Nature's Sunshine Continues its Leadership Position in the Mangosteen Supplement Market...

NOTE: It is important to note that no health claims are being made here about mangosteen, Thai-Go, or sea buckthorn. Such claims are not permitted by the FDA. The information given here is to let you know about recent research done by scientists at Ohio State University.

Researchers from Ohio State University and Nature's Sunshine Products have jointly announced the discovery of three new xanthones, with a paper presented to the American Society of Pharmacognosy.

The pharmacognosy department at Ohio State is heavily involved in looking at anti-cancer potential of many natural substances, including mangosteen and sea buckthorn, BOTH of which are in Thai-Go™.

Note as you take a look at the paper presented by Ohio State, the pictures of the mangosteen tree, the mangosteen fruit, and of course, a bottle of Thai-Go™ mangosteen juice! As you can read from the paper, Ohio State is excited about the possible benefits of two of these xanthones in particular.

A one-page abstract of the paper detailing the discovery of these two new xanthones can be read here, as well as an abstract for their work about sea buckthorn.

Questions and answers concerning this study:

• Do any other mangosteen products contain sea buckthorn?  
  To our knowledge, the answer is no. Nature's Sunshine spent over a year testing and researching the best ingredients and the right forms to use in Thai-Go™. However, we are sure that others will try to copy our success in the future.
• Do any other mangosteen products contain these new xanthones?
  It is very probable that the other drinks (Xango™, MangoXan™, Vemma™, etc.) contain small trace amounts of these xanthones. After all, they are in the mangosteen fruit--and if these companies don't destroy these xanthones by their processing (which is definitely NOT a sure thing), then there may be very small amounts there. However, Nature's Sunshine uses a proprietary extraction process that can pull these xanthones out of the mangosteen rind and concentrate them into the drink at a high level. Xango™ CANNOT accomplish this by their method of simply throwing the rind in and hoping for the best. They are stuck with what they get, even before they dilute their juice and heat it.
• I have cancer. Will this juice help me?
  The US Food and Drug Administration prohibits making any health claims. You must decide for yourself whether you feel that Thai-Go™ or any other health supplement would be helpful.
• What further research is being done?
  That is up to the scientists at Ohio State, but knowing their affiliation and passion for pharmacognosy, it is safe to say that they will be looking closer.