Mangosteen Fruit
Statement by Robert Conlee, CEO of XanGo, LLC
LEHI, UTAH - March 6, 2009 - XanGo, LLC, the first company to market a premium mangosteen beverage, continues to lead the superfruit movement. As a global nutrition company, XanGo now reaches 23 countries and is expanding the benefits of the popular mangosteen to new applications. With the launch of Glimpse™ Intuitive Skin Care, XanGo revisits its category-creating status by introducing the first personal care product to feature the power of the mangosteen at its foundation to deliver the fruit's numerous nutrients through a green, toxin-free formula that protects consumer's health and the environment.
Introducing Innovative, Topical Mangosteen Experience
The development of a personal care brand using mangosteen was a natural progression in the company's growth following last year's introduction of 3SIXTY5™, a whole food nutrition mangosteen-based multi-vitamin. In November 2008, XanGo introduced Glimpse Intuitive Skin Care as topical nutrition that is free of harsh chemicals and featuring green chemistry technology in self-adjusting formulas.
One of the formula's driving ingredients is BioActive X3 Complex™, a proprietary ingredient that incorporates an exclusive biofermentation technology that combines meticulous, time-honored techniques with advanced science from Japan to amplify the phytonutrient potency of the mangosteen. The inclusion of these three exclusive ingredients with mangosteen-infused water helps ensure optimum nutrient density in the formulas to further promote the health-giving properties of the mangosteen.
XanGo has made a public commitment to green chemistry by signing the Compact for Safe Cosmetics, by which the company pledges to do no harm and to comply with EU directive 1776 that bans the use of several chemicals popularly used in personal care products in the U.S.
Rising to the Popularity of the Mangosteen
Exotic, nutrient-packed fruits are taking front stage in the natural health marketplace. As the National Restaurant Association reports, superfruits have sustained consumer interest and represent a significant area of growth in 2009. These antioxidant-packed fruits rank 7th among "Top 20" hot trends and 3rd among products in "What's Hot" in a chef survey done by the NRA.
XanGo was able to get ahead of and capitalize on that trend when it introduced the category-creating XanGo® Juice just six years ago. Since that time and several new product introductions later, XanGo is now a cumulative $1.5 billion sales company. With more than 1 million direct sales distributors worldwide, XanGo now spans four continents.
Even in a tough economy, XanGo is positioned well as it continues to experience strong sales. Both natural products and direct sales fare well during an economic downturn as evidenced by data released by Information Resources Inc. citing nationwide retail sales of vitamins and supplements that totaled nearly $639 million in the fourth quarter of 2008, a 10 percent jump from 2007. Meanwhile, the direct sales industry operates at 5 percent higher growth than the gross domestic product when the economy contracts, according to the Direct Selling Association. All of which bodes well for XanGo, which fortuitously represents the best of both natural products and direct sales.
Leading Scientific Research on Mangosteen Performance
With scientific partners that include Northridge, Calif.-based Medicus Research, Weber State University and leading independent laboratories, XanGo continues to spearhead scientific exploration of the whole mangosteen fruit through a tiered approach on safety, standardization and efficacy.
In XanGo's most recent independent research of the mangosteen completed in January 2009, promising peer-reviewed clinical trials by the UCLA School of Medicine's Dr. Jay K. Udani have shown that XanGo® Juice reduces inflammation in obese subjects, which may be valuable in preventing the progression to diabetes and heart disease. This eight-week randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled study included a pre-study two-week washout period. It evaluated the effect of multiple dosages of a proprietary mangostoeen juice on indicators of inflammation and antioxidant levels in obese patients with elevated C-reactive protein (CRP) levels.
Previous independent research sponsored by XanGo has demonstrated that the proprietary whole fruit formula in XanGo Juice leads to high levels of xanthone absorption while unnaturally elevated levels of xanthone consumption actually were shown to decrease absorption efficiency.
XanGo is intent on continuing to lead the worldwide market in mangosteen-based research and category-creating mangosteen-based products. Expect more research in the coming years that continues to validate existing claims about the mangosteen and further product extensions that broaden the benefits of the mangosteen to myriad oral, topical and other wellness applications.
Wednesday, March 11, 2009
Xango - Proven Goodness!
Believe it or Not! From the desk of Sherman Unkefer
I recently asked a friend if they would be interested in keeping more of their paycheck if they had a part time home based business? I explained say for example what if you could keep forever starting right now an extra 100 dollars a week or 5 thousand dollars a year of your paycheck that the IRS would normally take?
Their reply shocked me! “You don’t understand I’m not worried about what the government takes because they give me a great bargain and I get a huge refund at the end of the year!” I didn’t know whether to cry or just scream!
What kind of a bargain is that! They take HALF your paycheck lets say 17 thousand a year then say oh sorry we took 2 thousand too much and you get 2 thousand dollars back that was yours anyway and without interest. That’s NOT a great bargain! You just got Flim Flammed my friend.
I think it all starts when we are kids and get that first summer job making an hourly wage. We can’t wait to cash that check and have some fun. Then out of the blue the government sends us a tax refund a year later for 3 or 4 hundred bucks! Wow Free money! But what actually happened is they did some kind of weird mystic Voo Doo Mojo mind trick! Many accept this cruel opiate and forever become sheep for the slaughter others lie and cheat on their taxes forever in fear of the dark cloud of the IRS looming over their heads. Believe It or Not!
OK, it’s not all gloom and doom I’ve got some GREAT news that you CAN BELIEVE for sure! There are some sensible men and women in Congress who said “Hey! It’s not good for the country for people to be unemployed, why don’t we offer tax breaks to individuals who want to supplement their incomes with a home based business!” I’m talking about legitimate, legal super easy to understand TAX BREAKS not loopholes!
Sherman said; “Go see Ron Mueller at Carolyn Johnsons XanGo meeting and write about tax breaks for people with a home based business.” BEAT ME! SHOOT ME! KILL ME! Anything but listen to someone talk about taxes! Fact is I bought Ron’s book “It’s How Much You KEEP That Counts! Not how much you Make” about a year ago but never could muster the courage to open it, I was terrified. I thought maybe if it sat on my bookshelf long enough I might somehow absorb the information.
Ron Mueller .MBA, PH.D. Is an investigative reporter who spent more than a year researching and documenting home-business tax breaks that have been authorized by Congressional Law. You could say that Ron Mueller boldly went were no man has gone before! He also has an incredible gift, he can take all the complicated legal Mumbo Jumbo sift through thousands of pages of Tax Codes and translate it into a super simple FUN and EASY to understand formula. When I got home I read Ron’s book in about an hour, I had the same feeling I get when I read an exciting novel, I couldn’t put it down and I was surprised at how easy it is to read and how to legally keep thousands of dollars of your hard earned money a year. Ron is also a XanGo distributor just like you and me.
It’s simple. You must have a legitimate home based business and an intent to make a profit. Instead of thinking of your home as a place were you also happen to have a business, think of it as your business where you happen to sleep.
Some of the many Deductions include; your Childs allowance, gasoline, rent, utilities, repairs, insurance, travel, entertainment, Bottles of XanGo you consume! Etc, Etc. You’ll even understand how an AUDIT can be a GOOD THING! You will know more about home based tax code than the expert that prepares your taxes; you might just want to get an extra copy of Ron’s book for them.
91% OF ALL FORECLOSURES COULD HAVE BEEN AVOIDED IF PEOPLE HAD AN EXTRA $500 A MONTH!
Great article in the Miami Herald
Her solution: Spend two nights a week cooking at the homes of strangers, in front of an audience of the host's family and friends, pointing out the virtues of cheese graters, garlic presses and other culinary tools. All are made by a company called The Pampered Chef, and she'd be happy to sell them to you.
As the job market continues to deteriorate, more people are choosing the same route as Rodriguez, looking for alternative ways to make a buck.
Monday, March 9, 2009
Monday Night Call with 500K Carole Escolano - Going Back to Basics
Monday at 930PM ET
some of the emerging leaders
on her team will discuss how they are empowering others.
calling in from the Philippines and share how this system has created TWO NEW 5K legs in TWO months!!
A Personal Mangosteen Experience
Tuesday, February 24, 2009
Rx: Mangosteen Juice to Quell Inflammation
By Hope Bentley, Natural Solutions magazine
When you cut your finger, bruise a knee, or catch the flu, inflammation acts as a friend, rallying the body’s immune system to defend against microbes and heal the injury or illness. But when the immune response never shuts off, that chronic low-level inflammation irritates the body and can raise the risk of diseases such as arthritis, heart disease, cancer, and diabetes. While researchers haven’t untangled all the mechanisms behind this yet, hyperactive immune cells can, for example, destabilize cholesterol deposits, setting the stage for heart attack, or they can destroy nerve cells in those predisposed to Alzheimer’s.
Chronic inflammation–triggered by everything from the typical Western diet of processed, sugary foods to irritated bowels, inflamed gums, and autoimmune disease–can be detected with tests that measure levels of C-reactive protein (an inflammation marker) and white blood cell counts. You don’t need a test, however, to take proactive steps against inflammation. A diet high in whole grains, fruits, vegetables, spices like turmeric, magnesium-rich foods, olive oil, and omega-3 fatty acids all help douse the flames.
Another star “firefighter” is mangosteen juice. Native to tropical locales such as Thailand, the mangosteen fruit looks nothing at all like a mango (or a beer stein, for that matter). What sets this tangerine-size fruit apart are its high levels of xanthones, powerful antioxidants that have garnered growing attention from medical researchers. So far, they’ve isolated 220 types of xanthones–42 of which are found in mangosteen. Xanthones dampen inflammation by inhibiting the action of key inflammatory enzymes like COX-2 and 5-LOX. An in vitro study, presented in March at the American Chemical Society’s National Meeting found that concentrated mangosteen (specifically Mango-xan Antioxidant Recovery Formula made by Pure Fruit Technologies) reduced the activity of these enzymes by about 98 percent.
No one’s yet studied the effect mangosteen has on humans, but anecdotal evidence supports the anti-inflammatory claims, with “people who regularly take a mangosteen product reporting relief from chronic pain,” says Wayne Geilman, Ph.D., of Pure Fruit Technologies.
While custom laws prevent merchants from importing the entire mangosteen to the United States, you can buy several types of concentrates and purees in natural food stores. Some companies, like Genesis Today, offer pure mangosteen juice, while others, like Pure Fruit Technologies, Trace Minerals, and Dynamic Health Laboratories, offer blends of the fruit’s juice, flesh, and rind, which may pack more potency.
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