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Article #162: Goji Juice Scam

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Goji juice is juice from the goji fruit At the present time studies have shown
and has a great health potential. But that a daily intake of at least 70
watch Out for More than One Scam! micrograms of selenium should be the goal
The words "goji juice scam" could be of all who wish to remain free of cancer
interpreted as a reference to one of two Now the offering of such information on
very different scams. One of these scams the selenium mineral should not be seen
would relate to the quality of the as a goji juice scam. If, however, the
advertised goji juice. An example: Let's imparter of that information tried to
say an advertisement that did not mention encourage people to a daily intake of
Himalayan goji berries could be seen as a more than 70 micrograms of selenium, then
goji juice scam as only the Himalayan that could be seen as a goji juice scam.
berries have a nutritional profile that That is because it is possible for a
includes close to one dozen different person to eat too much of this mineral.
ingredients. If one were to eat a quantity far above
While there is at least one goji juice 100 micrograms each day, then that excess
scam that deprives consumers of a good amount of selenium could cause nausea,
quality goji juice, there is yet a bad breath, rash, dizziness, weakness and
second, no less dangerous form for this cold symptoms. Further, consuming more
kind of scam. The second goji scam than 60 micrograms of selenium per day is
concerns the nature of information bad for pregnant women because a high
regarding one mineral in the goji juice. intake of selenium has in several studies
The second scam leaves out all of the appeared to be linked to birth
available information about a mineral complications.
called selenium. A man who wants to prevent developing
Selenium is a mineral that can act to prostate cancer, needs a slightly
lower a man's risk of prostate cancer can different diet than a woman who is
be added to the diet by drinking goji carrying a child. That fact should
juice. Selenium has the great ability to definately be included in any serious
slow or prevent the occurrence of cancer. literature about selenium. It should also
Researchers have linked selenium's be mentioned in an advertisement for goji
cancer-fighting abilities to the action juice products or on its packaging as the
of certain enzymes. This mineral aids the failure to highlight that fact might be
production of those enzymes, thus giving seen as a goji juice scam.
it the capacity to ward-off cancer risks.






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