Just wanted to update everyone.My son "Sugar" Shane Mosley knocked out Mayorga in the 12th round ! Shane has been consuming Monavie for some time now and really likes it.I'm a trainer so I know what is good for you.Check out my You Tube video which has gotten over 5100 views in it's 1st week, You Tube video search: Jack Mosley email jackmosleyinternational@gmail.com

so.
i started drinking monavie(active)about a week ago. i really do think it gives me more energy, which is nice as a college student. the only thing is....it turns my poo a bright blue/green. its almost eerie. i know this is almost one of those "too much information" things, but its weird, and i was wondering if anyone else is experiencing the same thing. i've looked around, and i haven't found anything.
i'm going to search through my packet of monavie info, and if i don't find anything good, i'm just going to call them.

Bobby J said: “Oh yeah, did I happen to mention that .8 grams of natural plant sterols indeed lowers cholesterol and helps prevent heart disease?”

Your claims are potentially misleading because it isn’t clear whether you are referring to sterols or Pulse. If you are referring to Pulse, then the claims are non-compliant with FDA regulations and they are not approved by Monavie LLC.
blackdiamonduniversity.com/training-product-MonaVie-Pulse-approved-claims.asp

First of all, if you are making a claim about cholesterol, you cannot say that Pulse “lowers cholesterol”, you can only say that it:
1. Contains plant sterols, which studies suggest play a key role in lowering cholesterol.
2. Helps maintain existing healthy cholesterol levels.
3. Helps maintain healthy cholesterol levels already within a normal range.
4. Studies suggest that when plant sterols are present, the body absorbs less cholesterol.
5. Plant sterols compete with cholesterol for absorption in the body.

Secondly, you cannot legally claim that Pulse “helps prevent heart disease”. The only legally allowed claims are as follows:

1. Foods containing at least 0.4 g per serving of plant sterols, eaten twice a day with meals for a daily total intake of at least 0.8 g, as part of a diet low in saturated fat and cholesterol, MAY reduce the risk of heart disease. Two servings (4 oz) of Monavie Pulse juice supply 0.8 g of plant sterols.

2. Foods containing at least 0.4 g per serving of plant sterols, eaten twice a day with meals for a daily total intake of at least 0.8 g, as part of a diet low in saturated fat and cholesterol, MAY reduce the risk of heart disease. Two servings (2 packets) of Monavie Pulse Gel supplies 0.8 g of plant sterols.

Bobby J said: “Did you know that MonaVie Pulse contains .8 grams of plant sterols? Did you know that in order to get 2 grams of plant sterols in your body daily, you'd have to consume about 100 pounds of fruit daily?”

(a) MonaVie Pulse contains 0.8 g sterol per 4 ounces (the recommended daily amount), so why are you comparing it to 2 g of sterols?

(b) To get 2 g sterols from Pulse, one would have to drink 10 ounces per day (almost $18 dollars worth) – that would work out to almost three 25-ounce bottles per week at a retail cost of roughly $130.

(c) One wouldn’t have to consume 100 pounds of fruit. They could simply drink 8 ounces of Minute Maid Heart Wise orange juice, which provides 1.0 g sterol per 8 ounce serving.
minutemaid.com/HeartWise.jsp

It comes in a 59 ounce jug for $3.99 (or less) and it consists of 100% pure orange juice. Unlike Monavie, it contains no preservatives and no sodium benzoate. The sterol cost is 50 cents per gram with Minute Maid OJ vs. $8.90 per gram with Pulse –- roughly a 16-fold price differential.

(d) Minute Maid Heart Wise has been conducting and publishing clinical research since 2004 showing that their product lowers LDL cholesterol and C-reactive protein (CRP) levels. That makes their product the benchmark; the gold standard. Monavie has no evidence that their product does anything for cholesterol levels (and they don’t even claims that it can lower CRP) and yet it costs 16 times more than Minute Maid.
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sciencedaily.com/releases/2004/02/040223073007.htm
ajcn.org/cgi/reprint/84/4/756

Bobby J said: “Did you know that broken down, it would take consuming about 40 pounds of fruit to equal the .8 equivalence of plant sterols in just 4 ounces of MonaVie "Pulse"?

No, it wouldn’t. One would only have to drink 6.4 ounces (about 45 cents worth) of Minute Maid Heart Wise OJ to get 0.8 g sterols. The retail cost of Pulse works out to about $1.78 per ounce; Minute Maid Heart Wise OJ sells for less than 7 cents per ounce – a 26-fold price differential.

Bobby J said: “And you probably also knew that the FDA backs our health claims on MonaVie Pulse".

No, they don’t BACK them. They merely ALLOW them, just as they allow any other steroid-fortified product to make exactly the same claims. The key difference is that the other products, like Minute Maid OJ, cost far less than Monavie and aren’t sold by liars and boneheads.

I am curious...what does anyone know about an identical drink now available at Sam's club and Costco that is made by the same manufacturer...but is penny's on the dollar in price compared to MonaVie?

You know you've got your hands on something good when a tiny hate crowd rolls around. The fact is MonaVie has a 70% dropout rate. Network marketing is tough. That's why the compensation is so good. And many Americans don't have the drive for it. For those of us that do, this is fun to laugh at. Just keep doing your thing MonaVie executives.

You anti-Monaviers are still at it I see. And all the while people around you are seeing for themselves how they can live longer, healthier, happier lives with our purple elixer.
Oh yeah, did I happen to mention that .8 grams of natural plant sterols indeed lowers cholesterol and helps prevent heart disease? Did you know that MonaVie "Pulse" contains .8 grams of plant sterols? Did you know that in order to get 2 grams of plant sterols in your body daily, you'd have to consume about 100 pounds of fruit daily? Did you know that broken down, it would take consuming about 40 pounds of fruit to equal the .8 equivalence of plant sterols in just 4 ounces of MonaVie "Pulse"?
Oh but yes, of course you knew all that. And you probably also knew that the FDA backs our health claims on MonaVie "Pulse". I know you already knew that, but it's all good. Keep living the way you're living. Stressing out about all the good people who swear by the stuff. Eating all the crap that will help you live to be the ripe old age of 40 (if you're lucky)
I heard one moron the other day say that he drinks V-8 Fusion....LOL....I said, "Well, being that 4 ounces of MonaVie has the antioxidant equivalence of 13 servings of fruits and vegetables, and being that one bottle of V-8 Fusion is advertised to give you ONE serving of fruits, I hope to hell you're drinking 13 bottles of Fusion per day."
He just looked at me and said, "so tell me more about this MonaVie stuff"....lol....
I gotta hand it to that guy, at least he's more intelligent than IRVING, FOOL NELSON, ANDREW, and the rest of you pimple brains.

Have a great day

Bobby J
www.mymonavie.com/bobbyJ

Lets see PROACTIVE or REACTIVE? WELNESS INDUSTRY OR SICKNESS INDUSTRY? What do you think people are really trying to find a cure? Are they just making stuff to fight against it ? All the research that is done, honestly do you really think that a cure can’t be found? THE MONEY IS IN THE MEDICINE! So what if MONAVIE drinkers think that preventative maintance is a good thing, if our bodies are such amazing things why cant food be the medicine, is your body not a temple? Here I got it lets pump soil full of nitrogen so we can grow stuff even faster or better yet lets spray them 7 times with chems before they reach the consumers!

READ THE MEDICAL JOURNAL FOR YOUR INFO, not some idiot on this website. Look get your facts straight, ohh and if you want to see the GOV/FTC/FDA. READ ABOUT J.I. RODALE!

Stop talking about MLM's. THE RICHEST MAN IN THE US OWNS 3!!!!
IF MLM's are so bad why does a financial forecaster like MARIE RAMIREZ join the board of Directors!! Yeah google her!

JUNK food culture is funny cause their promoters wont even eat it!

Why do we reject new Ideas (read about Nicolaus Copernicus)

The reason we do not embrace opposing views is that our (your) human mind fears disorder-and automatically avoids or rejects new ideas that challenge existing order. "Paul ZANE PILZNER" NOTED ECONOMIST!!!!

You know this website cracks me up!

MONAVIE'rs look in your back office for the studies they did! Its simply amazing if you don’t understand some of the terms and words look them up in wikipedia!! This is just the start of the biggest thing we have ever seen which is monavie!!!

I compared some of my Orange juice at home to pulse and its 23 grams of sugar per 8oz
Vs pulse 28grams. So if some one has a problem with the sugar intake, have them look at what they eat and cut something small out to offset it. Be smart about what you tell people.

To all the monavie people, don’t let a narrow minded person who has not done any research or is against MLM's steal your thunder, look into books you will read allot about DIRECT SELLING and MLM's JACK CANFIELD is now with BDU which is great!

HAVE FUN BE HAPPY AND WISH EVERYBODY EVEN PEOPLE WHO DONT BELIEVE GOOD LUCK. I THINK EVERYBODY SHOULD BE HAPPY!!! NO MATTER WHAT YOU DO OR SAY!

I'm being swayed....... Instead of Obama/Biden, I think I'm voting for the Andrew/Irv ticket! You guys win this debate against the masses hands down! Bravo!

DOH!
tdiggity, let's all hear once again what you just admitted.
"I got mine, ( brainwashing ), from Dale Carnegie, Jim Rohn, Tony Robbins, as well as leadership training courses,and personal developement courses."
Do you recall another high profile leader in the personal developement / leadership / brainwashing courses?
Yes, that's right. It was none other than the Rev Jim Jones. Who, by the way, I understand, also had some incredibly powerful "purple juice", which, when consumed, cured all of his followers of any and all physical problems.
Of course, there was one side affect!!

Alan said: "It is truly scary to think that a person would spend so much time here attacking a company like Monavie when there are so many other things that are worthy of such obsession...child abuse…rape…”

Hmmm…since one of your senior distributors is in fact a convicted rapist, we can kill two birds with one stone.
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Well all you MLM jammers , have you been able to swindle many new fledgling know-nothings into the frateral order of Grifting and Ponzi-scheme methodology? I suspect that things have been a tad thin in the makert of "miracle Juice" in a bottle land. Of course the idea is new and nobody has ever heard of something that they drink that cures virtually everything since the discovery of "Laudin" back at the turn of the century , which we all know actually did do something and that was make you feel incrediably good but with an addiction downside because it was liqiuid opium/morphine.
But aside from that I would trust this whole thing much more if they just decided to shoot straight and sell it like any other NORMAL product that does something . Instead they have entered into the land of inconsistency and wheres waldo CEO/ hierarchy of the comapny. Guess what there just joe six-pack like all the rest of us- chuckle

FED UP WITH THE SCAM said "I have been to conventions and sales meetings where they actually get you believing anything they want."

Are you kidding me? How old are you? Are you saying that you have no control over your thoughts and feelings when you are in the presence of a MonaVie distributor? What you say can't be true or else you would be pro-MonaVie (unless they wanted you to believe it was bad of course)! Or do you posses special powers that no one else does and are able to counter the brain washing? TAKE SOME PERSONAL RESPONSIBILITY.

"And with MonaVie, if it did all you say it does for people, with the money, why do I hear many saying they make just enough that they pay for their own juice?"

Have you read all my posts? What have I said it does? Many make just enough to pay for their juice, HOW HORRIBLE!!! I think I'll quit now. I can't tell you what people are doing and what they're not doing. Maybe they are happy with making enough to pay for their juice and don't bother to do any more.

"If it worked out so great as a money maker, why aren't they all doing it?"

Why isn't everyone a millionaire? Why are their people on welfare? Why doesn't everyone have a job? That's one of the most ridiculous statements I think I have read on this entire blog.

I suspect that alot of people have unrealistic expectations. They hear that someone is making 7 figures in 6 months and think they can do it to. Except they soon realize that this is NOT a get-rich-quick scheme. You have to be a leader and have the ability to find and create leaders. You must maintain belief, be consistent and persistent. There is nothing "easy" about this. If you're looking for something easy, your reward will be proportionate. Take a look at all the high paying jobs, what does it take to get there? If it were easy, everyone would have a high paying job. Unfortunately most people aren't willing to make the sacrifice.

BTW, I didn't get my brain washing by anyone in MonaVie, I got mine from people like Dale Carnegie, Jim Rohn, Tony Robbins as well as leadership training courses and personal development courses. Most people in this world could use a good brain washing, we have been subjected to negativity since we were born. Watch the news, listen to people put others down. Are you content with that? There's more out there if you're willing to look.

A networking business has been compared to a McDonald's franchise in many ways, on many occasions. If you haven't come across these comparisons before, I'm sure you can quickly think of a few on your own.

Here is what you may not have realized about Ray Kroc, McDonald's, and your business...

Ray's primary mission was to sell McDonald's franchises to franchise buyers, which then sell the burgers to the customers. More franchises = more burgers sold.

Pretty simple.

Our job as networkers is no different. We sell our franchise opportunity to others, and collectively market the product to the end consumer.

Here's the interesting part to this...

McDonald's food sucks. It's about as far from good, fresh, quality food that you can get.

Yet it's the largest and most successful franchise and fast food restaurant in the history of human kind.

How in the world is that possible!?

How can you become #1, by selling an inferior product?!

It goes against everything we think we know about business.

Well, this is exactly where the genius of Ray Kroc becomes apparent...

Ray knew the product wasn't going to be the initial key to success for his franchise buyers, just as your product is not the initial key to your success in your mlm business. Having a good product is important after the fact... Once you actually have customers. Then it's critical to give them exactly what they want.

The key to McDonald's success with both franchise owners and customers, was their duplicatable system.

Ray knew his food couldn't compare to the quality of other franchises. He also knew that potential franchise buyers didn't give a hoot about McDonald's or their burgers. What they did want, was to make money.

So Ray sold them EXACTLY what they wanted, which wasn't a restaurant, but a machine that acquired customers, and turned them into cash.

He didn't sell them the food, he sold them a system.

In fact the system was so fine-tuned, that you could take a team of unskilled, inexperienced high school kids, and have them run the show.

All they did was flip the switches, that ran the machine, which did the majority of the work behind the scenes.

The competition didn't have a chance. Ray's system was like a greased chute. You turn it on, and it churns out a predictable end result every time.

Franchise owners started buying and setting these machines up by the thousands, turned them on, and got the end result. That is why they bought McDonald's and it's inferior food over the competition.

As these machines popped up around the country, the end product to the consumer became more than just food. It became the predictable expectation and atmosphere provided by Ray's magical machines.

And THAT is what McDonald's provides better than anyone else in the world. That is their TRUE product to the consumer.
You go to McDonald's because you know exactly what to expect. It's a comfort for people.

So, as a network marketer, selling a business franchise, what are you selling to your potential buyers?

Unfortunately, you are probably trying to sell them on your company and your product. (A "mine-is-better-than-yours-burger-with all the trimmings").

Am I right?

You have a ton of websites and material about your company's history, their record breaking growth, their debt-free finances, the ORAC value of your product, the Physician's Desk Reference number, the user testimonials... Blah blah blah.

Be smart.
Monavie-the-right-way.com

I see that Louis is back, posting the old complaint about that website. We appreciate the reminder. Now let me tell you a little story.

I received a call from a doctor's wife who had been given my name because she had a terrible cough/throat irritation. She worked in her husband's office. He was concerned for her but also it didn't look good to have that go on for months. She heard about Monavie from a patient and I was contacted. She bought 2 bottles.

My friend (their patient) told me a week later when she went back to the doctor's office his wife ran up to her and said 4 times, It worked, it worked, it worked. Monavie worked. Her cough and throat were better. Her husband the orthopedic surgeon became interested and now they are both drinking it. No claims, no promises, just the return of hope to her that pharms could not deliver. And it happened in 3 days.

I got my delivery of Pulse. It is sweet tasting and that doesn't please me like the tart taste of Active and Original. I will be doing some testing. But based on the taste test I would prefer my ACTIVE!!!

I also am not concerned about cholesterol. I know the numbers have been abnormally lowered to keep the population afraid. Eliminating trans fats from the diet is way more important and eating whole foods that still contain B vitamins. At least Pulse does have a B vitamin fruit (can't remember which one it is) and selenium. Those are the keys to heart health. From what friends have told me the Original and Active already were good for blood numbers. I'll probably stay with the Active, F O R E V E R I hope.

More later. I hope they come out with a vegetable drink too and include Moringa from India. It is great that the company is growing. 3 products now. Exciting.

I wanted to post something for the NEW people to this site. I am not a liar, or a Politician (that one was great by the way), scam artist, or greedy (like many of us have been called) I was introduced to Monavie right after launch in 2005. I was skeptical about the whole MLM thing and really was just uneducated. I took the time to do some soul searching and to find out what truly made me happy in life. It was helping others, consuming the #1 product in the nutritional fruit beverage category (NO ARGUEMENT THERE), and making ALOT of money for doing ALL 3. What a WIN WIN situation! I saw my personal friends and families lives change completely from a health and wealth perspective because of this opportunity. The best advice I can give any new prospective MONAVIERS is dig deep into your heart and find out YOUR "Y" in life and then apply it to this opportunity. If you use integrity and take the time to help others achieve their dreams you can accomplish ANY goals you have within this opportunity. Find out about your upline support to make sure that you are not out there alone. Plug into groups of POSITIVE people that want to succeed themselves therefore will in turn help you succeed. In any business opportunity you have to invest in knowledge, internet, conventions, tastings, products & tools, upline trainings, and networking. This is NOT a get rich quick scheme. But if you are dedicated and POSITIVE and in it for the RIGHT reasons your business will grow and grow with a strong network below you who are continuing to replicate what you and your upline before you have implemented. You will always hear this and that about any opportunity that sounds too good to be true but with HARD work and a BIG HEART you can do anything! Never give up because you cant fail if you dont give up! As far as the money goes its great to be able to retire before age 35 and be able to be there to see my kids grow up right before my eyes literally! I love waking up each day knowing that someones life will be changed today by Monavie and this amazing opportunity! Fall in love with the juice first and the business will follow! If I wouldnt have taken the chance to get onboard and educated on the product and MLM's I wouldnt have been able to touch so many lives in such a positive way! I sleep EXTREMELY well each and every night knowing that I have helped SO many strangers in so many ways! It's an amazing feeling! DREAM BIG! DRINK IT FEEL IT SHARE IT!

let me correct what i wrote earlier...i was getting two sets of facts confused mixed up. 10,000,000 IBD patients WORLDWIDE, 1% is 100,000 sufferers.

It is truly scary to think that a person would spend so much time here attacking a company like Monavie when there are so many other things that are worthy of such Obsession...

Child abuse
Rape
Drug use
Homeless People
....etc

These cult-like anti-MonaVie people would probably not "waste time" on such worthy causes, but probably spend hours writing and re-writing these posts that are TOTALLY POINTLESS....
Pathetic, obsessed, un-educated, deranged, psychotic, did I leave anything out???

oh yea, FOOLS

To Scotty - again, if you are a distributor, and claim it is a miracle cure, the FDA could shut you down and a lawsuit could be filed against you. It is illegal to make claims that MonaVie treats symptoms, that it cures anything, and that it helps to get you off medication, etc.

I found this certified letter sent by the Department of Health and Human Services
on line - every one of you distributors should be aware:

"This is to advise you that the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has reviewed your web site at the Internet address http://www.acai-berry.com and has determined that your products “MonaVie Original,” “MonaVie Active,” “MonaVie Combo,” and “MonaVie Gel” are promoted for conditions that cause the products to be drugs under section 201(g)(1) of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (the Act) [21 U.S.C. § 321(g)(1)]. The therapeutic claims on your web site establish that the products are drugs because they are intended for use in the cure, mitigation, treatment, or prevention of disease. The marketing of these products with these claims violates the Act.. . . ."
"Furthermore, your MonaVie products are not generally recognized as safe and effective for the above referenced conditions and therefore, they are also “new drugs” under section 201(p) of the Act [21 U.S.C. § 321(p)]. New drugs may not be legally marketed in the U.S. without prior approval from FDA as described in section 505(a) of the Act [21 U.S.C. § 355(a)]. FDA approves a new drug on the basis of scientific data submitted by a drug sponsor to demonstrate that the drug is safe and effective."

And, if you all are so enthralled at doing research, why don't you look at the lawsuit that Quixtar has against MonaVie and it's distributors. The false claims they refer to and are being prosecuted for, sound just like all your little "testimonials" you have posted on here. Good Luck!

Kurt - I do know something about the company, there is litigation against many distributors for making claims they are not legally allowed to by law. Also, being shut down with previous MLM schemes make everyone look like they are suckers.

Alan - be careful with those claims you are making, and the testimonials you are publicizing. First off, some of the litigation is based on testimonials that are being used in marketing. Second, someone that stopped taking medications because they drink this juice that the company primarily promotes as a great source of antioxidants could not possible be wise. If the doctor made the decision, relying on the MonaVie, then why doesn't the doctor sell it himself? Why isn't it the new miracle drug!!!! BECAUSE ITS NOT!That's why.

T-Diggity - The difference between an orgainzed group of people practicing together or promoting something, and a cult, is that a cult crosses the line and begins the brainwashing process. I have been to conventions and sales meetings where they actually get you believing anything they want. And with MonaVie, if it did all you say it does for people, with the money, why do I hear many saying they make just enough that they pay for their own juice? If it worked out so great as a money maker, why aren't they all doing it?

Reports2God - To promote a product with a testimonial from a doctor that is actually on the Board of Directors? You must think people in this owrld have no brain. Obviously this would not be considered an independent opinion of a physician, and in the medical community, would not be taken as anything but an advertisement to put more money into his pockets.

Curt Weese - It is easy for you to say "cost aside" when people are lured and brainwashed into buying it even when they cannot afford it. I had someone tell me they were buying it from their childs coach even though they can't afford it, because ever since they started, their coach has actually paid attention to the athlete. Even though the parents believe it is unethical for a coach to be selling to an athlete, they are into it now and are afraid to stop in fear of retaliation. That obviously has a great deal to do with the morals and ethics of the coach, but it is those types of deceitful people that MonaVie business is using to promote and make an almighty buck for only the top.

The biggest joke is the blogger - wrote that Dr. Mason professes that exercise causes free radicals and that is why athletes need to take MonaVie!?!?!? So Dr. Mason, if exercise causes free radicals that are cancer causing, should the medical world now say that exercise causes cancer????????????????? That is absolute trash and rubbish. It is an irresponsible thing for a "doctor" to say and he should be called out on the carpet for that one. I wonder where he got his diploma? Through Mail order along with his shipments of the rip-off cases of MonaVie he gets?

i heard that if you drink a whole bottle a day it actually reverses the aging process!!.. im a dealer only cause i dont want to pay retail price and i can say that this stuff is the miracle cure and i make $900 a day selling it to myslef..its like the angels have heard my prayers!! so far ive made 30k and have only been doing this 4 months.. Im rich and healthy now.. wow what a great busimess model .. and if i sign other people up i make even more!!

WOW another pyramid based company selling overpriced products lol what a surprise.. i still cant believe how many people invest in these companies.. cost is $5 tops per bottle come on.. get real grow up and get a real job..

Just a response to Miss Brazil to contact me, el producto es todo lo que dicen y mas. Comunicate conmigo.

how come none of the MonaVie reps can tell me the ORAC score in each bottle? I mean according to some the ORAC score is what counts the efficiency of killing free radicals in the body, don't want to know about the score on Acai but what is the ORAC score in each bottle! Thank you

i've read a lot further since my last post and just wanted to post this.

to all those healthy individuals who have nothing but negative things to say about monavie, please do something more productive than slander something you obviously are not going to see the benefits from. take your kids to the park, walk your pet, visit a nursing home, pick up litter on a highway....anything but what you're doing on this website. you are a waste to this economy.

to those of you whose health is adverse in any way....unhealthy lifestyle, disease, heredity or anything else what have you got to lose? just think of the hundreds of dollars you currently spend in prescribed or otc medications with numerous, sometimes very unpleasant (ie. anal leakage), side effects. let's just say it's only a 1% chance that monavie or similar products may work. i would hope that $20-$30/bottle of a fruit juice with no side effects would be a small price to pay in order to be void of some of the different medications one might be currently taking.

and just to give you an idea because 1% may not seem like much, but it's said that as many as 1,000,000 americans have IBD, if it only works for 1% of this population than monavie and similar products just saved the lives of 100,000 sufferers.

so for everyone out there whose not healthy as an ox, give it a try you've got nothing to lose. buy a bottle and drink it up. if it works, welcome to my world. if it doesn't...then go back to your side-effect laden medications but don't ever give up the chance to try something healthier. IT WORKED FOR ME!!!

and as far as becoming part of the monavie 'team', i'm not looking to get rich. me and my wife both work full time and aren't looking to retire anytime soon. i was as big a skeptic as anyone, but now my only goal is to let others know that this is an option, it may help, it may not....but you won't know until you try. Again, WHAT HAVE YOU GOT TO LOSE?

This one is easy for me to answer. I suffer from crohn's disease, diagnosed at 19 and full large intestine removal last year at 27. Was told by the doctor who diagnosed me at Cleveland Clinic that I was the worst case he's ever seen for someone my age. I have been the subject in two books written by two different doctors about my condition. I compare my health to that of a 50 yr. old who's overweight and smoked all their life. At my worst I was taking 12 pills a day and going in every 8 weeks to receive remicade, which took 4 hours to do and cost me $800 every time. I was easily spending around $600 a month in medications for the crohn's. And I've miraculously been able to hold the same job and maintain health insurance or else it would've been a ton more. i didn't really realize the toll that the disease had taking on my body until after i had the surgery to remove the diseased colon from my body. even though the disease will never be completely gone, i was for the moment crohn's free and no longer could blame what was going on with my body on the disease itself. And I was truly as unhealthy as a 27 male could be. my muscles were very weak and soft, i had huge lovehandles and a double chin, my complexion was terrible, i had dark rings under my eyes, i had stretch marks all over my body from the constant gaining and losing of weight, my knees, hips and elbows ached from the on-off usage of prednisone. i was a complete and udder mess. and this coming from a very active, very healthy, very well put together high school sports player. i had scholarship offers after high school, never drank and had never smoked a cigarette in my life (which is still true today, even though i drink occassionally now). i treated my body as the temple it was back then. i always bucked the notion of changing my diet and eating healthy while i was sick because, honestly, i was afraid to. the doctor's never really told me it would help and i always consumed very unhealthy, very fatty foods that way i could gain weight quick. it was nothing for me to eat fast food 7 days a week, or consume 2 dozen eggs a week in order to gain weight as quickly as possible. well my in-laws became distributors for monavie about 4 months ago and gave all of their kids a bottle to try. my wife gave it to me knowing that i needed it more than she did and i can honestly say i felt a difference. most notably in the energy department. i found it easier to wake up and get started in the morning and maintained that energy throughout the day and in turn, was able to go to sleep faster at night and sleep better all night long. well that bottle came and went and i told my in-laws about it but didn't really want to spend the $30 a bottle. well i was amazed at what just that little fruit did so i began making smoothies every day. it's simple, a handful of mixed frozen fruit, some yogurt and fruit juice to help blend it and my in-laws had a surprise for me: because of my health issues they were going to buy and give me the monavie for free. so i also added this to the smoothie. i drink a large one in the morning for breakfast and also at night for a snack and i feel absolutely tremendous. it is night and day. my energy level is through the roof and i feel absolutely wonderful...this in turn makes everything around me better. i'm finishing projects that i was too sick to do before, i'm much more involved in two young daughter's lives, i leave the house a lot more and this has also helped my relationship with my wife because i've taking a lot of the load off her shoulders. i've also been complimented by several people in the last few months about my complexion and how healthy i look. my stretch marks are starting to fade and i've even started to get my muscular body back...so for me it's easy. I'm living proof that eating healthy and eating right can move mountains. I'm not going to tell you that it was 100% MonaVie, but i will tell you that i believe it's the whole combination of all the fruits i put in the smoothie and MonaVie is one of them, and i won't be changing a thing anytime soon. And if you want to know I did become a distributor recently and i'm proud to be distributing a product that i can stand by 100%. The Proof is in my body. and lets see....$600/month in medication or $200/month in smoothie ingredients that my wife and kids can enjoy too. I think I'll stick to the smoothies and to the MonaVie.

i'm currently putting together a website where you'll be able to purchase smoothie ingredients, mixers, supplements and anything else needed for optimal health at a minimal cost.

if anyone has any questions about this or would like to ask anything about crohn's disease i'd be more than willing to answer them.

c.mcalexander@mchsi.com

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Tdiggity - What volume, date, and name of the abstract in the Journal? I can easily reference it if it's been published.
I'll let you know my opinion, pro or con.

Thanks

FOODTECH, I thought my email posted if I entered it in the form. It doesn't...it's tdigitty@gmail.com

I am posting this to help nudge those of you who are drinking, have planned on drinking, or considered drinking MonaVie.

The Acai berry is truly a superfood and perhaps the most complete food so far discovered. Check out this link that touts not only the Acai berry, but also another of MonaVie’s fruits, the Wolfberry.
berrydoctor.com/broadcast/2007/FiveFunFacts-BerryFirsts.htm

While the Acai berry, and therefore MonaVie, contains every class of nutrient we need from our diet to survive (hence it’s unofficial label as a perfect food), the Acai berry primarily wows scientists by its incredible level of antioxidants. Antioxidants and their targets, free radicals, have become household terms over the last few years as we have learned the role that free radicals play in so many different diseases such as cancer, heart disease, arthritis and other diseases of the immune system. Antioxidants have been shown to slow aging, lessen the occurrence and severity of disease, boost the immune system, help prevent certain cancers and slow brain aging.

We measure a foods ability to neutralize free radicals by the ORAC (Oxygen Radical Absorption Capacity) score. THE ACAI HAS BY FAR THE HIGHEST ORAC SCORE OF ANY FOOD EVER TESTED 1027. Foods traditionally thought of as high on the ORAC scale include cranberries and wild blueberries and they score from the 50s to the 90s. Wheat grass, a popular ingredient in smoothies, comes in around 150.

If you are one of the 5% or less of Americans who get 5 servings of fruit daily, don’t hurt yourself patting yourself on the back just yet. Based on our traditional fruits such as apples, bananas, oranges, grapes and even blueberries, 5 servings of fruit might give you about 1500-1700 ORAC units. Good? Yes. But significantly below what some government nutrition experts say we probably need, more around 3500-6000 ORAC units daily. We now know that 2 ounces of MonaVie twice daily delivers the antioxidant load of about 12-13 servings of typical fruit.

Unfortunately fruit is not nearly as nutritious today as it was in the past due to factors like soil nutrient depletion, spraying of chemicals on some fruit, early harvesting and artificial ripening techniques. A popular example is that today it would take over 50 peaches to equal the amount of vitamin A found in just 2 peaches in the 1950s.

Now some people think that drinking MonaVie is too expensive. 5 servings of non-organic fruit representative of the American diet (again, apples, bananas, oranges, grapes, pears, peaches, grapefruit) would cost about $3.50 to $4.50 daily if none was lost to spoilage. 2 ounces of MonaVie, which would equal just over 5 servings of fruit in antioxidant supply, costs about $2.30-$2.60 buying one or two cases monthly. If you drink 2 servings daily, just double the cost. If you are interested in improving your health through increasing your fruit and antioxidant intake, YOU CAN’T AFFORD NOT TO DRINK MONAVIE.

Knowing what we now know about health, disease, nutrition, fruit and antioxidants, most of us need to be consuming much more fruit. MONAVIE IS SIMPLY THE EASIEST, TASTIEST, MOST EFFECTIVE AND PROBABLY ONE OF THE CHEAPEST WAYS TO GET OUR DAILY SERVINGS OF FRUIT AND ANTIOXIDANTS. MonaVie may not always stand alone as such a superior nutritional product, but it does for now. I know that your health, and the health of your family is worth roughly $2.50-$4.50 daily, and you do too. Drink MonaVie, feel the improved sense of well-being and the relief from the everyday aches and pains associated with inflammation, and share with your friends and family.

Check out these testimonials from Doctors all across the United States touting the benefits of MonaVie!

This testimonial is from Dr. Andrea Pennington, a nationally known medical and wellness expert. Dr. Andrea Pennington touts the antioxidant benefits of MonaVie in an interview with Fox 4 News.

To watch this news segment, go to myfoxkc.com and do a search for ‘Dr. Pennington’. Then, simply click on the video entitled “Dr. Pennington Discusses Living with Purpose.”

Or, you can simply go to www.youtube.com and search for “MonaVie” to view Dr. Pennington’s interview and to find out why News Stations all across America are featuring MonaVie. Then, if you still need more information, ‘Click on the Bottles’ in the middle of the screen at www.brighart.com!

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This Testimonial is from Dr. Lyle Mason, a member of MonaVie's Board of Directors. He has spent the last 30 years as an orthopedic surgeon and team physician for the NBA's Utah jazz basketball team. He regularly uses MonaVie himself and recommends it to his clients as well.

"Working with athletes who are very physically active, I understand the importance of dealing with oxidative damage caused by exercise," says Dr. Mason. "Free radicals are a big problem for everyone in today's world."

Dr. Mason indicates that the glucosamine found in MonaVie Active provides a real boost for many clients. "I've been recommending glucosamine to my clients for some time with very good results," he says. "I can't tell you how many times I've had someone say, 'That really helped!'"

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This testimonial is from Dermatologist Dr. Doris J. Day, M.D. from the February 2007 Issue of People Magazine. This little blurb in PEOPLE Magazine was featured on page 62 in the Style Watch section.

“This is an easy way to get great skin,” says Dr. Doris J. Day. “MonaVie’s juice is only 20 calories and it delivers tons of antioxidants and flavonoids.”

If you want more evidence, start using the product yourself! If you are ready to get started, enroll for $39 in our wholesale membership program (Think Costco or Sam’s Club Membership) so that you can buy bottles at the discounted/wholesale rate ($20.72-$32.50/bottle), and NO, you do not have to refer it ever if you do not want to. Go to www.monavie.com or contact one of your friendly local MonaVie representatives.

Wholesale Membership Program/Distributorship: Shipped direct to your home:

1 Case (4 bottles) $32.50 per bottle
2 Cases (8 bottles) $28.75 per bottle
3 Cases (12 bottles) $28.33 per bottle
6 Cases (24 bottles) $25.42 per bottle
12 Cases (48 bottles) $20.72 per bottle

I don't get it!!! Why do so many people try to bash something that they obviously no nothing about. Last time I checked the USA was founded on free enterprise principles. If the product didn't work I don't think the company Mona Vie would have reached $1 billion in sales in only 42 months. Get real people. The fact is that the product works. I will admit it works differently from person to person. Let's face it, people come from different situations. If you are already in good health you may feel less responses of Mona Vie than others. On the other hand if you have abused you health and body for 20-30 years you can't expect to drink some fruit juice ( even as good as Mona Vie is) and in a couple of weeks reverse the affects of this long term abuse. That's like saying that you are 100 pounds overweight and expecting to be physically fit after being on a diet for 2 weeks. This has to be looked at a long term change in perception. In regards to the price of a bottle or case of Mona Vie, I can't believe after the billions and billions of dollars that have been spent and continuing to be spent on health care how can somebody argue the price. All of the health studies that I have read they say to eat 5-7 servings of fruits and vegetables per day (that number recently has increased to 10+). If anybody actually consumed this daily amount they would see the cost, time, and effort involved in this process would be about the same as a bottle of Mona Vie. This isn't taking to account the ability to earn an income by helping others realize the benefits of a product. I wish more people would spend as much time doing their homework on this product or even more so on the business aspect associated with Mona Vie or any other MLM company for that matter. The fact is if a company has a particular product or service and an individual has a need or desire for that product or service that is between the buyer and seller not for the general public to decide what is right or wrong. As you can probably guess I am a distributor of Mona Vie and proud of it. I am participating in the free enterprise system. Whether I become a millionaire or only make a couple hundred dollars a month that is my choice. At least I'm trying to change the lives of my family and the lives of others around me. If more people would quit wasting time trying to find fault in a particular product or company and focus on making a difference in the lives of the people around them I believe this can and would create a world of difference in society.

BREZZY, look in your back office under "corporate" then "document library" there's a pdf of the study published in the Journal of Agriculture and Food Chemistry.

FOODTECH...it would be interesting to hear what you have to say about it. Email me if you want and I'll shoot you a copy of the PDF.

Regarding the reference to a CULT...if pro-monaviers are in a cult then are anti-monavires? I think Obama is part of a cult called the democratic party. Is that true because I say it is? Or is Irv the only person that's correct on this site? Weird.

Hey it's interesting that Irv and the klan generalize about MonaVie distributors. If a handful lie or make false claims then the entire organization and it's people must do the same. What do they call that when you generalize with in a specific group? Good thing we're not a protected class.

Hey Breezin, maybe you should have a talk with all of the zombies that are making these claims. You guys just might end up like Usana.

Just joined MonaVie! What a wonderful site this is! hehehe!

I had to jump in after reading all of the various points on here.

For me, the bottom line is that I rarely eat breakfast as my normal job starts bright and early and I always am out partying and whatnot, so don't like to get up early enough to make breakfast. Wake up, shower, feed dog, race out door is my every day schedule (yes, not healthy I know).

I also smoke here and there which is obviously not good for me.

So, I get pitched MonaVie by a friend (he makes about $350 per week after 3 or 4 months and his brother is making about $2,000 per week, so I KNOW the money is there for SOME people at least).

My goal from the start and what I pitch to my friends and co-workers..at least so far is primarily the benefits of the juice from a health standpoint for me personally.

Is it going to cure cancer (Florida study aside), probably not. Is it going to make me lose weight (I'm thin, so I hope not), probably not the holy grail to weight loss either.

My point is that I'm offsetting the cost by quitting smoking and now I take a shot of MonaVie in the morning since I don't eat breakfast (yes I realize that it isn't a substitute for a health breakfast and I'm not saying I substitute MonaVie for food....hahaha!).

I'm just saying that I'm not going to eat breakfast. I know myself. I WILL take a shot of MonaVie as it is so easy. Easy delivery I heard someone mention in a video about it and that hits home with me.

I'm not getting at least SOME nutrition in the morning and heart disease runs in my family, so it can't hurt to take it.

I also cut out my morning Latte and drink the sludge at work (only 1 cup now due to how crappy it is...hehehe) and that more than offsets the cost of MonaVie.

I don't see why all of the haters or so anti-MonaVie.

It can only help someone who takes it, cost aside. Sure you can take other stuff and you can also go work out every day and all of that good stuff, but I'm not going to and I'm not going to kid myself that I will.

Is everyone going to get rich pitching the business side of MonaVie. No.

Are people getting rich (who don't even make false claims)? Yes, they are.

Can I be one of those people. Maybe I can, maybe I won't.

I just want to offset what I pay each month for it (Latte and smoking savings aside) and find people that have the same goal as me.

I don't see Kern's or other over the counter juices giving me a way to offset my costs buying their juices.

Is MonaVie hurting you in any way personally? Then why take the time to bash it?

I understand it is very cultlike with these MLM companies, but that doesn't mean the product is necessarily bad.

My two cents.

*On this site, I feel like I will now be bashed for smoking, for quitting smoking, for not eating breakfast, for thinking about breakfast, for talking about working out, for not working out, for once watching a show called "working out", for the economy, for that bad hair day some hater had in high school, etc....

***Now if you want to get into MonaVie, we have teams that we can plug you into in pretty much any state is my understanding, so let me know. hahahaha! Might as well see if anyone wants to sign up. :P
www.MyMonaVie.com/WorldResults

ONE OF THOSE "IF IT SOUNDS TOO GOOD TO BE TRUE, IT PROBABLY IS
Look, if someone wants to believe the hype that the originators of this MLM scam, go ahead. Let them spend a ridiculous amount of money on a juice instead of eating better! The nutrition folks at the Olympic Training center even questioned why wouldn't a person just put the energy into eating right and save their money that is so precious these days!

POOR DISTRIBUTORS - THE VICTIM?
And, I understand that the distributors are brainwashed. They really believe this stuff is worth every penny they have. But, if this was really true, why is there such a high (70%) rate of people that drop out of the program? Either they are broke, or they come to realize it is not worth what they were told it was. It is not because they are negative people as some of these other comments suggest. If it was, then 70% of the people are negative, and the other 30% are just very good at deceiving the innocent.

ARE YOU BEING SUED YET? Just wait. An important part of this scam is the one where the company lets the distributors liability hang out there. I have seen with my own eyes, e-mails sent to distributors proclaiming it treats illnesses and symptoms of illness. Don't these people research the legality of it all! There are many law suits right now against these MonaVie distributors because of their false claims, yet they continue. Claims of curing crohn's, autism, heart disease, osteoarthiritis, depression and so much more are claims made to e-mails sent to me. I guess I could send them to the Attorney General and the FDA. I just gave the information to the attorneys handling another case.

ETHICAL? Well, the greed to grow their "down-line" seems to somehow magically eliminate the meaning of the word.
This unethical behavior of a distributor and her cronies actually damaged my family and my childrens chances at having a future in the sport.
Unethical conduct is driven by this greed to make the almighty buck through this MLM sham. When a coach recommends that a product seems to be a good thing to help it's athletes, that is one thing. But don't you dare, as a coach that moonlights as a distributor, start telling the kids that to perform to their peak they really need to take this stuff. Taking advantage of your postition of authority, toying with the perception these kids have of the system, and toying with the parents of the athletes, that now feel they need to purchase products that is beyond their means, just so they would gain favor with the coach is dispicable. You might say that a parent has the ability of choice, but coaches, teachers, people of authority, once you are in that ultimate position of determining a childs future, you have a responsibility to NOT to CROSS THAT LINE OF ETHICAL MISCONDUCT.
MY FAMILY WAS DAMAGED IRREPARABLY because of standing up against this ehtical misconduct.

Sending out an e-mail stating that you stand there an are amazed at how much better the athletes perform that are on the product is for all intensive purposes, promoting a performance inhancing product. I don't care if it turns out to be plain grape juice. IF YOU SAY it will help you perform better, and that you need to take it to succeed, and then treat those that don't buy it from you improperly, while giving favor to those that do, YOU ARE WRONG!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I feel very sorry for you all and your bad behavior. And for what??? Apparently, the distributors claim they make just enough money to pay for their own MonaVie. So, ruin everyone else's life, make them go broke, and eventually you will too.

I look at things like this. we are not selling drugs or illegal weapons, we are selling a product that a lot of people believe is helping with their health. All science aside ( and thats hard for an engineer) if a person believes they are seeing results and actually feel better, then it IS working for that person.

now to the compensation of the company. The company like many other companies in america, is here to make money. Monavie pays zero for advertising, zero for shipping and trucking costs to stores. And on top of that there is no franchise pyramid of wealth to trickle down through. SO that all means one thing. they could sell the juice REALLY cheap and not pay out anyone and keep all profits. or they can do what they are doing and keep it expensive to promote the distribution process and encourage people to make money to either get their product for free or even make a significant income. by doing this they move a LOT more product and generate a lot more profit. most people who get in will not get rich. this is mainly because they think its a get rich quick deal and after 3-6 months little money being made they throw in the towel. or the other possibility is that they put forth no effort into making it happen. The people in this industry that make lots of money are the ones who stick it out for the long haul.

Your first year in network marketing is a real challenge and will determine weather you will succeed or fail. you never fail if you never quit!
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I have read vandruff.com mlm and would like to suggest that Mona Vie should treat its company like a winery would with its wine; hire its distibutors to go out and sell the product to retail outlets (i.e grocery stores, restaurants, etc.) where consumers can buy the product or buy directly from the company to ensure the product's success, since it is a good product and you want it to last, not fail. Hence, it should be more about the product's success and less about filling the mlm distributors' pockets, respectively.

I got my credit card refunded for a case that I never opened, plus I received two bottles since they were part of an opened case. Just an FYI, if you open a case and take any bottles, you have to use all of them in that case. But that's ok because I will drink them. I would like to suggest to the distributors to sell Mona Vie at places like farmer's markets at a more affordable cost, where more people will buy it and of course taste it! I think it makes sense because it's sold on ebay at lower costs anyway.

James: I've tried to warn people about learning science on the internet.

First, "Emulsified with corn syrup solids" - a statement made by MonaVie? Since corn syrup solids are not emulsifiers, that doesn't make sense. If MonaVie uses corn syrup solids, it's because it's sweet and cheap, that's all.

Plant sucrose or processed table sugar - no difference to your body. Honey is no better for you than a spoon of table sugar. Maple syrup is no better than sugar. Our bodies can't tell the difference after everything is chemically converted.

Bottom line as usual - everything in moderation, whether it's sugar or antioxidants. Please, James if you have to use the internet for research, use a trusted site. Don't use threads. DON'T GET YOUR SCIENCE FROM THIS SITE!!!!! Do your own research. Take everything you read here with a grain of salt (my comments, as well).

MLM....Network marketing....scheme...scams???

oh come on...

What is the difference in recomending a great movie or restaurant....hairdresser...doctor....etc?

We all have done it, but how many times did that co./doctor/etc.. send you a thank you note or commission for helping build their business?

Do you realize how much money your referral may have earned that co. or person?

Does that also make you rant and rave?

If not... what makes MLM a scheme/scam?

What about companies that make billions and pay mimimum wage to employees that can hardly pay their bills??

MonaVie pays/compensates those that help to build thier "brand" .....sounds fair and reasonable to me and reasonable people.

The bottom line....

if the product was not so good for so many people and changing the health of so many, it would not be growing the way it is.

Growth relates to the effectiveness.

This is not a company like so many that spends millions on INFO-mercials that simply lie night after night... to get people to order.

This company has the confidence in it's product enough to let consumers promote and help grow sales based on testimonials of current customers.

And oh my god, they pay people to do so.

Lousy product would equal Lousy sales....

Wake up and smell the coffee and quit drinking all that "negative kool-aid"

I know it drives you crazy that you cannot stop MonaVie as it expands into 9 countries.

James, I'm 99% with you and I sure didn't take aim at you. I will be closely checking the Pulse when I get it. But it is true that I won't be putting ice in a glass and pouring it full of Monavie Pulse. I don't do that with coke either. OK, maybe at Christmas time I'll drink one and maybe once more in a year. But it is really rare. Coke is supposed to have 16 spoons of sugar.

I also don't like the phosphoric acid in coke which is really really bad for the bones. It's that phosphoric acid that makes it a good bug cleaner on the windshield. I don't want too much of that in my stomach. But I love my Monavie!

James, you think Reports2God is using mind control? That's weird, I thought he was just doing a good job being present on this list.

Michael, stick around, you'll come to learn that the company does NOT say Pulse is FDA approved. OK? Be patient. There was some confusion when it first came out because of the ingredients in Pulse. Birth pains.

Reports to God = You are a prime example of a cult leader in the way you use mind control in your statement's concerning Monavie,I have been a leading anti-cult activist and worked on many many campaigns over the last 30 years and word by word all your long drawn out posts have hidden messages=no wonder you made Black Diamond faster than anyone else in only 4 months = you're the master of manipulation ! The Truth Will Set You Free Todd Hartog ! James

MONAVIE PULSE is claimed to be FDA approved by Monavie distributors. I didnt believe this so I called the FDA and asked them about that very product, can you guess what they told me? They said NO! What a shocker. I told the woman she must be wrong! There is no way that a MONAVIE rep would lie.

Breezy and Tdiggity:

I am not saying that Monavie is comparable to Coke, I am just saying that they are using the same sugars that are in Coke. And that the levels of the sugar are higher on an ounce for ounce comparison than Coke. Dont shoot the messenger just do a little research.

Monavie does this because the "emulsified with corn syrup solids" allow the plant sterols to be protected and broken down once they hit the digestive system.

Fruit sugar and a refined sugar such as high fructose corn syrup or corn syrup solids are very very different and your body reacts to them differently. Read http://www.thefitshack.com/2007/06/19/high-fructose-corn-syrup-vs-corn-syrup-solids-whats-the-difference/

From Google answers it states:

"Using fructose instead of sucrose puts a strong damper on many
of these problems. Your body can't use fructose without converting it
into glucose in the liver. Actually, most of the time, however, unless
your body needs to immediately increase it's blood-sugar level, the
liver changes fructose into glycogen first. We have already mentioned
glycogen which is the body's short term energy supply. A typical adult
will have as much as 3/4 pound of glycogen in their various tissues at
one time, mostly stored in the liver and muscles. As the glucose level
in the blood begins to drop, the liver can rapidly convert this stored
glycogen into glucose."

In short the reason why Fruit sugar is better for you than table sugar
is that by eating table sugar (Sucrose) our bodies go out of sync with
our sugar levels as the sugar is processed in the body extremely fast
and in doing this the body informs the pancreas to pump out insulin.
Someone with a weak pancreas will have a hard time doing this.

Fructose (Fruit sugar) is broken down more slowly which allows the
body more time to react to the sweetener that has been consumed. This
puts less stress on the body and also the pancreas which is good news
for diabetics as they too can have sweet tasting things but without
the worry of a sudden sugar spike." http://answers.google.com/answers/threadview/id/751591.html

There are reasons that the US has an obesity problem and many of the leading experts say it is because of our consumption of Corn Syrup (which is a liquid form of Corn Solids). Why do you think there is such a push to get Soda machines out of school cafeterias?

There really is a big difference between natural sugars and processed sugars. Humans have been eating natural sugars for thousands of years, whereas we have only been eating processed sugars for 50-75 years. Our bodies have not figured out how to process these chemicals without having side effects of diseases like diabetes and obesity.

Hence, why I am surprised that a health and nutrition company would put it in their drink. I would argue that the benefits of the sterols will be outweighed by the processed sugars that have been added.

Jimmy, I hope to hear more about the inhibition of serum lipid peroxidation. That is a reason I drink Monavie. We are as young as our organs AND our arteries. Peroxidation of the arteries leads to bad things for the heart and the brain. Do you have anything you can post about this info from the company?

Miss Brazil, maybe someone here speaks Portugese because I can't tell what your question is. I hope you get an answer.

Tdigitty I'm with you. I'm not in this so I can spend my life on the road and drive an expensive car. I want health and some reasonable wealth and I want the same for others. An income for sharing this wonderful product makes me happy.

Fruit a vie, come on what else are you going to come up with, i told you i wont bother wasting my time with fruit avie (shasta cola). do research then you figure out what has been infront of you all this time MONAVIE!

I am not angry but did you ever work with someone that just didnt get it! Like i Said take a hard look at this and DO REAL research.

Catscratch, the glucosamine has nutrients in it. Whether they can make arthritis go away is not important. They are good for joint health. Most everyone with any mileage can use that help. All I can say is don't try to take it away from people who like it. Yes, people do like glucosamine. The same people telling you not to bother with glucosamine will think nothing of prescribing toxic pharms, and some even very damaging pharms. No thanks.

I offer Original Monavie to people and I have three that love it and don't want the more expensive one (active). They just want the extraordinary fruits in Monavie and they get them in Original.

James, I'm concerned about the sugar too. In studying the new fruits in Pulse there is one that is good for sugar issues. But you still can't get around taking a bunch of sugar. There is a chance this will be too sweet for me. I'm not into sweet sugar taste. I'll be getting my first order soon and will be doing some testing with it.

Monavie Corp has just revealed that MonaVie Active results in a statistically significant improvement in serum antioxidant status and inhibition of serum lipid peroxidation. That right you read that right :a statistically significant improvement in serum antioxidant status and inhibition of serum lipid peroxidation!!!! Yea this proves all the skeptics wrong! More studies are being done as we post... Get ready world for higher Serum Lipid Peroxidation across the Nation

eu sou brasileira nao sei escrever em ingles, quero saber mais sobre esse produto afinal de contas o acai e do Brasil. me responda please.

NELSON-FULL said. "less than 1/1025.563 % of the people the get involved - aka bought a "distributorship" become millionaires ."

AND? How many people make an extra $500/month or $1000/month? That would be fine for many people. Way to only point out what will make you look right, yet again.

JAMES said "If you were to drink 12 oz of Pulse, you would get 42 grams of sugar, more than one can of Coke."

Why would you drink 12oz of Pulse a day? The daily serving is 4oz. If you ate the equivalent to 13 servings of fruits per day you would get alot more than 14 grams of sugar. How can you compare Coke to MonaVie? Are you serious? Talk about a stretch to make yourself "look" right.

CATSCRATCHFEVER posted, "We don't have any good evidence that glucosamine/condroiton have any effect at all on arthitis....'"

I have "good" evidence that MonaVie is good by hearing what people tell me. People who actually drink it and have an actual positive experience.

People who are against it and take the time to post here over and over will not be happy until MonaVie is shut down. I LOVE IT!! They will be unhappy for a long time.

QUESTION...do you guys post on blogs about Zrii, Youth Juice, MaxGXL, Vemma, Xango and Noni? None of you will probably answer this but I thought I would throw it out there. Keep wasting your time!! Have fun!

MONAVIE fans, tell your leaders about this website so the uneducated people can get a lesson on MonaVie. Maybe there will be a post that will change their mind. I doubt it, but at least they will see there are more people that are for it than against it.

Reports to god- I guess the imaginary figure that you deem "good" is the one reading your posts? because nobody else wants to read "The War and Peace of money-via" on a daily basis . But whatever it is that you are saying I dont care - But to all the others out there thinking about entering into this ponzi scheme ( and thats polite ) less than 1/1025.563 % of the people the get involved - aka bought a "distributorship" become millionaires .
Sorry - that includes statistics from ALL United States Based MLM's since the inception of this marketing method .

Has anyone noticed that there are 7g of sugar in 2 oz of Pulse? That equates to 1.75 teaspoons of sugar in every 2 oz of pulse. You are essentially drinking soda without the carbonation. Let me put this in perspective:

1 can of Coke has 39g of sugar. In a daily recommended dose of Phytosterols of .8g you are getting 14 grams of sugar which is 35% of your daily allotment by the USDA.

If you were to drink 12 oz of Pulse, you would get 42 grams of sugar, more than one can of Coke.

Your cholesterol might possibly come down, but your daily sugar in take will go up. Which theoretically can lead to diabetes.

It is interesting to me that Monavie comes out tells you all the great things that Pulse can do for you but left out that they were using corn syrup solids which is a solid form of Corn Syrup.

I hardly see anyone here 'hating' monavie or it's followers. Who cares enough to waste time hating much of anything? But, the monavie devo-tees here insist that differing opinions are hateful.

Most of the supplement market is based on bogus, unfounded claims, while there are some supplements that are ok, but not many.

Hmmm...check this out devo-tees: In today's usatoday:
Study: Popular supplements ineffective against arthritis

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'We don't have any good evidence that glucosamine/condroiton have any effect at all on arthitis....'

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But, but...
If it's in monavie then that's different!
Well, look at all the rare-berries and good stuff in that punch!
Sheesh, how many times do I have to tell you to not call it punch?
Well, look at that gorgeous wine bottle it's in!

$831Million spent on crap(glucosamine/condroitin) in '07 alone! Source:Nutrition Business Journal

No wonder monavie cultists are so adamant about something...
I wonder if it's really all about those rare-berries after all?

Millions of folks are swindled every year into buying into folksy remedies.."Take a pinch of this..a few leaves of this in hot water..some eye of newt...toss in nuts and berries..drink this potion every day!...old Chinese recipe! Those Chinese would never sell poison, even in baby milk formulas....
Would they?

Back to monavie...those who offer a view not in line with the sales pitch of completely unfounded miracle punch are negative haters?

lol

Brett said (as quoted by Reports2GOD): “A long time ago I happened onto this purple horror website and couldn't figure out why some people who were just plain negative about Monavie.”

Could it be because your product is a sham and the people in your organization have chronically lied to the public. Could it be that people became upset when they found out that your organization is infested with liars, thieves, poseurs, and hacks? Could it be that people are fed up with their friends and family members being exploited by distributors who illegally push the product as a cure for diseases? Only a true idiot would have a hard time understanding why people are angry at this company for fraudulently promoting $45-a-bottle fruit punch as medicine.

I drink the product and can appreciate the benefits from it but why on earth do I have to sign up to buy it? I buy it from an internet auction website which is way against their rules and it comes out to the same cost and I don't get hassled by an upline rep telling me to share it and all that garbage. It is a great product that unfortunately is being sold through a mlm scheme. I hear it all the time from someone I know is in it but he has to pay the company to have showings and conventions, that is just another way for the company not the distributor to make money. At the same time he is struggling to pay bills even though he travels all week pushing this product while being told he will be rich in no time. If I had a product to put out there and I want to make the most money I would develop a mlm program too rather than getting it to the masses. Great thinking by mona vie to put it out that way but they are the only ones getting rich. Great product but hard to buy with no strings.

AndyB, let me apologize to you for repeating what an excited person sent to me in an email after being at the convention. Now shall we get back to what is important? Monavie is the unofficial drink of the BOSOX.

AndyB did you really say that Monavie made you vomit and you were sick for days and that your x friend lied to you about the benefits of 4 bottles. How do you know about the benefits if you couldn't drink it? If I were you THAT is what I would be posting about, that you couldn't get your money back. But it sounds silly for you to complain about the lies about the benefits since you didn't drink it. As a business person, didn't you know to go to the company, call them and set up a return of the bottles or did you buy the case directly from your x friend. Instead of worrying so much about the bosox, stay on message.

Food tech, I've been aware of how too many antioxidents can actually dampen down an immune system. I also never encourage people to take high doses of Monavie (unless they are dealing with an acute situation). In my testing and from my experience two ounces a day are perfect. Some of my people only do one ounce. That is excellent too.

The reason they want people to spead the doses out to twice a day is because taking 4 ounces every day at the same time would be too much activity. I do the 2 ounces just once a day (not a second time unless I'm using it rarely as a quick meal because of being too busy). Even water can be toxic if too much is taken. Spraying the body with all those wonderful precursors to health in Monavie is great, it doesn't have to be done with a firehose. Too much.

Now you got to tell your lady that she doesn't have to pay $45. You also are holding some Monavie, how about letting her try that too? I also love ice tea, with fresh lemon and stevia. Yummmmmmmm. But it is the lemon and stevia that give the tea food value. Meanwhile, I boost my diet with Monavie!!!!!

The orthopedic surgeon and his wife have just doubled the amount of Monavie they want. I'd say that means they really like it. Wouldn't his patients be lucky if he even offered it to them.

Reports2God, is that amway person Nelson? He seems really confused and over-reactive. I've stopped reading him too. Too much junky stream of consciousness.

I think a few of the negative posters on here could use a good bedtime story... more than likely, a few of them have already heard this story or had it play out right in front of them when their MonaVie business came crashing down right in front of them because they somehow found the negative in each situation even when trying to build a business (And no, you can no longer blame MonaVie for not working, YOU can blame no one but yourself for not working MonaVie).

Perhaps its time to take a good long look in the mirror and ask yourself this question, "What am I doing with my life?" Or, maybe this one, "What else could I be doing right now other than trying to destroy the reputation of a company that is changing thousands of lives?"

This story was posted about a month ago by Bret.

Posted by: Bret | August 26, 2008 6:07 AM

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I just figured it out! A long time ago I happened onto this purple horror website and couldn't figure out why some people who were just plain negative about Monavie. In fact, the hate and anger is hard to understand considering what a great company Monavie is. Then, I had a distributor named Brian in my downline that someone else sponsored. Brian got so excited about the product and the opportunity. All he talked about was how HE was going to get Rich. He had all these great ideas about how to do the business and talked about all the things he was going to do. Anytime I tried to help Brian, he would just interrupt me and at our tasting parties, Brian would eagerly tell people that he got terrific results from Monavie and how it was the greatest product EVER! He said he was going to drink it for life! His claims changed every once in a while and I began to question in my mind whether Brian was really experiencing all these claims or just making them up. Brian talked to people and talked to people and talked, and talked, and talked. He was Monavie's biggest supporter! After about 3 months Brian stopped his 1 case auto-ship. He couldn't figure out why some people were becoming successful in Monavie and why some (like him) were not. He watched me and others in our team sponsor people and help them succeed. He couldn't figure out why those other new people were having fun and enjoying themselves and at the same time earning additional income. Then, Brian started blaming others for his failures. He started calling the people who rejected him bad names and saying that society was the problem. He said it was everyone else.
Then he started complaining about the upline and how they didn't help him succeed. Then he started complaining about the company and then about the product. Then he started saying that the company and the product was a fraud and a scam. Seems Brian just blamed everyone for his failure except himself. Now I understand why some people are negative about Monavie. They are blaming the company or the industry for their failures. I also recently found out that one of the biggest critics of Monavie on this website is an Amway distributor. Wow. It's amazing that the more I am involved with this wonderful business called network marketing the more I see the differences between those who care for others and those who only care about themselves. Brian is a great example of that. Instead of listening to other people to find out what they need and want all he talked about was what was important to him. He bored people with his dreams and wants and never once listened to or cared for anyone else. Robert Kyosaki best selling author of "Rich Dad, Poor Dad" published a book recently called "Business School for people who like to help people" For those thinking of entering Monavie or any other network marketing opportunity it's a must read. For those who spend their time critizing others, blaming others, and projecting their hate and anger out I will pray that you find peace. It's never too late to learn how to live. Anyone can be successful in networking but not everyone will. When you learn to serve others is when you will be successful. See you at the top.

People are funny,

If you do not like MonaVie that is fine. I don't understand why you spend your time infront of a computer debating over a product that you most likely have not performed any research on. I mean, if you look at the ingriedients you will see that it is a bunch of fruit and berries. I think fruit and berries grow natural...and are packed with all sorts of chemical properties that the human body needs in order to maintain a healthy life style. I think I have heard numerous doctots say that "people need to eat fruits and vegetables to replenish their bodies of the minerals, antioxidants, etc, on a daily basis because our bodies do not have the ability to produce essential minerals and so forth". So my question for all of the people who "hate" MonaVie is...Why? Do any of you have documentation that says MonaVie's contents are harmful to the body, or that say fruits and berries containing high anti-oxidant, anti-inflammatory and other chemical properties are bad to consume. I am just a little confused..maybe you can help me out because I feel like I am helping you out by giving you something else to write about.

Have a nice day! :)

Breezy- you said this was the "official" juice of the Red Sox. "Official" means corporate sponserships, signs and the whole ball of wax. Not just "pictures" of players with the juice. This even is not an endorsement. How about checking the e-mail that was sent to you for some authenticity before you throw up an incorrect fact? The red sox could easily sue you for making a false claim like this? Or is it habit now? You statement makes it seems like the Red Sox are involved when they are not. If you have a # their front office legal department wants to talk to you.

Distributor # 1081585 - are you reading this? Do you understand the difference between sponsorship, "offical" and some pics being taken? Hey, I have a picture of one of the Astros with my company's products, does that make the official product of Astros?

Bobby- You need to work on your name calling again. It seems John in the post is doing a much better job of getting to the point with his f*** all you haters comment. Maybe he and you could hook up and wax that new mercedes? Wash your dog while you are at it. Its a health hazzard to have a dog in a pool by the way.

Jim- what a wonderful way to sum it all up on your Mona Vie language comparison. I am going to offer some small pocket sized laminated guides to people to use for quick refrence.

Finally- Mona Vie tasted like garbage to me. It made me vomit. It made me sick to my stomach for days. My distributor "ex" freind lied to me about the benefits after four bottles and a month. When I went back for a refund I was told "tough shit" buyer beware. I went to the upline and all the way to the company and told the same. Thats why I absolutly hate this product and the company and the people that have anything to do with it. Because when it comes down to it and being asked to stand behind the product and the claims, no one will back it up. At least Wal-mart or Costco can refund money.

If you are a Pro Mona Vie person complaining about all the "haters" out there on this site- well then go somewhere else. if you are going to continue to blab about this and that, then start answering questions directly. If you read the heading this site is for people to discuss and share stories about the BS of MLM and other misc. crap that Mona Vie distributors dish out. Like....

"oh- there are just a few bad apples in the
bunch"

Contrary to popular opinion, I have a real job, and if this kind of crap went on in my corporation, there would be immediate terminations. Only because my company has a desire for keeping its ethics and integrity. Which in my case insures return customers and thus has a direct effect on my paycheck.

"Mona Vie is doing something about the e-bay sales" it seems to be taking a while does it not. Well, has anyone thought to check the real expiration date? Does the product really expire when the label says it does? Or does it have an "expiration" made up by the company to get those distributors moving and selling the product? Great ideas can come from criminal minds that run the place, but it is backfiring on e-bay by those dumping it. (Once again the government sets guidlines for expiration dates).

So i would encourage Andrew, irv and others to keep writing. If you have been screwed by Mona Vie, the best thing you can do is post it. Everyone can call me a hater, but i don't like seeing people brainwashed and taken advantage of when they have families and mortages to pay.

I mean really- most of the pro-mona vie people and MLM'ers use money and new cars promised by the company as a "measuring stick" to judge and validate whom they are as a person. Thats really sad. I wander if this is how our country got into such a bad credit crisis?

From Wikipedia,
" CULT, typically refers to a cohesive social group devoted to beliefs or practices that the surrounding population considers to be outside the mainstream,with a notably positive or negative popular perception. The spelling c-u-l-t also has at least eight homonym meanings that have confused the public since 1920 onward.
In common or populist usage, "cult" has a positive connotation for groups of art, music, writing, fiction and fashion devotees ( see Cult following), but a negative connotation for new religious, extreme political, questionable theraputic, and pyramidal business groups. For this reason, most, if not all, non-fan groups that are called cults reject this label.
A groups cult status begins as rumors spread of its novel belief system, its great devotions, its idiosyncratic practices, its percieved harmful or beneficial effects on members or its percieved opposition to the interests of mainstream cultures and governments. Persistent rumors may follow relatively small and recently founded religious or non-religious groups when they are percieved to engage in excessive member control or explotation."
Hmm, does this sound familar? Questionable theraputic and pyramidal business groups? NO, NOT MV!
Hmm, RUMORS, ( testimonials), spread of its novel belief system, its great devotions, blah, blah, blah,( you get the pic ), NO, NOT MV.
Dallin & Brigs next scam will be