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  • Posted By: Dr.Health @ 08/06/2008 6:05:38 PM

    I've tried Mona Vie for 40 or so days. It did nothing for me. I generally keep a log of how I'm feeling during my trial period of a health product\supplement. The one product I have tried recently is located at: www.maxgxl.com/109670
    I have more energy, better mental focus and I'm sleeping much better.
    just my 2 cents and my recommendation.

  • Posted By: Jackedonjuice @ 08/06/2008 6:05:02 PM

    With all this chatter - it is time that any person that doubts that MonaVie works - sign up and see for yourself. If you want to learn more, look at the videos that are on my website. I am really excited about this product. My family's health is better. My health is better. www.mymonavie.com/best4you/
    Better yet, email me at best4us@xmission.com and I will send you some good data if you like. Lots of published data on the Acai berry.

  • Posted By: Make A Change with MonaVie @ 08/06/2008 6:04:55 PM

    WE ARE ALL NETWORK MARKETERS. Think about it: If we like a restaurant or movie, we do not keep it to ourselves, we share it with others, yet our friends do not call us scam artists do they? We all have likes and dislikes???we all have opinions ??? that is what makes us who we are. So we cannot expect everyone to like the same movie, food or nutritional beverage can we? What is great to someone is not so great to the next person.

    Some of the best products that have come to market have done so through network or referral marketing for the simple reason stated above. If we like it ??? we will share it! Companies can save millions of dollars to market their product the conventional way and, in turn, pay referral commissions to those individuals willing to help take the product to consumers. Some will like it ??? others won???t, but that???s ok.

    I have personally seen significant improvement in my daughter, who suffers from Bi-Polar Disorder, ADHD, OCD, SID & Depression, since she has been drinking MonaVie. If it makes her a happier person ??? then, in my opinion, it is worth its weight in gold!

    If you have not researched MonaVie and the science behind the product, I invite you to visit www.monavie.com. If you are interested, email me: makeachange@verizon.net

    Whether you are in MonaVie, a competing company or marketing a totally different product ??? continue doing what you believe in. Remember the expression: Some Will, Some Won???t, So What ??? Next!

  • Posted By: Robert2012 @ 08/06/2008 3:15:52 PM

    Tony,

    What an ignorant, biased, un-researched article. What happened? Did you sign up for an MLM company a long time ago and fail at it because of your non-existent work ethic? And, since failing, did you decide to focus that non-existent work ethic to write for Newsweek?

    • Posted By: herewewere @ 08/06/2008 6:04:51 PM

      Agreed...

  • Posted By: yellowstone @ 08/06/2008 6:03:18 PM

    For independent research on foods, chemicals etc go to www.pubmed.com or do a medline search if you're a med. prof.
    For independent articles and home businesses to to: homebusinessopportunity4u.com
    No one is trying to sell you on any business but there are tons to choose from and articles that will help anyone get started in any business they decide on.

  • Posted By: rdhazzard @ 08/06/2008 5:50:19 PM

    Folks, MLM companies are much more popular today than ever before with a shifting economy and more people looking for ways to work from home and avoid gas and daycare costs. Monavie is producing 1,000,000 bottles of juice per day! Do think this is just stacking up in garages around the world and that many people are deceived? The reason Monavie IS as good as it claims is simple. They have a patented process of harvesting all 19 fruits at their peek nutrional stage of growth. You will not find a comparable product in any store. Your super market produce is picked weeks before it is ripe or has any substancial nutironal value.

    The company is VERY CLEAR about what independent distributors shoud and shouldn't say and they print it in black and white. This is a FOOD, not a drug; but it is one of the best nutritional foods known to man and there is science to substantiate this.

    Monavie DOES give back to Brazil in a HUGE way. Enormous resources ARE donated to the children of Brazil and the rain forest are protected BECAUSE Monavie is there harvesting fruit. The rain forest supplies a great percentage of our earth's oxygen. Monavie has provided a better value for the trees existance by harvesting the acai berry than the poachers who wanted to destroy the forests all together.

    Knowledge is power, people. sitting on the side of the road with the rest of the uneducated critics will keep you in the dark. The product was designed to provide long term effects and the compensation plan was designed to provide long term residual income. Dallin Larson is a man passion, integrity, and impecable character. Monavie is NOT a get-health-quick or get-rich-quick company. www.rnjinnovations.com

    • Posted By: KIKURFACE @ 08/06/2008 6:02:50 PM

      YOU ARE RIGHT MAN, THIS PEOPLE R TALKING STUPID BEHIND THE MONA VIE ARE THE ONE WHO R WORKING FROM 8 TO FIVE PAY CHECK TO PAY CHECK WE DON'T NEED PEOPLE LIKE THAT THIS IS A REAL DEAL HEALTH AND WEALTH WHO SAYS MONA VIE IS CURING ANY THING

  • Posted By: Adriana1234 @ 08/06/2008 6:02:15 PM

    Posting comments is giving the opportunity to opportunists to sell other related products. Acai Berry has been recognized to be excellent source of nutrition and provide better health. Talk to brazilians, talk to physicians! if MonaVie is poison, then do something about it!

  • Posted By: jffcpa @ 08/06/2008 6:01:45 PM

    I am fairly new to the product. I was a skeptic. In fact, I only acquired the product to gain favor with a prospective new client. I figured we had nothing to lose by trying a few bottles and I gained a client.

    My family and I have been taking it for five months or so. My son had tremendous alergies and I had high blood pressure. After a month on MonaVie, and without prescriptions, my blood pressure was 119 over 76. My son, who was referred to a specialist by his doctor because they could not determine the cause of his severe allergies, is allergy free. Nothing else in our lives changed. I can only attribute these changes to our consumption of MonaVie.

    I am a conservative white collar guy who does not usually buy into stuff like this. MonaVie is not a scam. I can't put it any other way. No, I am not a distributor and I have no affiliation with MonaVie. This is a real honest testimonial.

  • Posted By: Cjames86 @ 08/06/2008 6:01:36 PM

    My objection to Mona Vie isn't to the health benefits- It is simply an overpriced source of nutrients. I have watched many friends get sucked into this PYRAMID scheme, not by the vapid videos of the Brazilian rain forests or how they can share the health benefits with their family or friends, but by the distributors who talk about how hard the decision was to choose between the Mazerati or Porsche when they met their quota. The distributors I know are much more interested in sucking you into their downline than sharing a valuable product, AS EVIDENCED BY MOST OF THE MONA VIE ADVOCATES ON THESE POSTINGS WHO LEAVE THEIR WEBSITE ADDRESS IN THE HOPE THAT YOU'LL BE THEIR NEXT NAIVE DRONE. This smacks of AMWAY and every other scheme where you're given financial incentive for recruitment and production. Approach ten distributors and see how easily it is to buy a case and walk away without incessant harrassment. Finally, testimonials people who are financially invested to the level that these distributors are are not valid indicators of the efficacy of this product. In a double blind study, you would likely get the same results (e.g. my rheumatoid arthritis is cured, my diabetes is gone, Mona Vie cured my erectile dysfunction) with Kool-Aid as you would with Mona Vie. It's called the placebo affect, dullards. This marketing scheme is shameless, and ijn some cases prays on the hopes of people with a variety of illnesses (some life-threatening). It allows manipulative distributors to make "testimonials" about some percieved or false benefit while insulating Mona Vie from liability. I hope the FTA shuts this farce down. And before you barage the message board with a wave of indignant purple rage, I did give Mona Vie an honest try to help my friends out and make a subjective judgement. Still ache when I get up, still an occasional insomniac. 560 dollars poorer, and one less "Friend" who disowned my when I quit his downline. Thanks, Mona Vie. Thanks a bunch.

  • Posted By: Dr.Health @ 08/06/2008 6:00:04 PM

    Mona Vie is just okay. I've tried it and never really noticed any benefits. Even after 30-45 days. however, I did with this product: www.maxgxl.com/109670

  • Posted By: slime @ 08/06/2008 5:59:37 PM

    Mass Hysteria [cont] from first page. especially if those regular drinkers are all distributors @wholesale cost.

  • Posted By: SanDiegoAcai @ 08/06/2008 5:59:22 PM

    I could of told you everything in that article months ago??? nothing new??? here is an even better number, 91% of people who ???try??? network/referral marketing quit/fail? The problem with MonaVie is not the product or the business model??? it???s people! My own dad said he feels great drinking it and it helped with joint pain? If you have a health benefit from drinking MonaVie, great! That???s awesome, but don???t go promising that to people, because that???s not what this company is about! distributors making claims that this is Jesus juice and it will cure all are setting themselves up for failure and are going to get a lot of rejections??? It???s a whole food, just fruit! I ask people how much fruit they eat? Show them some research on how beneficial FRUIT is and say ???hey, try this product, you might like it!??? ???We have a unique blend of 19 fruits???

    Most Distributors who get in will??? get told no, get frustrated and quit. Then they go bash MonaVie, why? Because obviously if it didn???t work for them in a short period of time, it must be a scam! Something has to be wrong with the company, not them! Nobody takes responsibility for their own actions and everyone is quick to point the blame on everyone but themselves! No matter what job you take, what business you start, or what field you???re in??? your success is determined by what you put into it, not by what you are hoping to get out of it! This is what I have learned in the Military. It is the same reason I am so driven and the very same reason why I am going to be successful in not only MonaVie but everything I discipline myself with??? For anyone looking to learn more please contact me at SanDiegoAcai@gmail.com
    We will show you the true business model!

    Discipline is the bridge between goals and accomplishment!

    Cheers!

  • Posted By: www.mymonavie.com/stacilewis @ 08/06/2008 5:58:38 PM

    The only claim MonaVie makes is this: In a world where we do not get the proper amount of nutrition and in a country where we are literally rotting away from our consumption of processed, polluted, pestiside and herbiside covered products...here is a product that provides you with 10-13 servings of fruit per day and the highest antioxident (ORAC) level available today. If you want to be healthy and give your body the necessary nutrients to allow it to be the miracle it was designed to be...give it what it needs...and MonaVie has packaged that into a convenient juice, just 4oz a day and your on your way to a healthier existence! There's no scam in that! Time is priceless...as is quality of life...check out www.mymonavie.com/stacilewis

  • Posted By: guesswho2008 @ 08/06/2008 3:37:07 PM

    Sure....it's easy to critize the income that some distributors are making; but how about ALL the billions of dollars that are being swallowed by the FDA and MDs with pills, pills and let me guess...MORE pills they prescribe every hour of every day!!!!

    • Posted By: herewewere @ 08/06/2008 5:57:21 PM

      Yep, keep on preaching it! Big Pharma isn't called Big Pharma for no reason. A quick search into their profit margins and the number of people they kill every year should suffice anyone with any degree of intellect to the dangers of what the FDA approves. The FDA is a joke at best, a sinister criminal cohort of Big Pharma at worst.

  • Posted By: Robert2012 @ 08/06/2008 3:40:50 PM

    Dear Public,
    It is a little known fact that when you are completely dehydrated and you drink a lot of water and your dehydration goes away - you have been scammed!!!!! Water is all hype. You are being scammed when you take a shower and use soap to make yourself clean! Your little children are being scammed when they are outside having fun and playing with a hose!!! Water has not been proven to make you or your children happy, wet, clean, and quench your thirst.

    • Posted By: herewewere @ 08/06/2008 5:55:06 PM

      I love it. You sound just like the FDA. The only thing that is safe is chemical drugs. Everything else is a "scam" or "snake oil".

    • Posted By: Drinking&SharingTheJuiceForLife @ 08/06/2008 3:44:37 PM

      Your awesome...your simple silly comment proves the intellect of most individuals using the SCAM word in here loosely without any real backing or facts....LOL......high 5' to you my friend....God Bless!!

  • Posted By: slime @ 08/06/2008 5:54:45 PM

    Mass Hysteria ... r u feelin it? Are they all under some sortof a spell or somethin? or hypnotized?
    You would think it from hearing these same canned claims of miraculous healings.
    Some allow themselves to be hornswaggolled , yeah we all wanna be millionaires too, but it sounds like the only ones makin buck are on top while all you others are bustin ass to make them richer, especially if those who drink it

  • Posted By: Juliana_Andrade_AKA_Ms.Brazil @ 08/06/2008 5:16:04 PM

    THIS IS HORRIBLE SCAM, NOT ONLY THESE PEOPLE ARE TAKING ADVANTAGE OF THOSE INNOCENT PEOPLE WHOM BUY THE EXTREMELY EXPENSIVE JUICE, BUT ITS RUINNING THE COUNTRY OF BRAZIL. WHAT ARE THEY THINKING? THEY ARE GIVING THE FRUIT ITSELF A BAD NAME BY FALSE ADVERTISING AND THEY ARE TAKING AWAY A PRECIOUS PART OF THE BRAZILIAN CULTURE AWAY. THESE PEOPLE AREN'T HELPING THE BRAZILIAN CHILDREN OR RAINFOREST; IF THEY WANNA HELP, WHY THEY DON'T DONATE SOME OF THE MONEY TO THE POOR KIDS STARVING? OR HELP THE AMAZON NOT LOSE OUT THEIR TREES TO CORPORATIONS WILLING TO POLUTE MORE AND MORE OF THE PURE AIR THE AMAZON PROVIDES US? MONAVIE OUT TO BE ASHAMED OF THEMSELF AND QUIT THE LIES.

    • Posted By: elkinmaui @ 08/06/2008 5:54:15 PM


      FHY-MISS JULIANNA-- Mona Vie is NOT harming the trees or ruining the rainforest. Not sure where you get your facts from, but the ACAI is a berry that is harvested like coconuts. Once the cluster of berries are picked they have to be processed within 24 hrs or lose their components. Mona Vie does this by freeze drying the berries and the other fruits. And, FURTHERMORE, Mona Vie does donate massive amounts of money, as do their distributors to their MORE project which helps the children of Brazil. Mona Vie has built schools and centers for the children. Before you start spouting off about something, get all of the facts first.


  • Posted By: Marta Lariviere @ 08/06/2008 4:02:17 PM

    If the FDA is so knowledgable in what nutritional foods benefit the body, why do Americans rank the worst in dieseaes such as Diabetes, Heart Disease, Cancer & Arthritis, just to name a few? They will approve and market drugs that may relieve certain symptoms (not necessarilly cure the disease) and require we take regularly scheduled blood tests to diagnose the counter effects of the drug, which is usually worse than the disease itself. Yet these experts in disease and health will tell us not to drink a vitamin filled, antioxidant filled juice because it "MAY" not be beneficial.
    They prefer to approve medications manufactured by "Phamacutical Companys" that make "Billions" by offering us "who knows what" in the form of a colorful pill or elixer and believe the word of the doctor who prescribed us the "MEDICINE". Most likely this Physician was coaxed into prescribing it to his patients by a Representative who showed-up at his office, handed him a brochure, gave a 5 minute dissertation of the benefits of prescribing this specific brand to his patients and then offered the Doctor & office a free lunch. No, I'm not against modern medicine, I've been in the medical field for 24 years, I've seen the good & bad of our Medical System, but let's have common sense enough to realize, the FDA doesn't know it all.
    posted by: martalariviere@yahoo.com

    • Posted By: herewewere @ 08/06/2008 5:50:35 PM

      Pharmaceutical companies and their drugs - talk about a snake oil, with damaging effects nonetheless!!!

  • Posted By: exRM @ 08/06/2008 4:52:26 PM

    So a Utah-based company is sending unpaid missionairies door2door selling magic juice? Very creative. Intiitiation fee $39? Nice touch.

    • Posted By: yellowstone @ 08/06/2008 5:47:59 PM

      Why would you post such a ridiculous comment like that? All you are doing is showing your ignorance about the business.

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    • Posted By: yellowstone @ 08/06/2008 5:46:43 PM

      What did you read that lead you belive the author sas vilifying your company? I read nothing to that effect

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