Q: Dear Doctor; How are you today? I have been reading a lot about the Goji Berry and I think it sounds great. I would like to know , after reading about all the curing powers for cancer and everything else, how it could help my Father-in-law who has had 2 strokes in the past 4 years. Now he cannot speak sentences, just a few words. From what I understand, the electrical part in the brain that sends the message (or Sentence) cannot get through to the speech part of the brain. Therefore he is limited to just single or double word responses . Will this Goji juice have any effect to help him get the messages through the brain and out through his lips into sentences? I await your reply Thank you

Doug

A: Doug, I have to be completely honest with you, I have no idea how or if it will help your father-in-law. My father had a stroke 8 years ago and I loaded him up on every antioxidant I could find and he recovered (I am not 100% sure what caused him to recover completely).

I do know this; our goji juice with 250mg of vitamin C per 30ml is not going to hurt.

I hope this helped.

Sincerely,

Marcus Ettinger DC, BSc.

The authors have hypothesized that dietary iodine (deficiency or excess) is associated with the development of some gastric and mammary cancers, as it is well-known for thyroid cancer. They report a short review of their own work and of the general literature on this correlation and on the antioxidant function of iodide in stomach, breast and thyroid. Thyroid cells phylogenetically derived from primitive iodide-concentrating gastroenteric cells which, during evolution, migrated and specialized in uptake and storage of iodine, also in order to adapt the organisms from iodine-rich sea to iodine-deficient land. Mammary cells also derived from primitive iodide-concentrating ectoderm. Stomach, breast and thyroid share an important iodide-concentrating ability and an efficient peroxidase activity, which transfers electrons from iodides to the oxygen of hydrogen peroxide and so protects the cells from damage caused by lipid peroxidation. The authors suggest that iodide might have an ancestral antioxidant function in all iodide-concentrating cells from primitive Algae to more recent Vertebrates. In Italy, gastric cancer is more frequent in farmers and in iodine-deficient populations, living in mountainous and hilly areas, than in fishermen. In the last two decades, Italian decrease of gastric cancer seems to be correlated more to the higher dietary consumption of iodine-rich fish rather than to consumption of fruit and vegetables, which indeed has decreased in Italy.

Venturi S, Donati FM, Venturi A, Venturi M, Grossi L, Guidi A.
Adv Clin Path. 2000 Jan;4(1):11-7.
Servizio di Igiene, Regione Marche, 1-61016-Pennabilli, Italy. venturis@nf.infotel.it.

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Q: I was wondering if you know which is a stronger antioxidant Acai or Pomegranate? I hear claims that pom. is stronger than green tea, wine or blueberries but I also hear that acai is stronger than blueberries but I’ve never seen a comparison on the two? what can you tell me? Thanks for the info.

A: Larry,

(This is my take on that situation and just my opinion)

I don’t care what is a stronger antioxidant; A, E, Zinc, Acai, Goji, or Green Tea. They are all excellent sources of antioxidants, all unique in composition and all of them warrant taking. I take and recommend taking a variety of antioxidants daily. Which ones you choose is a personal preference. The goal is to always have a ready reserve of antioxidants available to negate any free radicals that are produced.
Check out our Mangosteen Elixir, it has many different antioxidant rich fruit juices in it and is my and my family’s favorite.

Please read “Noni and the Prostate” for more info on antioxidants.

Please read my paper on “Synergy” (in the Dr. Ettinger Thoughts section), it will answer your question in more detail.

Sincerely,

Marcus Ettinger DC, BSc.