The Ingredient
One of the main fruits in some of the most beneficial forms of liquid nutrition, is the Mangosteen fruit. The Mangosteen tree is found mainly in India, China and Thailand. The mangosteen fruit contains xanthones, which are found in the pericarp or rind of the mangosteen. There is no other fruit known to man that contains as many xanthones as the mangosteen. "These xanthones are very helpful in the fight against cancer with research proving that mangosteen xanthones help suppress the growth of tumors and have anticancer effects on liver, lung and gastric cancer cells. Xanthones are also effective in lowering LDL levels and help protect LDL from getting into contact with free radicals and thus prevents the oxidation and attaching of radicals on arterial walls, causing atherosclerosis"(whatismangosteen.org). Some other benefits of xanthones include lowering a persons blood pressure, reduce in overall pain, preventing stomach ulcers, reducing skin conditions like eczema, helping with weight loss, and effectively strengthening ones immune system.
The mangosteen fruit alone contains 40 xanthones. There are a total of 200 xanthones that have been found and classified by scientists. Drinking mangosteen or a product with mangosteen has provided relief of depression, anxiety, dementia, joint problems, seborrhea, psoriasis, chronic fatigue syndrome, and diabetes.
Drinking proper nutrition especially one with such benefits as the mangosteen fruit will improve a persons quality of life, and even delay the aging process. There are many products on the market containing the mangosteen fruit and it's benefits. The key is to choose the bestproduct with the most benefits for you.
The Product
Vemma is an acronym for Vitamins, Essential Minerals, Mangosteen and Aloevera. Vemma also contains decaffeinated green tea. These ingredients are added synergistically, increasing the benefits of the nutrients counteracting off each other. Vemma aims to provide a drink which delivers all the nutrients the body requires in a single dose, once a day. "Research has proven that Vemma has much more beta mangostin and mangostin xanthones in an ounce of the drink, than other mangosteen products. Besides noting this point, the production method of Vemma is worth mentioning as it is the only product created using a COLD-FILL method of preparation. Nutrients of the mangosteen fruit "live" until the juice is heated. Usually mangosteen juice is created by boiling the juice before bottling, which can "kill" its nutrients and make the juice acidic and less helpful because of its preservatives. However Vemma is cold pressed, claiming to make it a high value product with the best results" (whatismangosteen.org).
The Common Concern
A common concern with liquid nutrition is the price. In most cases the best sought out liquid nutritions are more expensive than a pill or solid nutrition.
Most people take a handful of pills up to 2-3 times daily as their nutritional supplements. Taking a liquid nutrition with all the ingredients the body needs in one dose is, for one, a lot easier to take, and two, more cost effective only having to take one product, once a day.
As shown in my experiment, pills often will not even dissolve before leaving the body obtaining no benefit whatsoever. For the pills that do dissolve you will only receive a maximum of 30% of the nutrition in the pill. So again, you would have to take a pill at least 3 times a day to match the amount of the liquid nutrition your body will absorb in one dose. Now which form of nutrition is more cost effective, solid or liquid?