Mangosteen is here to stay - Mayo Clinic begins first large scale human trial

Studying the Next Super Food

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Like it or not, theMangosteen is coming full throttle. Only 3% of Americans have heard about it and most have no clue why it is THE most important discovery in the decade. Ever heard of xanthones ? I didn't either four years ago. Besides the 200+ scientifically proven health benefits (try that with any other juice) it has a few things anyone should take a closer look at (see 1712 research papers from around the world and the past 100 years) - here are just a few:

Most powerful natural anti-inflammatory known to man

Anti-tumor benefits

Anti-fungal, -bacterial, -viral

Cox-II inhibitor (pain)

Balances pH values in our bodies

Anti-histamine properties (allergies)

etc., etc. see searchable data bank on a link at bottom.

Inflammation is the main cause of most dreadful and deadly diseases known to man. The fatal five are cancer, diabetes (rising), heart attack, stroke and lung disease. No wonder the pharma-industry is making billions on all the stuff that doesn't get rid of the problem just makes you dependent on it just to survive. so how awesome would it be to have a zero side effects all natural great tasting juice that is a powerful anti-inflammatory?!? Hello nutritionists and gym-nuts!

It could be so simple - just know your body and know your food. And stop eating CRAP!

Mangosteen is one of the BEST crayons in your box - and everyone should have it. The Mangosteen is not just another fad. It will be the most talked about fruit of the decade - call me in 5 years - it will be on everyone's table. Dr. Brent A. Bauer from the famous Mayo clinic is now starting their first large scale human trial with the Mangosteen because of the millions of people benefiting from it and not having to take their medicines any more. I don't see that happening with Acai or any of the other juices that are jumping the band wagon of the huge success the mangosteen is having. 

Just to give you an idea. It took Microsoft 13 years to make a billion in sales. It took Ebay six years. The fastest growing company in the history of man. It took Xango the same six years, by word of mouth only!!! to reach one billion in sales. Ask any business person, they will tell you that is unheard of. In this blog I will just speak of the awe-inspiring health benefits and not even touch on the business opportunity involved. The Wellness Revolution (by Paul Zane Pilzer) is the future trillion dollar business. Not to mention Xango Goodnessand the 7% worldwide sales that this company donates to "Operation Kids". And not to mention the meal packs that are available for all of us to donate to children in need all around the world. Most of us are already good at helping ourselves - here we have the built in automatic of helping others at the same time.

What I'm trying to emphasize with the passage above is that you can be skeptical until the cows come home, it's just procrastinating. Have all the objections you want - This fruit juice is working and helping millions around the world. Why not try it for yourself and help all your loved ones and friends with an opportunity to change their health and their life to the better. You haveNOTHING to loose and all to gain.

I could go on for hours. It is safe for me to share with you that I lost my life-long allergies and asthma three years ago when I started drinking this multi-functional juice. And trust me, I have tried every crappy drug on the planet trying to get rid of it. Our children haven't been even close to getting sick since they drink the mangosteen juice. Besides the extraordinary blessing, what a huge money and tiiiiiime-saver!!!

Check it out and see what you think. Make an educated decision not an emotional gut feeling excuse. And do yourself a favor, don't think your doctor, nutritionist or anyone can give you good advice on this topic. 97% of the population has never even heard of the mangosteen. That would be like asking a poor man for advice to tell you how to get rich.

See for yourself. Do your home work. I'd be delighted to point you to many more resources. Your feedback would really mean a lot to us. feel free to send us an email or comment on this healthy cooking blog. I hope to grow an archive of exciting knowledge on health and whole foods that will serve all of our friends and anyone that cares.

Take a three minute journey and see for yourself. You have nothing to loose and everything to gain. Enjoy ;-)

Did you know...? 

Thanks and be well,

Ken Breeze

mangosteenbreeze@gmail.com

P.S. This link, Mangosteen Fruit Info , will give you a glimpse of what this fruit juice is doing to hundred thousands of people around the nation and the world.

Reduce Your Sugar Intake and Lose Weight

How to Reduce Sugar Intake

By eHow Health Editor

On average each American consumes over 152 pounds of sugar annually. Some studies show links between a high sugar intake and increased risks of diabetes, cardiovascular disease, cancer and premature aging. If you would like to take some simple measures to reduce your sugar intake, follow the steps below.

Instructions

Step 1

Know where to look for sugar. Sugar likes to hide in many of your store-bought products by using aliases in the ingredient list. Sugar may be referred to as sucrose, glucose, fructose, dextrose, lactose, maltose and corn syrup. If any of these ingredients are listed in the first three to four words of the list, you can count on a high sugar content.

Step 2

Cut down slowly by giving yourself a daily quota of sugar. Fill the daily quota with the foods that matter most to you. If you gradually decrease your intake, you will lessen the craving and the amount of sugar it takes to satisfy the craving.

Step 3

Buy sugar-free brands of your favorite foods. In recent years, more items have become available in a sugar-free form, even chocolate, candies and ready-to-bake cookies.

Step 4

Convert to diet sodas, which can eliminate 39 grams of sugar per can.

Step 5

Use artificial sweeteners in coffee and teas. Sugar substitutes can now be purchased in bulk for recipes that call for sugar or brown sugar.

Step 6

Spice up coffee with cinnamon before brewing, top cereals with fresh fruit, and add vanilla to foods with reduced sugar. Use some of the natural sweeteners to add flavor to your drinks and foods.

Step 7

Do not skip meals. This can lower your blood sugar levels, which cause you to crave that sugar for a quick fix. This also can lead to increased health risks for hypoglycemia and diabetes.

Tips & Warnings

1-Read the labels. Sugars can hide in chewing gum, cough syrups and other processed foods.

2-Low-fat does not mean low sugar content or sugar-free. Read the labels as many times the low-fat option contains more sugar than the regular fat content items.

3-High sugar intake can also lead to tooth decay.

An eHow.com Health Article

Why The Whole Fruit Is The Only Way

Mike Pugh
Sr. Manager of R&D 

I have been asked many times why we use whole fruit and not extracts and concentrates. This question has been asked repeatedly during my 16 years in the industry. I have heard arguments from how the whole plant has the essence of Mother Nature to how we do peer reviewed double blind studies on multiple active compounds. As I have listened to these arguments, I have come to some conclusions. I would like to share a few of them with you.

At the beginning, I also thought that all plants had a few active ingredients and that standardizing and concentrating those ingredients made them better and easier to study. It was just too difficult to study a plant that had hundreds or thousands of chemicals and thus be able to control all of the variables. That is true. Today’s method of testing and validating physiological activity is done with isolating active components from a medicinal plant that contains numerous active compounds. This method has saved millions of lives and has improved the quality of life for many. As we see with present drug treatments, though, we find that we have a lot more side effects when we concentrate and isolate. What we miss today is the possibility of synergetic and antagonist activity that comes from whole foods. We miss the fact that a little of a lot of things over a long period of time is better than having to treat with one chemical in large doses over a short period of time.

I was reading a paper by Kevin Spelman where he nailed what I have been thinking for a long time. He presented at a conference in Montreal, talking about how we influence the environment but also how the environment influences us. As we influence the environment or plants they, in turn, change. We then consume those plants and our bodies change to survive. I really enjoyed how he interwove everything together and made everything interdependent on each other. This communication between organism and environment is called chemistry. In our early diets, humans consumed between 80-220 plants and thus were exposed to a very high number of phytochemicals in the range of 8,000-22,000 (and quite likely higher). In our modern diet, we consume about 10,000 compounds including pesticides but, compared to the hunter/gather nature of our ancestors, we have seen a reduction in our consumption of phytochemicals.

Why is this important? Our bodies are designed to consume thousands of chemicals in low dosages. In our present diets, we consume lesser amounts of phytochemicals in higher concentrations. We have developed a detoxification route in our bodies called P450 enzymes. These enzymes are able to detoxify our bodies from harmful substances and they are also able to change inert substances into helpful chemicals in our body. P450 enzymes have the ability to evolve rapidly. Genes allow animals to generate a metabolic resistance to plant compounds that are designed to dissuade grazers and also allow plants to generate new compounds to deter herbivory. Plants and animals have inherit processes that allow them to adapt to their environment and use what makes them stronger and inhibit what makes them weaker. P450 in plants and animals have been engaged in the cyclical process of dissuading each other and helping each other when it fit. Over time, this relationship has developed into a real partnership. We have all seen now how plants and humans coexist. Take soybeans, for example. They have much to offer humankind and are cultivated and used as food around the world. Where they are consumed in moderate amounts, they seem to show lower levels of estrogenic disease. Also flavonoids are huge in the plant kingdom. We have seen in the world where daily consumption of green tea can lead to lower levels of disease, like heart disease and cancer. In Asia, large fields are dedicated to the growing of soybeans and green tea. Green tea and soy beans are much more abundant with the human partnership than if they had grown in the wild—humans are much healthier with these plants at their disposal than if the had to wild craft them. Is there a relationship? I think so.

As we have broken down the mangosteen fruit and looked at its individual chemical components, we have seen hundreds if not thousands of phytochemicals in specific quantities. In fact, some of the chemicals have not yet been identified nor do we know what synergistic or antagonistic effects they have. We have also noticed physiological changes in some of the actives when they are separated and then added back to the whole fruit. Are we ready to say that xanthones are the only active? Are we ready to say that xanthones separated from the whole fruit are better? Do we understand the plant so well; we can pick and choose which phytochemicals to keep and which ones we don’t need? I would say no.

We are now seeing drug research start to target multiple substances on multiple sites. We have also seen research where they combine multiple drug and nutritional items at lower dosages and have better outcomes with fewer side effects. For example, Wald and Law combine six drugs all below their standard dose. Those drugs are baby aspirin, three blood pressure drugs, a statin and folic acid. It extended life by 11 years with little or no side effects. What scientists are finding is that there is a matrix of pathways that different chemicals use. They work well together when delivered as nature intended. Whole plants seem to have more activity and fewer side effects when they are left in their own state. Kevin Spelman quotes saying, “Nature’s mixtures seem to function with broad specificity and low affinity. This phytochemical economy, an efficient and broad spectrum ensembles of constituents, would not likely act on just one target, but on multiple targets, functionally converging on biochemical pathways. Thus, phytochemical matrices, with their ensemble properties tripping multiple targets, may provide an enhanced pharmacological efficiency as compared to isolated compounds. Moreover, the use of phytomedicines, as compared to isolated chemicals, may offer a safer clinical strategy in the treatment of many diseases.” I could not say it better.

To end this blog, I want to quote one more paper from the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition, which states: “We believe that the evidence suggests that antioxidants are best acquired through whole-food consumption, not as a pill or an extract.” Why do we use the whole fruit and not extracts and concentrates? I think the facts stand for themselves.