure, diarrhea, dizziness, tremors; possible deaths reported.
Pennyroyal oil: Liver and kidney failure, nerve damage, convulsions, abdominal tenderness, burning of the throat; deaths reported.
Scullcap: Abnormal liver function or damage.
Yohimbe: Change in blood pressure, heart arrhythmias, respiratory depression, heart attack; deaths reported. Yohimbe is sold Yohimbe as an "herbal viagra", but it has been linked to serious heart and respirartory disease and may be deadly.
St. John's Wort, Digitalis, Jewel weed, and Sasafras are just a few more. St. John's wort can be combined accidentally with prescription or non-prescription drugs to create lethal toxicity. Digitalis is avilable from health food stores and it can stop the heart and kill a person. Jewel weed (from any health food store) can cause bleeding, brain hemorraging and death. Sasafras is a suspected carcinogen. All of them are sold over the counter. Yohimbe, Bitter Orange, Chaparral, and Andro are all very dangerous, and sold at most "health food" stores. You should check all ingredients of products at a health food stores to make sure there are no dangerous herbs in the product.
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