Q: Dear Sir:

I have a few questions regarding your goji juice. Do you use the berry stems in your juice? Also, do you have polysaccharides in it, if so, how many? Also, what species of Goji berries do you use and where are they grown? Also, do you have any kind of guarantee with your juice? Also, does it have a spectral signature?

The reason I am asking so many questions is because I’ve been on disability 30 years for Lupus and have been told Goji juice could help me tremendously. But the people that tell me that are with the FreeLife Company. They have a 90 day guarantee and say there’s nothing else as good as there’s on the market for a number of reasons. Your product is much more reasonable; but, dealing with the health issue I have, I need good quality; but price is a big matter because of living alone and on disability for 30 years.

I would appreciate any information you can render. Thank you very much for taking your valuable time to answer my questions.

Sincerely,

Lesley S.

A: Dear Lesley,

It is mandatory that every multi-level-marketing product has to possess at least one “magical quality or property.” This “magical quality or property” is what makes their (MLM) product so unique amongst the masses and keeps the user prejudiced to their (MLM) product. In this way the MLM and their distributors can claim the stars and down-play the competition. FreeLife has their “Spectral Signature”. Below are two links that will help. The bottom line is this: our goji juice has a higher concentration of real goji (no stems), has all the same unique, master-molecule polysaccharides as FreeLife’s, is less expensive and doesn’t have any MLM strings attached.

Link -Is FreeLife Goji Juice the best?

Link – Goji Spectral Signature

Here are 10 Reasons Why Our California Academy of Health Goji Juice Is So Special:

1) The Goji berries and Camu-Camu fruit in our juice are hand picked when at the peak of ripeness, they are then cold pressed and flash pasteurized to preserve their freshness and the natural levels of all bioactive compounds.

2) Our Goji (Lycium barbarum) berries are grown in pristine and unpolluted farm land, and only pure snow run-off is the only water our goji plants.

3) Our growers personally pick out the best lots of Goji berries before the rest are taken to market. We pay a little more for our raw product but it’s worth it. The combination of superior raw ingredients, technical expertise, responsibility and ethics has allowed us to produce a Goji juice that is the “hands down” leader in the market place today.

4) Even though the practices used to grow and harvest the berries conform to stringent USDA Organic Certification criteria, we still have the berries tested for pesticides and heavy metals. Our Goji juice is produced in an FDA inspected laboratory. Note: The facility we use is presently in review for GMP certification.

5) Our Camu-Camu (Myrciaria dubia) fruit is grown along lush river banks throughout the Amazon rain forest. The fruit is wild-harvested by pickers standing in canoes because the fruits mature during the high water or flooding seasons in the Amazon. Our growers there take personal pride in their jobs and only pick the best fruit for us to use.

6) California Academy of Health Goji Juice is 60% pure Goji berry juice and 40% Camu-Camu fruit, fruit and berry blend. WE DO NOT ADD WATER to our juice, NOR DO WE USE CONCENTRATE; it’s just 100% pure fruit and berry juice.

7) Our Goji juice supplies 250mg of natural vitamin-C per fluid ounce.

All four unique Lycium Barbarum Polysaccharides (LBP) are in our Goji juice.

9) Our Goji juice is made from berries that are cold presses then flash pasteurized. The “flash pasteurization” method heats the juice to 160°F (71°C) for 15 sec, followed by rapid cooling to below 50°F (10°C). The juice can then be stored at room temperature. This process has a negligible harmful effect on the juices healthful properties. Note: Be aware that “all” non-pasteurized products require an FDA warning label stating that fact. A preservative free product = A heat pasteurized, hot (bottle) filled product = little nutritional value.

In addition, other products on the market are made from a dehydrated concentrate that is reconstituted with water. The dehydration process in and of itself is pasteurization and is far more harmful to the healthful properties in the fruit. This process also removes the living water that the fruit produces naturally.

Each Goji juice batch is tested for purity and contaminates. The product is produced in an FDA inspected laboratory. FYI – there is no such thing as an FDA approved lab

10) Lastly, we are the first company to bring such a unique product (Goji/Camu-Camu blend) to market with a 100% satisfaction guaranty.

Sincerely,

Marcus Ettinger DC, BSc.

Response: Dear Dr. Ettinger:

Thank you so very, very much for your prompt reply to my questions about your Goji juice. Something in my spirit didn’t feel right about the Free Life goji juice. It’s not that I didn’t think it was good (they have a 90 day guarantee), but I’ve always thought that any multi level company may have a good product but have to charge more for their product so they will be able to have the money to pay all their distributors. I would have had to have gone into debt to afford FreeLife’s goji juice because of my having been on disability for 30 years.

I plan to share the information you sent me with my podiatrist I am seeing tomorrow. He is a brilliant man that does a lot of research on a lot of different fields besides podiatry and also including nutritional things. He had been given the Free Life “line,” and he was encouraging people to purchase it and become distributors. Your information may not change his mind because of his heavy involvement at present, but you have helped change mine. I have been praying for weeks about what to do regarding the goji juice situation because I was diagnosed with systemic Lupus 30 years ago and know this product could help me, but couldn’t justify the expense verses my budget at present.

Thanks, again, so very much for your information.

Sincerely,

Lesley S

Q: Dear Sir, I have short bowel syndrome and constant diarrhea that can only be slowed with 20 drops of opium tincture three times a day. I have been approached to take mangosteen juice product made by Xango. My concern is if this product would make my diarrhea worse. I have no colon and a radiation damaged small bowel which has resulted in the short bowel syndrome. I have been advised to drink 4 oz. of mangosteen juice 3 times a day for 30 days but am afraid to try it because of my concern for diarrhea can you help me with my concern? Thank you, Rita

A: Dear Rita,

First, what was the rationale behind you drinking 12oz of mangosteen per day? Did a doctor advise you to drink that much or was it a neighbor, friend or co-worker who is selling that multi-level marketing (MLM) product?

Second, if fruit juice in general causes you to have increased diarrhea than so will the mangosteen juice. If fruit juice does not cause you to have increased diarrhea than the mangosteen probably won’t. The only way to truly know is to drink a little bit and see what happens, you can always stop. If you have a strong reservation about trying the mangosteen in the first place, then don’t. The emotion stress will out-way any benefit.

Third, please follow this link to read more about our Mangosteen Juice.

Sincerely,

Marcus Ettinger DC, BSc.

Q: Why does Dr. Mindell say his is the best and the only true Goji juice?

Thanks,

Angie

A: Dear Angie,

Because it’s advertising! We say and feel ours is the best and if you had your own brand you would probably say yours was the best too. The facts are, our goji juice has a higher concentration of real goji juice, at 60%, than FreeLife. FreeLife does not disclose in writing the concentration of their juice (why is that?). Our goji juice is also less expensive and we are a family owned and operated business not a multi-level marketing company. Why pay for 5 to 7 levels of down-line commission when you buy something?

Sincerely,

Marcus Ettinger DC, BSc.

SEE ALSO: Goji Spectral Signature