Steroids Done Right

A well known independent lab did studies on the magic antioxidant juices on the market. The results will shock you.

A new company every month it seems like is trying to break through the market place, onto the scene to take their piece of the multi-billion dollar industry. Most of these juices claim to have the most powerful antioxidants on the planet and of course they all say they have the highest ORAC score.

We even added Welches Grape juice to the test. Before we get down to business lets first look into some of the crazy claims these popular juices make:

MonaVie claims that the acai berry used in their juice is one of the best super berries on the planet. What you will find is eating the actual berry in Brazil versus drinking a bottle of their juice is a totally different story.

Kyani who claims to use berries from Alaska refers to their juice as super powerful. Another company, Xango claims their mangosteen is a super duper antioxidant. Freelife says if you drink their GoChi juice then you can be sure of protecting yourself.

The FRAP examination showed that grape juice had more antioxidants per serving than all but two of the magic juices.

Here are the results from the ORAC and FRAP tests: The first score is the ORAC score followed by the FRAP. Welchs Grape Juice scored 2734 and 245, while Mona Vie came in at 2220 and 1572. Pharmanexs G3 product reported 1658 and 2648 and Xango scored one of the lowest at 947 and 761. FreeLifes Gochi 888 and 641 with Kyani Sunrise scored a 769 in ORAC and a 1271. Exfuze, says they use extracts from noni, goji, mangosteen, acai and many others, had one of the lowest scores at 400 and 174.

Why is this so significant? These magic juices are not a very good antioxidant value for your dollar spent. A daily average serving of MonaVie Acai juice, for example, costs about $4.60 regular price, while an eight-ounce serving of WelchsGrape Juice costs about $.50. And, according to the ORAC and FRAP tests, grape juice provides more antioxidants to protect against free radicals than MonaVie Acai Juice.

A real business opportunity is really only as good as the product and the value that the product gives consumers. Are these exotic juices really a good source to get antioxidants?

If the exotic juices are not a good source for antioxidants but their raw fruits are what should you do? Eat them right from the source would be great if you could. One company Yoli has found out a way to freeze dry the nutrients and put them into a blast cap. Thus, you never have to worry about the nutrients dying in water. Not to mention there is no pasteurization used. You place the blast cap on top of a bottle and simply press and presto.

These blast caps cost significantly less too. They have way more active ingredients too. Any company who has nutrients sitting in water must preserve them somehow and is often toxic when they do. The bottom line is nutrients do not survive after being boiled or sit in water for a long period of time.