XanGo Juice Research – The Early Days

XanGo® Juice is a phenomenal product. I saw that from the very beginning. But it wasn’t until early 2004 when I became truly convinced. This is when I joined XanGo as the Research and Development team lead. It was at this time that I began researching the science behind XanGo Juice.

While mangosteen had several research studies validating the efficacy of xanthones and the fruit, the amount of hard science on XanGo Juice was difficult to come by. It was just too new in the marketplace. I was challenged, at the time, by Aaron Garrity to take whole mangosteen fruit and XanGo Juice out of the realm of mystery and bring it into a light where credible researchers would spend their own time, money and reputation on finding out what most of you already know by experience—how wonderful XanGo Juice is, that it works, and how!
As a researcher and developer of natural products for 18 years, I was intrigued by this challenge. I have spent years developing weight loss, cleansing and anti-aging products and studying the endocrine digestive and circulatory systems. I jumped at the opportunity to study a food that comes from nature but had been used traditionally for thousands of years by native medicine-men. Anyone, looking from the outside in, could see that there was something special about this fruit. And I was excited to be the person at XanGo that actually got to scientifically prove and show why it worked so well.

We began looking for a 3rd party research partner and were fortunate to find that partner in Dr. Edward Walker from Weber State University in Ogden, Utah. He had extensive credentials in chemistry and a thorough knowledge of working with natural products. And so the real work began.

The first thing to do in science, when you are beginning to scientifically validate a natural product, an ingredient or natural food, is to nail down consistent testing protocols to be used. Since there was no consistent method being used to test the mangosteen or Juice this became the starting point of our research.

It took us two years to separate, purify and build standards and methods for measuring the components most important in the Juice. This process was long and tedious but well worth it. The culmination of this work was the peer-reviewed publication in the Journal of Separation Science (June 2007). Additionally, we presented our findings at the Natural Product Expo in 2007. It was received very well…in fact; we ended up winning first place. Go XanGo!

Today, we still use this proven method and have built a large database to compile and organize the proven results from the mangosteen puree and XanGo Juice. Of course, we didn’t stop there. We continue to build and expand upon our research with new mangosteen and XanGo Juice findings. These research findings and results we’ll describe in future articles in the coming weeks. Stay tuned, XanGo nation!