The Miracle Juice
Jul 19, 2008 02:34AM
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When my mum was diagnozed with cancer, quite a number of people approached her by giving bottles of fruit juice which purportedly would help in cancer treatment (which they are also selling by the way). They are not cheap costing around US$30 to US$50 per bottle.
Goji - I point out to my mum that it is a common and CHEAP ingredient for food/soap and we eat it almost everyday. And this bottle of fruit juice cost US$40? I could buy a huge packet of fdried/fresh goji for a few dollars and boil them to drink everyday for a few dollars.
Noni - never heard of this fruit. But told my mum that my research seemed to point out that the company who produced the juice was slapped with a lawsuit for failing to disclose that the juice contains chemicals that could cost cancer!
And Xango - the famed mangosteen juice that cost US$35. Mangosteen - the Queen of Fruits. Yummy. I love to EAT mangosteen. It is dirt cheap in my country although I find it a hassle to eat because if you are not careful, you end up with unremovable purple stains on your clothes. Oh....a local company started to produce fresh mangosteen juice which is available at supermarkets at the cost of US$1.80 per bottle.
My mum and I had a good laugh at the miracle juice(s). We would prefer to eat them and throw them into a blender to get the juice out. It is MUCH CHEAPER!
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Goji - I point out to my mum that it is a common and CHEAP ingredient for food/soap and we eat it almost everyday. And this bottle of fruit juice cost US$40? I could buy a huge packet of fdried/fresh goji for a few dollars and boil them to drink everyday for a few dollars.
Noni - never heard of this fruit. But told my mum that my research seemed to point out that the company who produced the juice was slapped with a lawsuit for failing to disclose that the juice contains chemicals that could cost cancer!
And Xango - the famed mangosteen juice that cost US$35. Mangosteen - the Queen of Fruits. Yummy. I love to EAT mangosteen. It is dirt cheap in my country although I find it a hassle to eat because if you are not careful, you end up with unremovable purple stains on your clothes. Oh....a local company started to produce fresh mangosteen juice which is available at supermarkets at the cost of US$1.80 per bottle.
My mum and I had a good laugh at the miracle juice(s). We would prefer to eat them and throw them into a blender to get the juice out. It is MUCH CHEAPER!
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I met a young man whose mom had terminal brain cancer. He opened the truck of his car and it was full of Xango juice. Bless his heart, he offered to give me one, but I declined, and told him to take it to mom. I was in remission at the time. I did buy one bottle of Noni and it was terrible. One taste, and it ended up in the garbage. $40-00.
I am glad your mom had you and her chinese doctor to help her with good choices.
I am glad your mom had you and her chinese doctor to help her with good choices.
This kind of reminds me of the products sold on info-mercials. You know the ones that sell "miracle" products that will clean, cook, garden, make you beautiful for $29.95 plus shipping? Sometimes I'll say to my husband, "We gotta get of those!" and he'll just give me a look, then we both crack up laughing.
The major difference here is the false hope given to cancer patients which is not amusing at all!
The major difference here is the false hope given to cancer patients which is not amusing at all!
I read a story recently, can't remember where, about Noni. That it is a weed that grows out of control in it's native environments. That the locals do swear by it's anti-cancer abilities and do still currently utilize it, along with conventional treatments. But it is the fresh stems and leaves, not the fruits, that their tradition finds healing. The story said the Noni juice phenomena came about when Mormon Missionaries came to them to spend time (convert) and heard about Noni, saw it growing everywhere. They decided to market it as a "Miracle Drink" assuming the miracle was the fruit. The locals said nothing, just snickered and let them clear away as many bothersome weeds as they would.
My mother in law takes 2 tablespoons a day...just because. Who knows why. So I tasted it. It tasted like prune juice to me.
deb
My mother in law takes 2 tablespoons a day...just because. Who knows why. So I tasted it. It tasted like prune juice to me.
deb
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