Health and nutrition researcher Kimberly Day tested three of the top selling antioxidant drinks on the market to determine if they are delivering the benefits they claim to offer.Ms. Day sent samples of MonaVie, Xango, and Thai-Go to Brunswick Laboratories, which is a nationally recognized for their antioxidant testing.
The drinks were tested to determine their ORAC value. Oxygen Radical Absorbance Capacity (ORAC) is the most widely accepted method of measuring antioxidant content in food.
Results indicated that MonaVie had the lowest hydro-ORAC value (23,323), with Xango just slightly higher at 24,480. However, Thai-Go was nearly twice as high as either of the other two beverages tested, coming in at 51,939. All three drinks are comparatively priced and all are marketed as high-quality antioxidant beverages.
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Jessica on October 15th, 2007 at 2:46 pm
You need to state what the measurements are on a gram to gram basis, or use some form of comparative measurement with your ORAC values for all three of the drinks.
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Christian on February 29th, 2008 at 8:11 am
The problem with this press release is that it is not entirely accurate. What it does not tell you is the entire ORAC value of the juices tested. It only reports the hydro-orac value. It does not report the lipo-ORAC value or the ORACHO. Why? Why do you think? Another obvious attempt by someone to promote their own “juice” Thai-Go. Bad form if you ask me. Ms. Kimberly Day is no where to be found and as far as her credentials are concerned, lets see them. Anyone can say they are a health and nutritional counselor. Also, Brunswick Labs have not released any of this information. I would be very interested to see the entire test results from Brunswick Labs. Until then this press release is little more than propaganda designed to persuade you to drink Thai-Go.