Testimonials: Autism

Author: Jason H.
Our little boy was diagnosed with ASD (Autism Spectrum Disorder). He had no eye contact and the speech he had acquired was all but gone. He flipped through picture books without looking at the pages; he lined up toys but didn’t play with them or with his older sister. He looked at the TV and other objects from weird angles or from the corners of his eyes. He suffered from recurrent ear infections. He did not obey instructions, his muscle tone was low and he had little energy, usually wanting to be carried. He suffered continual mild reflux and diarrhea. He was not potty trained. The pediatrician gave us a very sad prognosis of what to expect for his life.

Around the same time as the diagnosis, we heard of the mangosteen fruit from a friend. We decided to give some to our son. We immediately noticed an improvement in speech and attempts at social interaction. From this we determined that the pediatrician’s prognosis was wrong and we set out to find a better life for our son. With the help of an open-minded doctor, we started on a biomedical approach to Adam’s autism, changing his diet and adding in certain vitamin, mineral, enzyme and amino acid supplements to the mangosteen juice. We also instituted the more traditional approaches with enrollment at a special needs kindergarten, music classes, and speech and occupational therapy interventions.

We have seen great results. Now our son makes great eye contact. He is able to communicate in a pragmatic way––he still uses mostly nouns but he is including a lot more verbs and pronouns. He loves reading picture books and is able to recognize hundreds of words. He plays with toys and loves to play games with his older sister. He watches the TV from a chair or sitting on the floor. He rarely gets any sort of infection. He is vigorous and energetic, riding his bike tirelessly around our large backyard. I feel the mangosteen juice has been an integral part of his recovery to date, and we believe it will continue to be the cornerstone of his recovery in the future.

Author: Beth S.
Our son, Nicholas, was diagnosed with autism when he was 3. He is a very classic case of autism—non-verbal, stemming, developmentally delayed, requires physical therapy for low muscle tone, and he also receives occupational therapy and speech. Nicholas is now 6, and has been drinking mangosteen juice for almost a year. Friends of ours introduced us to it, and thought it might help with some of his "gut" issues. He has had problems with reflux since he was a baby, and we had put him on a special GFCF diet because of his autism. So, after checking into the juice and reading some other testimonials, we decided to give it a try. My thought has always been that if it's not going to harm him, and it may in any way help him, then we're going to try it. Within a week, we noticed some amazing results. He started initiating speech, which he had never done before. His overall attitude and behavior was so much happier and bubbly. It was almost like he was a new child. Within a month, we weaned him off of his special diet and he is now eating regular food and doing much better than he ever was before. There have been a few times when we have run out of juice before our next order arrived, and I could tell a difference in him when we didn't get his regular dose.

It made such a difference in Nicholas that my husband and I became regular drinkers and feel much better ourselves. It has truly been a blessing in our family.

Author: JBB
I feel I have a responsibility to share our story about what happened when our son began drinking Mangosteen juice. I am not a doctor, and I am certainly not trying to dole out medical advice. What I will do, is offer you our personal experience and opinions.

I won’t make any claims about what Mangosteen juice does or does not do. What I will say is that when people start drinking Mangosteen juice consistently, many folks experience an interesting coincidence of improved health.
With Samuel, approximately three weeks after he started drinking about 2 ounces, spread throughout the day, his pre-school teachers and his speech therapist started commenting on his progress. His speech therapist specifically said, “In 25 years of doing this, I have never seen a child come so far in three weeks.”

Please understand that this did not mean Samuel started speaking in clear articulate paragraphs. It meant he went from putting together two word phrases to four and five word phrases and that his articulation of those words improved. But to the parents of this autistic child, that was cause for celebration.

His therapist asked if we were doing anything different, and we shared with her the story of Mangosteen. Not too much later, she started drinking the Mangosteen juice and said it really helped with her recovery from shoulder surgery. Wasn’t that an interesting coincidence? I suppose if the body does not have to deal with as much inflammation, it can get busy healing. Since then, I know at least 10 people who have gone through surgery while drinking Mangosteen juice and every one had a recovery that was ahead of schedule and impressed their doctor - more interesting coincidences.

Fast-forward four months. We do the same tests we had done before and another interesting coincidence hit us between the eyes. Samuel had ZERO fungus, ZERO bacteria, and even his yeast was 30% lower. We were astounded, impressed and very pleased. Needless to say, Samuel is going to be drinking this juice for good.

In fact, every member of our family has noticed at least one interesting coincidence in the past year, from reduction in allergy symptoms to far less general sickness, to less headaches, to reduced pain from monthly cramps (my wife not me).