About Us

Rainforest Nutritionals, Inc. (RNI) was established by a team of medical research scientists to commercialize the benefits of our research, primarily centered on South American ethnobotanicals – traditional medicines. We could not believe that people with a rich history of using a specific plant for a specific ailment over thousands of years were either wrong or just experiencing a “placebo effect.”

Our original research evaluated promising ethnobotanicals using modern Western techniques. We then published those findings, subjecting the research to peer-review and criticism. After all, there is no sense in doing research and then hiding it from others.

And for the record, we define “published” to include only those peer-reviewed journals listed with the US National Institutes of Health’s National Library of Medicine (aka “PubMed” found online at www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/PubMed). This cuts out the supermarket tabloids & self-published/company-published material.

We considered the route of drug companies (hidden research, isolating compounds, and determining/patenting chemical structures) but didn’t have the stomach for it, the $500+ million nor the patience (7-10 years) needed to bring the “drug” to market – and then there are the side-effects. For example, Aspirin is a “good drug” but attributed to over 16,000 deaths annually in the United States alone.

So we decided that RNI would produce not just ordinary dietary and nutritional supplements, but Ethical Supplements – not to imply that any other company makes “unethical” supplements: there are a few other good companies/products out there.

For us, Ethical Supplements are those which we have actually conducted and published the research ourselves, only using our ingredients, and only in the amounts that reflect the laboratory or clinical studies.

To date, our key ingredients are natural extracts - Vincaria®, RNI 249^®, Zangrado^®, Progrado^®, Inca Gold^® and the newest (and much less researched) Pango^® - and research continues.

Sometimes we will use a “general” ingredient that is well-published and reviewed, such as the epigallocatechin gallates (ECGC) found in green tea or the resveratrol found in red wine, and we only use the amounts that were found to be effective in several studies.

Also, you will not find “testimonials” anywhere on this site: we don’t believe in them. You can simply make-up a testimonial. Every time you visit a website and see the somewhat anonymous (aka “John D. from Scranton” etc) user touting the miraculous product that changed their lives, you should wonder if people are really that gullible. And no celebrity endorsements or scientific advisory board: you can pay anyone to endorse anything.

Finally, remember that clinical trials do not work on 100% of the participants: point in fact, neither do drugs. In any case, our products simply will not work for everyone. However, if you are one of the few that fall into this category, give it a chance but then just return the unused portion and you will get your money back. After all, we are all consumers and should expect no less.