Has anyone tried this XANGO? Does it, or does it not work for you? If it helps at all we all should be taking it? Just heard rumors that it may help. Looking for anyone info on it.
Thanks, PD Stinks!

I have not heard of it before so I checked wikapedia which has a lot including the following
"Supporters
Dr. David Morton and J. Frederick Templeman, MD, who are part of a company called Phytoceutical Research, LLC [35], 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.[29]


[edit] Critical assessments of XanGo juiceThe 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."[36]

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." [37]

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).[38]

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." [39]

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.[40]



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I decided to try this for a couple of months to see if it helps my stiffness. Ijust bought a case, to try, I signed on as a distributor to get a little better deal. If anyone wants to try a bottle or a case let me know and i can get you a better price b/c it isn't cheap! $ 40 / bottle or $100/case (4 bottles). 25 oz bottle, taken 1/day at 2 oz per day. i'll let everyone know if i see any improvement or not. I guess it can't hurt to try.
Thanks,
Dan