Mangosteen: Powder or Juice?

In my book The Top 10 Lyme Disease Treatments, http://www.defeatlyme.com, I talk about Mangosteen as being one of the best supplements for Lyme disease for many reasons, including its powerful antibiotic charcteristics. However, I mention a product in the book, Xango, which I no longer believe is the best route to take. Here’s why.

Xango has some mangosteen in it but also many other ingredients. Lots of fruit juices which have unnecessary sugar. So, I found a better brand, 100% pure mangosteen juice with NO additives – http://www.mangosteens.com. A great product, and can create a massive herx reaction.

However, for those who want the concentrated form, the powder from mangosteen pericarp (the pericarp is the outer rind, or shell, of the fruit, and has all the nutrients, and must be consumed in powder form since it is chewy and hard and can’t be eaten alone) to avoid the sugar content, I wrote the following post on the Lyme and rife group wth some additional information.

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The juice itself should taste pretty good, maybe even the best
tasting fruit in the world, according to many, as it is known
as “queen of the fruits.” If the stuff you have is bad tasting, maybe
mix it with some orange juice?

Speaking of which, I am currently trying to locate some pericarp
powder (powder made from the rind of the mangosteen where all the
important xanthones and nutrients are) so that people can use the
supplement without all the sugar contained in the juices.

Personally, I would prefer the powder no matter how bad it tastes,
since I don’t like all the sugar in the juices. So far I’ve located a
few sources of the powder:

http://www.physicianformulas.com/store/scripts/prodview.asp?idproduct=219&name=Mangosteen

http://farocompany.com/

http://www.amermed.com/mangosteen.htm

http://www.vitalxan.com.au/

I had a long talk on the phone last night with the owner of the
VitalXan company in Australia, and I think his product looks pretty
good.

Most of the product websites for these items are pretty bad, bad
spelling, dysfunctional pages, so I’m not sure how that reflects on
the quality of the products.

Any comments, reports, etc., are welcomed and encouraged.

Bryan

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Later, I received this report from a Lyme sufferer:

Hi, All:
 
I took mangosteen pericarp from www.farocompany.com for a little over a month (2 caps twice a day).  I got my labs from last month and my white count went up to 6.0!!!  It has hit 5.0 once or twice in five years of treatment, and usually is 3.0 to 4.0.  (“Normal” is 4.0 to 11.0)
 
My doctor believes that it “woke up” my immune system.  Yea, God!!!!
 
Blessings,
 
Bonnie

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Pretty neat! I plan to include this update in a later version of my Lyme disease annual reports.

I also made a video that reviews some mangosteen products: