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was definitely God sent in my life. Yes, a perfect wife.” Dr. Buford’s goal is to give each family pet it’s optimum quality of health. She believes strongly in using natural remedies whenever possible, and when indicated, conventional medicine as well. She has many clients experiencing miraculous results with the use of mangosteen juice produced by XanGo. Dr. Buford is a highly skilled, trained, and well educated veterinarian. She offers scientific insight into the properties of XanGo. “The mangosteen fruit is grown on the mangosteen tree, a tropical evergreen tree, believed to have originated in the Sundra Island and the Moluccas. The rind of the mangosteen is a deep, reddish purple when ripe. The fragrant edible flesh is sweet and creamy and has both a citrus and slight peach flavor. The adult fruit will range in size from that of a tangerine to a tennis ball. The fruit is hard until it’s final, abrupt ripening stage. There have been multiple scientific research papers done on XanGo, which are compounded, by the Maker and all of them are super-charged antioxidants. Of all of the xanthones which are known and there are about 200. So far, there have been about 42 or 43 found in the mangosteen fruit itself. Only 1 or 2 have ever been found in any other food source known to man. Every one of the xanthones is super-charged powerful antioxidant. Additionally, xanthones have other properties such as anti-inflammatory; some are anti-viral, anti-fungal, anti-bacterial, anti-neoplastic. Xanthones are multipurpose. When xanthones are utilized, they target the problem. Since it is a food and not a drug, we can’t predict how it will affect any person or any animal.” “We know the top 5 fatal diseases known to man, such as cancer and heart diseases, are all caused by inflammation and free radical damage. So anything that is an extremely strong antioxidant and anti-inflammatory can help to prevent or possibly turn back the processes of some of these diseases.” “Xanthones boost the immune system because they are a strong antioxidant. When you have unstable cells they have a free electron. They are actually looking for electron from other cells to help stabilize them. Then, they steal theirs which makes those cells unstable and that just cascades and causes a chain reaction. This process destroys cells. That affects everything… your immune system etc. If you can do away with chronic inflammation or minimize it, then your immune system will get a boost. Then, your body can fight properly.” “If you have a chronic disease, your immune system can become overwhelmed. It’s so busy fighting these other things, the body has nothing left to fight a cold, virus or bacterial infection. Thus, your immune system is also not capable of fighting any cancer cells that may develop. I have been treating a 14 year old dog for a couple of years now. He went through total kidney failure a few times and the only thing that has brought him back has been the mangosteen juice. Hypothetically, I would think the primarily cause would be the inflammation. We don’t know the exact mechanism of his particular case because we didn’t do biopsies.. But we think the juice is helping the kidney to heal itself. One of the main characteristics of the juice is that it serves to assist the body in healing itself.” “There are obvious physiologic differences between dogs and cats versus humans. However, the same disease processes that affect dogs and cats also works the same way in humans. So, it is reasonable to say, what has helped hundreds of my animal patients, who have been on the juice and food and supplements ,could also be beneficial to humans. And it actually has! There have been many testimonials from people with very serious diseases that have made dramatic improvements.” “When you have a degenerative disc disease, that’s an inflammation. When you have arthritis, that’s inflammation. It is degenerating the joint because of wear and tear which breaks down the joint cartilage. That’s part of the free radical damage that is going on as well. Primarily, it is inflammation. The juice seems to address the accompanying pain as well. With rheumatory arthritis, you have inflammation and you have pain. The properties of the mangosteen juice help relieve both. It has been proven scientifically that the xanthones that are in that fruit have these properties. The use of this juice has given me renewed hope in treating and preventing disease. That’s where I am blessed personally. Being able to offer hope and good health to my pets and their owners.” Woman The County Magazine 29