RICK HANDEL NOTES

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Permalink Reply by GOJI HIVE on February 6, 2009 at 10:21pm

Beware of self-proclaimed "goji experts"

Here's a heads-up about a bizarre new website by a woman who has anointed herself as a "goji expert" and who is trying to convince the world that only her goji berries are effective. The way we see it, Rachel Thorogood (Betterthangojijuice.com) is just one of dozens of small-time competitors who just can’t seem to figure out how to market a product without trashing everyone else’s. We’re dismayed by her baseless innuendo, but we have no intent to sue her because she doesn’t mention FreeLife by name. Every good company has its critics, detractors, and competitors, and FreeLife is no exception. They mean little to us, as they pose little threat to our continuing rapid growth, and no threat at all to our credibility, reputation, and high standing in the scientific research community.

You see, the important thing for you to understand is that Rachel is not a scientist (she has only a liberal arts degree), and it is therefore not surprising to us that, in her “reality checks,” she draws conclusions that I would expect only from someone who is not well-versed in biochemistry, physics, and nutrition science. For example, she states that “heat destroys protein molecules almost instantly...no exceptions.” That’s a pretty strong statement, and if it were true, we would all starve to death from lack of usable protein in our diets. What every scientist knows is that, when proteins are heated, they simply coalesce and coagulate, and that’s what gives a firmer texture to cooked meats, fish, and eggs when compared to their raw state. The biological value of the protein is not reduced by cooking; studies have proven that its digestibility is actually enhanced by cooking. The only way to destroy food proteins is with a flame thrower.

I could give you plenty more examples of how wrong Rachel is, but I think you can see that she’s far from being the “goji expert” that she proclaims herself to be. Here are the facts, from the company that started the goji revolution in 2003.

GoChi has by far the highest amount of LBP polysaccharides of any goji product in the industry. We have confirmed this by testing every product of which we are aware (more than 40 so far). Rachel’s contention that “heating ALWAYS destroys the goji polysaccharides” is ridiculous. Our 4-second aseptic sterilization process applies just enough heat to coagulate microbial proteins, and does not harm our LBP content. We established our process from a reverse-engineering model. We knew how much LBP we wanted to deliver in each serving, and designed our process to guarantee that each bottle would contain at least that amount, even on the very last day of its two year shelf life.

Unlike any other goji product, the efficacy of GoChi has been demonstrated in 19 areas of human health in three human clinical studies. And our clinical research has been independently validated by the tough independent expert judges of a leading, peer-reviewed medical journal. If I were a gambling man, I’d bet on those Ph.D.s and MDs against any self-styled “goji expert,” wouldn’t you?

Rick

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Permalink Reply by GOJI HIVE on February 6, 2009 at 10:23pm

The Truth about the Sucralose in TAIslim and Chi3 Energy

Consumers who question the safety of sucralose (Splenda) have been unwittingly duped by a carefully orchestrated campaign by the powerful sugar lobby and dubious “consumer education groups” that, upon examination, turn out to be lobbyists as well. Lately, I’ve been hearing from some of you about a study that made “headline news” on some news outlets, warning of all kinds of supposed dangers of sucralose. But In reality, this Duke University study is “old news.” It was submitted to the Journal of Toxicology and Environmental Health back in February and, since its acceptance in May, it has been thoroughly dismissed by the scientific community because of its obvious bias. I don’t expect you to take my word for this, and that’s why I’ve posted a link to the Duke University study to prove my point. You can find it at http://public.me.com/rickhandel. Look at the bottom left of the first page to see who funded the study, and you’ll know exactly what I mean about bias. We’ve looked at every anti-sucralose study and have found exactly the same people behind them.

The Sugar Association and the Corn Refiners Association are very powerful lobbies. Lately, they’ve been airing TV commercials trying to convince you of the safety of their noxious high fructose corn syrup. The sugar lobby has a lot of money, and they use quite a bit of it to fund a lot of researchers, bullying them by threatening to cut off that funding unless they find something bad to say about artificial sweeteners. These lobbyists may be dastardly, but they’re not stupid; they’re counting on the fact that most people tend to believe what they hear on the news or see on the internet, regardless of whether that information is true or not. The only reason that this seriously flawed Duke study was in the news recently is because a paid lobbyist keeps putting it on the newswires every month hoping that someone will pick it up. That lobbyist, attorney Jim Turner, runs the altruistic sounding Citizens for Health, which in reality is paid handsomely by companies whose financial interests are being hurt by the growing use of safe artificial sweeteners such as sucralose. The fact that some media outlets decided to run the story as is just shows you the degree to which your nightly news is being manipulated. If you want to know what a real consumer protection group thinks of sucralose, you'll be happy to know that the highly respected Center for Science in the Public Interest (CSPI) has declared the sweetener to be safe. They do not give such assurances for stevia, and neither do I. The white stevia crystals that you find on your store shelves are processed with methanol and other harsh solvents, and they are a far cry from natural. Also, unlike sucralose, stevia does not have the benefit of more than 100 safety studies.

We stand by our decision to use sucralose. It’s the right sweetener for our products, and it’s absolutely safe, regardless of the willful lies and misinformation that can be found all over the internet.

Also, please be mindful that our marketing emphasis for Chi3 Energy is not as the “all-natural energy drink”; it’s “the healthy energy drink”, and is a great alternative for the millions of people, mainly 18 – 40 years of age, who are currently consuming far less healthy energy drinks. Similarly, our new TAIslim is the "healthy way to lose weight and feel great."

TAIslim and Chi3 Energy are not for everyone, and we’ll certainly understand if someone declines to use them because they object to some ingredient or other. I would ask, however, that you don’t just dismiss a safe ingredient like sucralose without first exercising your skills as a critical thinker to learn the whole truth.

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Permalink Reply by GOJI HIVE on February 6, 2009 at 10:23pm

About GoChi's Aseptic Sterilization Process

Unlike any other goji product, GoChi is produced from fresh berries, and that's the main reason for its unmatched level of Lycium barbarum polysaccharides, the unique glycopeptides that are widely acknowledged as the source of the goji berry's diverse benefits. After taking such pains to use fresh berries, it would be a cruel irony for us to cook GoChi by using pasteurization or hot filling, and yet, in the absence of preservatives, some type of treatment is necessary in order to eliminate the natural wild yeasts, fungi and bacteria that are present in all raw juices

FreeLife provides an elegant solution; a four-second aseptic sterilization treatment that applies enough heat to kill all of the microbes and spores, giving us a sterile and pristine product. Because of the brief application of heat, we do not consider GoChi to be a raw food, but it is certainly not cooked either and it is not degraded. A small amount of LBP is lost in the aseptic processing, but then again, there's some lost in every processing step - from harvesting to transporting to juicing to concentrating to blending to sterilization to shipping, and there's even more lost as the product sits in your house for possibly as long as 2 years.

None of this is a problem because process validation is an important part of our product development cycle, so we know exactly how much LBP is lost in each step, and we have taken this into account in the product design. Every fresh bottle of GoChi actually contains an over-potency of LBP, and that's how we can guarantee that the product will be fully potent even on the very last day of its two-year shelf life. We reverse engineer every FreeLife product the same way. Our stated label potencies are guaranteed up to the last day of each product's life, which means that you'll always get a potency bonus by taking the freshest-dated product possible.

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Permalink Reply by GOJI HIVE on February 6, 2009 at 10:24pm

Why is GoChi different from other goji juices?

GoChi® is no ordinary goji juice, and that becomes apparent as soon as you open the bottle. The aroma is far more fragrant, and the taste is richer and fresher than any other goji product. There's good reason for this difference, and that is quite simply that GoChi is the only goji product that is made from fresh berries. All other goji juices to our knowledge are made from a water extract of dried berries, and that is why they are sometimes thick and strong-tasting. This is very much like the difference between prune juice (a water extract of dried plums) and the juice of a fresh plum. The prune juice is thicker, darker, and with a much more pronounced taste, and so it is with other goji juices.

The problem with the other goji juices is that, because they’re made by steeping dried fruit instead of by pressing fresh berries, they cannot deliver meaningful amounts of goji’s unique Lycium barbarum polysaccharides (LBP), which are found in highest concentration in the fresh fruit, and which scientists agree are the source of the berry’s diverse health benefits. We have proven 19 significant benefits in three human clinical studies. If you are considering another goji juice, you may want to write to the manufacturer and ask them to show you the results of their own clinical studies. We already know the answer, as no other goji company is even remotely interested in conducting research – they are simply trying to capitalize on our hard work with their low-grade “goji prune” juice products.

I may be known for my dry sense of humor, but I find nothing humorous about goji juice made from dried berries! - Rick Handel

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Permalink Reply by Graham & Elaine Mergard on March 6, 2009 at 1:05pm

Wow !! I really Value the Fact that our Wonderful GoChi juice is Clinically trialled -Today I was watching the TV Talk show "The Doctors" and a Intergrative Doctor told the Host Doctor that 50% of the Pharmaceutical Drugs that he would be prescribing do NOT have Double blinded ,randomized, placebo controlled human clinical trials- the Host Doctor did not know what to say!!!
How proud we are that Freelife has taken the time and cost to Trial GoChi completely & accurately. How could we live such a healthy Lifestyle but for this amazing product ...had a challenge recently - went to Dr - she gave me pills (probably not clinically trialled!!) -no benefit or results- decided to drink Gochi 30mls on the hour in 2 days no problem - 5 days later no reoccurrence - feel my old self- Thanks to our Clinically trialled GoChi- E

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Permalink Reply by GOJI HIVE on February 6, 2009 at 10:25pm

About that tired old CBC Marketplace "goji scam" thing...

LEGAL DISCLAIMER: What follows are my personal opinions, and may not reflect those of my employer, FreeLife International...blah, blah, blah. So don't sue them...sue me, and see if I care!

Every good company has its critics and detractors, and we at FreeLife are no exception. But sometimes, criticism can cross over the line of decency, and such was the case with a CBC Marketplace segment on FreeLife's now-retired nutrition guru, Dr. Earl Mindell. The show was broadcast in Canada nearly two years ago, but it still circulates on YouTube thanks to the efforts of various FreeLife competitors. The style of this particular segment is typical of a particularly odoriferous brand of investigative journalism, in which truth and fairness are never allowed to interfere with the quest for high ratings.

Although she is largely unknown outside of Canada, Marketplace reporter Wendy Mesley has achieved a certain reputation for her unrelenting and highly biased "pit bull" style of attack journalism. When FreeLife learned that Marketplace was going to air a segment about Dr. Mindell, we invited them to visit our corporate offices, and advised them that FreeLife CEO Ray Faltinsky would be most happy to be interviewed or to make a statement. They flatly refused, because they had no interest whatsoever in learning the facts about FreeLife or about Dr. Mindell. They had a different agenda altogether.

The CBC segment on Dr. Mindell is really an impressive example of broadcast art. By manipulating video and audiotape, Mesley and her crafty editors have managed to paint Mindell in a very bad light indeed. I can certainly understand the dismay that someone may feel when watching the piece, but what you are seeing is not the truth, but is rather a fine example of alarmist propaganda that would have made Stalin or Hitler proud! You see, Ms. Mesley has carefully cultivated her talent for making her victims appear foolish or malevolent, and it works because she never affords them the opportunity to defend themselves or to deny her outrageous accusations.

If people are going to believe unquestioningly that FreeLife is a scam based on seeing something on television, on YouTube or on a web page, then they are demonstrating a lack of critical thinking. A good critical thinker will always be careful to research both sides of a story before making an informed decision.

For example, I might support my position by asking you to type "Wendy Mesley one-sided" into a Google search window, and if you did so, you would find more than a dozen attacks on her character and the fairness of her reporting. But to form an opinion of Ms. Mesley on that information alone would consitute a serious breach of critical thinking on your part. One needs to know the whole story, and in Wendy Mesley's case, there is a reason for her hatred of the alternative health community - including Dr. Mindell and FreeLife - and that is a result of her own bad personal experience while suffering from cancer. If you know her history, you'll feel some compassion for her, but that does not excuse her bullying, one-sided manner and her program's abrogation of journalistic ethics for the sake of ratings.

In this situation, the facts are clear. On one hand, you have an embittered and vindictive reporter on a personal crusade. On the other hand, you have a highly respected company with a nearly 14 year history of charitable giving, ethical conduct, efficacious products and the most generous compensation plan in the Direct Selling industry. That's as far from a scam as a company can possibly be, and if a prospect, customer, or Marketing Executive cannot see sufficient reason to put their faith in FreeLife, then we will have no choice but to go forward without them and to seek out those who are willing to join us and share in our brilliant future.

Rick

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Permalink Reply by GOJI HIVE on February 6, 2009 at 10:28pm

Phenylalanine in TAIslim and Chi3 Energy

L-Phenylalanine is called an essential amino acid because your body cannot possibly function without it. It's found anywhere you find protein, and we put it in TAIslim and Chi3 Energy because it really helps to support a positive mood. When you take L-phenylalanine in the potency found in a bottle of TAIslim or Chi3 Energy, it works on the pleasure centers of the brain to make you feel happier and more alert, and it even helps to suppress appetite. The phenylalanine warning on CHI3 Energy is required by the government to make sure that kids with PKU (phenylketonuria, a rare genetic disorder) do not drink it by accident. PKU is a very serious condition, and kids who have it can never eat a normal diet, as all meats, fish, grains, nuts and seeds contain phenylalanine. For the rest of us, however, phenylalanine is absolutely essential for life.

The PKU warning is also seen on diet sodas that are sweetened with aspartame, a dipeptide that contains phenylalanine. The reactions of aspartame and phenylalanine in the body are not even closely related, and there is no aspartame in Chi3 Energy or TAIslim.

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Permalink Reply by GOJI HIVE on February 6, 2009 at 10:29pm

How FreeLife Guarantees the Safety of our Goji Juices

Many people are justifiably concerned over the safety of foods originating in China. To understand how FreeLife can guarantee the safety of our products, it is first important to know that FreeLife would never do business with a disreputable manufacturer. We hand-select our goji berry growers from among those who are committed to sustainable agricultural practices and environmental sensitivity. Our juice processing plant operates under Good Manufacturing Practices (GMP), a set of quality standards that meet or exceed the requirements of every country in which FreeLife does business. Our puree is produced under the watchful eye of certified Quality Assurance inspectors, as well as by the rabbis and imams that certify our puree as kosher and halal. Every batch is thoroughly tested for adulterants, contaminants, pesticides and toxins, and is tested again when it arrives in the United States for blending, sterilization and bottling. For all of these reasons, we are 100% certain that there are no adulterants or contaminants in our juices.

And now, for those of you who are scientifically-minded, you may want to read on for my comments on the current issue of melamine adulteration in milk products, pet foods, grain products and other protein-containing foods.

The protein content of foods and food ingredients can be very difficult to measure directly, so an alternate laboratory method - Kjeldahl analysis - is used. In this test, harsh acid is used to decompose the protein and its component amino acids so that they release their nitrogen. The nitrogen is measured, and is then multiplied by a factor to estimate the amount of protein that was originally present in the food. For most proteins, the Kjeldahl factor is 6.25. If a substance tests as having 16% nitrogen, that would translate to it being 100% protein (because 16 x 6.25 = 100). It's nearly impossible to find a food with a 16% Kjeldahl nitrogen content, because no food is 100% protein.

Milk, for example, contains only about 3.5% protein, so its Kjeldahl nitrogen content is a mere 0.56% (3.5 ÷ 6.25). If you were an unscrupulous Chinese milk producer, you might want to water your milk down by 25%. Now your nitrogen content would only be 0.42%, so you'd have to make up the difference and bring it back up to 0.56%, or you'd be found out. And that's where melamine comes in.

Melamine has a whopping 66.7% nitrogen - much more than any protein. At that high level, it woud only take a little 2 kilo bag of melamine to adulterate 1000 liters of watered-down milk!

The wholesale adulteration of protein-containing foods is not new; in fact, it's a grand old tradition. Johan Kjeldahl developed his testing method in 1883, and I'll guarantee that it was only a couple of years before some clever crook figured out how to beat it by using high-nitrogen but nutritionally worthless substances like ground-up feathers! Since that time, other substances have been used as well, especially urea, an extremely cheap ingredient that supplies nitrogen to fertilizer. But now there are tests to detect urea contamination, so it's no longer used.

Melamine has become the adulterant of choice, along with another chemical called cyanuric acid. And here's the interesting part...neither melamine nor cyanuric acid are toxic. But, when they're combined, they form jagged micro-particles of melamine cyanurate, which is extremely toxic to the kidneys, causing kidney stones and acute renal failure, and that's the real cause of the current problem - multiple adulteration.

Perhaps heads will have to roll in China before an end is put to this nefarious practice. Meanwhile, you can rest assured that at FreeLife, we have our eyes wide open. We love everyone in our supply chain, but we will not put our blind trust in anyone. There's simply too much at stake.

Rick Handel

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Permalink Reply by GOJI HIVE on February 6, 2009 at 10:29pm

breathe.org gets it wrong...again!

Some of you may have received a recent email blast from breathe.org, a supposed 'consumer advocacy group' which, in reality, appears to be nothing more than a rambling collection of cranky and bitter rants and diatribes against FreeLife. I'm not going to use this forum to right the many wrongs that have emanated from the pesky little man behind breathe.org - we'll let justice be handed down in the courts. But I do want to set the record straight on breathe.org's latest issuance. One would think that a real consumer advocate would have applied at least a modicum of intellectual rigor, due diligence, and fact checking before issuing a tabloid-style teaser such as this:

See this shocking expose on FreeLife's research, entitled "Scientific Invalidity of the FreeLife GoChi Juice Study," published today by Dr. Paul Gross, goji juice expert.

The exposé in question was an article printed in a supplement industry e-newsletter. The title certainly sounds authoritatively damning, doesn't it? The bio of Dr. Gross at the end of the article lists his impressive academic credentials - a doctorate in Physiology from University of Glasgow, and it gives his occupation as "consultant". The article, according to Dr. Gross, is said to be an "objective critique" of FreeLife's scientific studies on GoChi, and in it, he finds fault with our methods, our study design, and even with the integrity of the respected peer-reviewed medical journal that published our groundbreaking research. And, on every count, he is just dead wrong.

What is most disturbing about Gross’s article is not what it says, but the motives of the man behind it. You see, Dr. Gross may not be the independent observer, scientist, and critic that he pretends to be. Fortunately, his multiple conflicts of interest and scientific sleight of hand misrepresentations are no longer a secret, thanks to the editors and administrators of Wikipedia, who will no longer allow him to flout its standards of editorial fairness just so he may shamelessly promote his books, products, and numerous financial interests.

In the Wikipedia administrative project page on Conflict Of Interest, Paul Gross is showcased as a model offender, one who is accused of using deceptive practices and aliases in order to circumvent Wikipedia rules regarding scientific objectivity and disclosure of financial and other personal interests. Because of Gross’s unacceptable behavior, he has been strongly advised to refrain from editing any Wikipedia articles on goji and other superfruits, and has been asked by administrators to remove any information that he has placed on Wikipedia in these areas.

Here’s a outline describing the events leading to the call for Gross’s disqualification by Wikipedia administrators on November 7, 2008:

Articles on seven superfruits – including goji (wolfberry) - appear on Wikipedia, written largely by an editor who doesn't give his real name, but rather goes by the alias of “Gross144”. The bibliography section of each article cites, as independent support of its claims, several references written by a Dr. Paul Gross, including a self-published book. If Gross144 were indeed Paul Gross, that would be a major violation of Wikipedia objectivity guidelines – your own work is certainly not "third-party support," and you can’t try to pass off a non-reviewed vanity press publication as being a scientific paper.

Wikipedia editors and administrators quickly find out that Gross wrote the articles, because he publishes one of them, essentially unchanged, on npicenter.com (the same place where he wrote the article trashing FreeLife's research studies), but this time under his own name. They also discover, through detective work, that Gross144 is indeed the same Paul Gross whose article about his own father, Frank Gross, had been slated for deletion by Wikipedia for lack of objectivity (a son cannot write an objective encyclopedia article about his own father).

When confronted, Gross says that his “Wikipedia articles on 7 superfruits are based on objective science, were volunteered and written out of intellectual interest and educational intent only, had no expectation of income and have returned no income (have no conflict of interest for me as a Wikipedia editor)”

And, as for the use of his self-published book, he says “the book was written out of intellectual interest only, is non-promotional of specific wolfberry products and returns nothing to me but modest revenues only to the company that paid for book production (has no conflict of interest for me as a Wikipedia editor)”

That’s when the detectives at Wikipedia moved into action. They found that:
Gross’s book, which is linked to every one of his Wikipedia articles, was written not “out of intellectual interest only”, but rather on behalf of Rich Nature Nutraceutical Labs: See http://www.richnature.com/newsweek/news.htm for the following quote: “Rich Nature also has produced a 235-page, science-based reference textbook for goji nutrients and phytochemicals, entitled “Wolfberry: Nature's Bounty of Nutrition and Health”, authored by P.M. Gross, PhD, X. Zhang, MD and R. Zhang, Booksurge Publishing, 2006 (Amazon.com).”

Rich Nature is the company behind Wolfberry.org, a shop for goji products (and for Gross' book), and a company which is linked from Gross's “Berry Doctor” pages at http://berrydoctor.com/broadcast/2006/AcaivsGojiORAC.htm. At the bottom, there are two links for Goji; one is Wikipedia, and the other is the RichNature shop.

Rich Nature itself uses only two references: Gross’s book, and the Wikipedia article.

A Wikipedia administrator (Fram) then goes on to say to Gross, “But all this could, by stretching good faith, still be explained as an independent researcher referencing a commercial site, and that commercial site referencing this author, without any real business relationship and without any financial reasons. However, would we find that you are more closely affiliated with Rich Nature, things would probably change."

Well, the Wikipedia administrators did find the link between Gross and Rich Nature. The Canadian Intellectual Property Office Trademarks Journal, on page 78, lists Dr. Paul Gross as the Canadian representative of Rich Nature Nutraceutical Labs.

So much for "independent consultant" Dr. Paul Gross.

But wait (as they say in infomercials)...there's more!"

Yet another Wikipedia editor (Gordonofcartoon) found another link between Gross and a commercial interest in superfruits, namely AAA Superfruits (see website at http://www.b2btrade4you.com/Member/173137/AAA-Superfruits.aspx). The listing reads: “Manufacturer, Trading Company, Agent, Distributor/Wholesaler ... We broker raw material supplies and purchases for numerous superfruits from Asia, Australia and Brazil ... As added value, AAA Superfruits is managed by a PhD scientist and author of books, industry articles and conference presentations on superfruit nutrients, phytochemicals and medical literature ... Contact Person Mr. Dr. (sic) Paul Gross.”

Another listing for AAA Superfruits on the import/export bulletin board Alibaba.com lists the registered owner of AAA as Berry Doctor Corp. which can be seen at http://www.alibaba.com/member/ca100854169/aboutus.html

And of course, as the “Berry Doctor”, Paul Gross also markets a superjuice product called Berry Wise that is promoted on his Berrydoctor.com webiste and is sold on his Berrywiseinc.com site.

On November 7, 2008, a Wikipedia neutral administrator stepped in and advised as follows: "Paul144, in light of the above conversations, I'm going to ask that you edit topics that aren't related to Paul Gross, his companies, or his works. Let someone else insert the references, once they have consensus. At the moment, the material doesn't have consensus, and as such, it shouldn't be included, reliable source or not. If you think I've completely misread this talk - it's quite hard to follow - please let me know!

To which Gordonofcartoon added: "Given the AAA Superfruits connection (see above) I think that should be extended to any superfruit topics too.

And as for Gross’s self-published book, Wolfberry: Nature’s Bounty of Nutrition & Health, which he tried to pass off as a scientific text, its lack of scientific objectivity and commercial links to Rich Nature are discussed in detail on the Wikipedia discussion page at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talk:Wolfberry#Self-published_book

If you've read this far, I applaud you. You did more due diligence in the last few minutes than breathe.org has done since ther inception. I'm happy that you've chosen to exercise your right as a critical thinker!

Rick Handel

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Permalink Reply by Wayne Johnson on February 8, 2009 at 4:46am

Thank you for the information on breathe.org. As a new ME with FreeLife I am serious about understanding the dynamics of Goji juice, and in regard marketing I need to know what is being said on public forums about Goji, GoChi and FreeLife.

Wayne Johnson

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Permalink Reply by GOJI HIVE on February 6, 2009 at 10:31pm

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Rick

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Permalink Reply by Peter Rawlings on October 15, 2009 at 4:48pm

I'd like to know if Taislim is safe to recommend to pregnant woman (not men) ,people on medication and those with kidney disorders who 'apparently' need to avoid potassium intake?
Regards Peter Rawlings

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