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