I am being contacted by an attorney who works for a law firm, that is bringing a class action lawsuit against the biggest crooks besides our politicians. MLM Freelife finally has been exposed. My wife and I love your Goji Fusion. She gets energy and I the same and calms our hunger. I read on the lawsuits that your name came up, the CEO of freelife was stuttering about “Raw” , and Dr. Earl Mindell, (not a doctor at all) he bought his bogus degree, even the girl who made 2.4 million, Dr. Sandy who finally admitted that their juice was heated and it was not raw juice, and it was not 100% goji, she should go to jail, and they should attach all of her assets. Thank God this criminals have been exposed… S.G. Hermitage, PA

I am being contacted by an attorney who works for a law firm, that is bringing a class action lawsuit against the biggest crooks besides our politicians. MLM Freelife finally has been exposed. My wife and I love your Goji Fusion. She gets energy and I the same and calms our hunger. I read on the lawsuits that your name came up, the CEO of Freelife was stuttering about “Raw”, and Dr. Earl Mindell, (not a doctor at all) he bought his bogus degree, even the girl who made 2.4 million, Dr. Sandy who finally admitted that their juice was heated and it was not raw juice, and it was not 100% goji, she should go to jail, and they should attach all of her assets. Thank God these criminals have been exposed…

S. Gruber

I have recently purchased several bags of Goji berries in several shipments.  I am noticing that the berries are sticky (stuck together) Is this normal – and why?  The reason I ask is that I read from another goji seller that this means added sugar.

Thanks

Steve Ciervo

Steve,

The other goji berry seller is just trying to win a new customer by bashing a competitor, or has no idea the reality of the situation. Goji berries will stick together. When I get them fresh from the docks, they are stuck together, after a few days in the bag they stick together. That’s just the way they are. Do raisins stick together, yes they do. The berries are also tested for added sweeteners when they enter the country. The FDA does not allow it. I hope this clears things up.

Sincerely,

Marcus Ettinger DC, BSc

Response Back: Thanks Marcus.  I must say your berries are the best I’ve tasted, hence the abnormal amount of bags ordered in the past 4 months.

Just a note to say your goji juice (Goji Fusion) is amazing. It is about as fresh as it can get. Makes the stuff we can get up here taste like tar.

Thanks

Thirty-five healthy adults were randomly assigned to take a standardized preparation of 120 mL/day goji berry juice (17 subjects), equivalent to 150 grams of fresh fruit, or matching placebo drink (18 subjects). Before and after supplementation, subjects rated various symptoms of fatigue, memory, mental acuity, sleep, and physical health.

After two weeks, the supplemented group expressed significantly better energy level, sleep quality, mental focus, mental acuity, calmness, happiness, and overall health, as well as better gastrointestinal function, compared with baseline. They indicated lower levels of fatigue and stress. In the placebo group, the only significant improvements were reduced heartburn and greater happiness.  –Laura J. Ninger, ELS

*Amagase H, Nance DM. A randomized, doubled-blind, placebo-controlled, clinical study of the general effects of a standardized Lycium barbarum (goji) juice, J Altern Complement Med. 2008 May;14 (4):403-12.

December 2008 LIFE EXTENSION

How do the polysaccharides found in fresh goji berries survive “flash” pasteurization?  Are they still present in your juice?  In what form is the juice shipped to the US?

Thank you,

Dan Allis

Answer: Dan,

Flash pasteurization is well below the temp. threshold to destroy PS’s, enzymes or other valuable phytochemicals present in the goji juice (Goji Fusion). Sterile processing, which FreeLife (and many others) use, utilizes a very high temp, that in my professional opinion, can and does destroy all vital, biological components.

The goji is shipped as is, after flash pasteurization, to us in the U.S.

Sincerely,

Marcus Ettinger DC, BSc.

“I am not knocking goji berries, I love goji berries and my family and I eat them every day. I am just having a little fun at the expense of this website.

First off, “Our Goji berries come from Northern Asia in the Tibetan and Mongolian Himalayas.” 

I don’t have a PhD in geography but even a sixth grader knows that the Himalayan mountain range never has and never will extend into Mongolia, and I personally know that goji, even in the smallest quantities are not coming from either Tibet, Mongolia, Tibetan Plateau or the Himalayas. Anyone claiming as much is either uninformed or just out-right lying. I would love to have any company advertising such claims to show me a picture with GPS coordinates as proof.

More gibberish. “Goji berries will grow in almost any climate, but are most prevalent in the Himalayas.”

I forgot, some of the worlds most celebrated botanical gardens are in the Himalayas and on the Tibetan Plateau (which is at a lower elevation then the actual Himalayan mountain range) .

Fact: The Tibetan Plateau, comprising most of Tibet north and east of the Himalayas, lies at more than 3000 m (10,000 ft) in altitude, with poor soil and arid climate conditions unfavorable for fruit crops. Defined by the geography of Tibet, particularly in the western Himalayas, cold nighttime temperatures averaging -4°C year round  with six months of continual frost would inhibit plant bud development and prevent fruit formation. Existing in Tibet are minimal subsistence agriculture and impoverished crop management and transportation facilities unsupportive of commercial berry production. Although limited fertile regions suitable for food crops exist in the valleys of Lhasa, Shigatse, Gyantse, and the Brahmaputra River, there are no objective economic, scientific, or government reports on the commercial production of Lycium berry species from these Tibetan regions. (from Wikipedia, also verified via references)

More? “We are the best source for Himalayan Goji Berries because we directly import the authentic Lycium Barbarum, the original and most nutritious known strain of the 41 Asian varieties.”

There is that Himalayan goji berry again. This time it’s the most nutritious of 41 strains. Again, I am not a PhD ethnobotanist but I have done enough goji research over the last 3-4 years to know that there are less than a handful of edible Lycium varieties world-wide; Lycium chinensis and Lycium barbarum being the most famous  and well known. They have the best strain of the ’41 Asian varieties’. They better get some anti-virals, it sound like the flu to me.

Again, more non-sense: “500 times more Vitamin C than oranges.”

I want some of this action to help me if I get some of the above. So, if a 6 ounce orange has 50 mg’s of Vitamin C, than 6 ounces of Himalayan Goji berries would have 2.5 grams of Vitamin C. Now I see where their coming from, they have the special strain, Himalayan variety, that’s it. Joking aside, the berries have between 29 mg per 100 grams to as high as 148 mg per 100 grams. Goji is a very good vitamin C source and I do recommend them daily in my practice.

I am starting to feel bad about picking on this site but it’s like slowing when there’s an accident of the side of the road, you just can’t help yourself.

Another doozy! (Any typo or misspelling here comes from their site): “HUMAN GROWTH HORMONE:
Goji berries are known to have a unique polysaccharide that stimulates the pituitary gland in the anterior of the brain to produce more Human Growth Hormone, the master hormone in our bodies. HGH is know to slow down, and even reverse some of the effects of aging. For centuries, people in Asia that have customarily eaten Goji berries have been documented to live longer and healthier lives with little or no incidence of heart disease, stroke, high blood pressure, cancer, diabetes, Alzheimer’s disease, fibromyalgia, lupus, multiple scirosis, or a host of other “dread” diseases that are afflicting many of the Industrialized Nations of the world.”

We better let every professional sports player in on this one. Just think steroids will be a thing of the past. All you need to do now is eat a hand-full of goji berries and watch time being shaved off your ¼ mile sprint or amaze your friend with your new found muscles and ripped abs, just from eating goji berries.

The best part about the above referenced paragraph, is that if I eat goji berries I won’t get the ‘dread’ disease – multiple scirosis. That sounds like a nasty one!

Marcus Ettinger DC, BSc.

Chang RC, So KF.

Laboratory of Neurodegenerative Diseases, Department of Anatomy, LKS Faculty of Medicine, The University of Hong Kong, Pokfulam, Hong Kong SAR, China.

Lycium barbarum (Gouqizi, Fructus Lycii, Wolfberry) is well known for nourishing the liver, and in turn, improving the eyesight. However, many people have forgotten its anti-aging properties. Valuable components of L. barbarum are not limited to its colored components containing zeaxanthin and carotene, but include the polysaccharides and small molecules such as betaine, cerebroside, beta-sitosterol, p-coumaric, and various vitamins. Despite the fact that L. barbarum has been used for centuries, its beneficial effects to our bodies have not been comprehensively studied with modern technology to unravel its therapeutic effects at the biochemical level. Recently, our laboratory has demonstrated its neuroprotective effects to counter neuronal loss in neurodegenerative diseases. Polysaccharides extracted from L. barbarum can protect neurons against beta-amyloid peptide toxicity in neuronal cell cultures, and retinal ganglion cells in an experimental model of glaucoma. We have even isolated the active component of polysaccharide which can attenuate stress kinases and pro-apoptotic signaling pathways. We have accumulated scientific evidence for its anti-aging effects that should be highlighted for modern preventive medicine. This review is to provide background information and a new direction of study for the anti-aging properties of L. barbarum. We hope that new findings for L. barbarum will pave a new avenue for the use of Chinese medicine in modern evidence-based medicine.

PMID: 17710531 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]

Related Products: Goji Berries, Goji Fusion, and Absolute Goji

Much confusion. I want some direct answers, before ordering. I have tasted a bottle for $10. from Swanson Vitamins. It is TERRIBLE. Tastes like Prune Juice. I tasted a bottle from OUTPOST HEALTH STORE. WAS EXPENSIVE & SYRUPY. What’s with all these various GOJI’s. I think I will order the powder & make my own.

Sincerely

Marge Joyce

Answer: Marge,

The juice you are referring to is our Absolute Goji; it is 100% organic, 100% pure goji juice. I do not know the exact percentage of Dr. Mindell’s goji juice because they do not disclose that fact. Your brother-in-law has been indoctrinated into a Multi-Level-Marketing (MLM) belief system that says theirs is the best and everyone else is either a liar or a cheater. That is how MLM’s work.

We offer two goji products: Goji Fusion and Absolute Goji. Both are excellent products and our company has a flawless reputation. I am including a link that has many question and answers about goji in general and our goji products. I hope this helps with your decision.

http://www.caoh.com/liquid-vitamin-blog/?cat=15

Sincerely,

Marcus Ettinger DC, BSc.

Response from Marge: Thank You, it does help. I HATE what Earl Mindell is pulling off. My Bro-in-law, is convinced since he is drinking GOJI, it has stopped his Prostate Cancer. I told him he got early detection, otherwise Nothing would have helped much. Ed is 85, & seems healthy,& ANY GOJI is good, but his $34. a bottle PLUS shipping. It is not Organic. The label does say Water, & several other juices added. And it is Purple in color. I do have this Orange, Organic that was only $99. (no shipping chg) It is very good. It is 32oz, but does have Pear, Apple, & preservative. No water.

What does yours taste like? I also like the berries. I have bought them Organic at OutPost in MILW. & ordered the Organic from Swanson Vitamins.

Thank YOU again. I’ll be in touch.

Marge Joyce

My Response: Marge,

Personally I recommend the Goji Fusion. It’s 60% goji and has one of the top fruits in the world for natural vitamin-C content, the camu-camu fruit. One ounce supplies 250mg of natural vitamin-C. So you get both the benefit of goji and the benefit of 250mg’s of natural vitamin-C. Or, if you want to 100% goji than the Absolute Goji is it. Both taste great but taste is a subjective thing.

Sincerely,

Marcus Ettinger DC, BSc.

Related Products: Goji Berries, Goji Fusion, and Absolute Goji