Hilly Boy's Deception (as in the Lovely Tennessee Rep. Matthew Hill)

A particularly interesting private business venture of the conservative State of Franklin PAC President Kenneth C. Hill (father of Rep. Matthew Hill, R-7H, Jonesborough) is his online merchandising web site peddling Goji berry extracts (pills and liquids). Doesn’t this seem a little odd considering the Hills’ supposed faith beliefs?

You can read some info from "The Gogi Story" here: "Sacred Goji Waters"

During the Tang Dynasty (around 800 AD), a well had been dug beside a wall near a famous Buddhist temple that was covered with goji vines. Over the years, countless berries had fallen into the well. Those who prayed there had the ruddy complexion of good health, and even at the age of eighty they had no white hair and had lost no teeth, simply because they drank the water from the well. From this legend, a poem was crafted. You can hear it here.

"Ingredients:
Reconstituted goji juice from whole Lycium barbarum fruit; grape juice concentrate;
pear juice concentrate; apple juice concentrate; pear puree and natural flavor;
with sodium benzoate and potassium sorbate added to maintian freshness.Contains no added sugar, artificial colors, sweetners or flavors."

The supplement information label for the goji juice shows that this beverage has four grams of sugar (and 20 calories ) per ounce of the miracle goji juice with the recommended useage of 1 to 3 ounces daily --- that is to say, up to 12 grams of sugar and 60 calorien per 3 ounce serving.

And if you are really serious about limiting your daily intake of both sugars and carbohydrates, perhaps you should stick with the less expensive Coca-Cola (tm) option, as Coke (tm) (USDA National Nutrient Database: Carbonated beverage, cola, with higher caffeine) has both less carbohydrates and sugars (3.33 g) than the goji juice cocktail.

Althought Goji juice does have more sugars and carbohydrates than does Cocla-Cola, Cola-Cola lacks any vitamins --- could Dr. Enuf be the best choice?