Natural anti-inflammatories like mangosteen juice, tumeric and omega-3’s can help.

There is also a non-invasive test available now for checking the health of your arteries. I’m very thrilled about this new FDA-approved machine that can tell you, in a matter of minutes, how well your heart is functioning and how clear your arteries are. I posted info about it earlier here:
http://healthychoices.askahealer.com/2008/01/04/fda-approved-non-invasive-testing/

Since you can’t really know if you have plaque build up without an invasive procedure, I would like to make a proactive strike against it since it runs in my family. Please advise if anyone knows if this has any benefits in that area or if something else has been proven to reduce the plaque.

Yeah, the site is still down as I try it right now but will try again later. I was not using the type of Mangosteen Juice you are using. If you get a chance and can add a post on exactly what other juices are in the Xanberry blend, we can compare when I get the name and ingredients of the one I tried. I’ve actually used it more than once. I have to be a little careful with any type of juice because of the sugar content so I don’t use it all the time but I’ve used it several times when internal inflammation had become an issue and it did help.

The Mangosteen juice I used was also a blend but I can’t remember what else it had in it beside Wolfberry. I know about that because it caused my Mom’s blood pressure to shoot up to dangeous levels in about two days. That’s one of the potential drug interactions to look for with Wolfberry. If you are on certain medications, it can cause problems.

There has been data available for a while around the benefits of Omega 3 fish oil for combating dry eye disease. Inflammation, along with environmental factors such as computers, airco and others go together to cause instability in the tear film of the eye, which in turn causes dry eye symptons. For some people this is a chronic condition and in some cases is a side effect of an underlying auto-immune disease.

This great site will give you more than enough information on dry eye nutrition. It even has a forum section with doctor recommendations and comments. Happy reading. dryeyezone . com The site appears to be down just at the moment, however.

Jamie

Yes, it certainly is expensive. I think there must be a good bit of difference in quality between brands too and unfortunately, I can’t remember the particular brand I used. The next time I go to my health food store, I’m going to write that down because it is very good and worked great for me. I noticed less muscle pain around joints within days. I don’t know if you read the info on my main site but I have some good info there on Mangosteen and potential drug interactions, as well as info on all the popular liquid nutritionals including goji, pomegranate, noni and acai.

You can access the beginning of that five-part article here:
http://www.askahealer.com/prescription-drug-interactions.htm

Omega 3’s are great. I’m not familiar with using them specifically for inflammation with dry eyes. I’d be interested to know where you read about that particular benefit.

I have only been taking it for a few days now, so may be too early to tell - and it’s expensive. Have also been on high omega 3 for 2-3 months, with some relief.

I would be interested to know how well mangosteen has worked for you. The anecdotal evidence so far looks good.

regards
Jamie Strachan
Melbourne.