Here's an excerpt from an interesting article over at the Juice Scam blog on Monavie and the placebo effect:
Sorry, the author of the article doesn't want his "copyrighted" stuff shared with our readers.
Here is a comment from another site MonaVie Horror:
If companies remove preservatives from their products, MOLD & YEAST & other bad things will thrive...which in turn leads to SPOILAGE.
Actually none of the refrigerated and non-refrigerated juices at the local grocery store contain preservatives, I checked, It's all in the bottling process.
So the question is; why does MV incorporate this harmful preservative when other juices like V8, Welches, Juicy Juice, Minute Maid, and many others don't?
MM Writes: It is juice people! Certified organicYes, juice with Sodium Benzoate, is this something you'd like to add to your diet?
It is not certified organic, please show us where we can find this fictitional info please.
Interesting, even though they are wrong, the new spin at MonaVie is that any product without preservatives is going to mold and have "other bad things" happen.
EIRO contains no preservatives and has a shelf life of 18 months unopened and un-refridgerated.
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Or you could base MonaVie’s effects on people to the results of all of the double-blind, placebo tested, peer-reviewed crossover studies that have been done to show that the product does work. Do you honestly think that MonaVie would be the fastest-growing company in the US food & beverage industry, and the fastest network in history to reach $1 billion in sales, and the company that every network wants to be if the product didn’t have a positive effect on people’s health?
Steve, not one word of your post was accurate. No studies have shown Monavie to help treat, cure, or prevent any medical condition. It is fraudulent for you to suggest otherwise.
Monavie is not the fastest growing company in any sector of the US economy; you are simply misquoting the results of Inc. Magazine’s list of fastest growing PRIVATELY HELD comanies in the U.S.. There are dozens of publically-traded food/beverage companies that make Monavie pale by comparison.
Lastly, the claim about Monavie being fastest to $1 billion is nonsense. The company doesn’t disclose their financial infomation so these earnings claims are pure fantasy and totally unverifiable. The product has NO effect on health. It is just being illegally sold using claims to the contrary. Shame on you all.
First, here are some of the clinical studies: http://www.aibmr.com/resources/articles-and-reports.php
Second, there is PLENTY of evidence to suggest that eating a balanced diet which includes fruits and vegetables will help to PREVENT disease. There is also PLENTY of evidence to show that drinking 4 ounces of MV each day is the equivalent in nutrition as eating 13 servings of common fruits and vegetables.
Third, I suppose we should also be going after companies like General Mills for having the audacity to suggest that Cheerios could help reduce cholesterol, because I’m certain that they wouldn’t have tested their product either. SHAME ON THEM!! Why is that OK, because Cheerios are sold in the store and not by word of mouth?
Fourth, you’re absolutely right. MonaVie showing up on the Inc. Magazine list of fastest-growing PRIVATELY HELD companies (#1 in food & beverage, #3 in revenue, #18 overall) in no way validates what the company is doing or has achieved. It’s just a joke, right? When Microsoft first appeared on that SAME list they came in at #80 overall….and now they are a $60 billion company! Let’s split more hairs about my quote please.
Finally, you’re right on your last point as well. MonaVie lies about their revenue too. They lie about the product, they lie about their financials, they lie about everything!! Only network marketing companies can do all of this lying and get away with it, right??
Too bad folks just can’t except the truth. If you can’t beat ‘em, join ‘em!
MonaVie #14 on this list. Only 9 US companies ahead of them, all 25 years old or older! MonaVie…. just 5 years old.
http://www.directsellingnews.com/index.php/site/entries_archive_display/the_100_million_club
By the way….this is a big lie too! Shame on the Direct Selling News for reporting such fantasy!!
Friends of mine made good money with Monavie. I almost joined, but was disturbed by them being more interested in selling it than drinking it, and recruiting sellers rather than customers.
As a product – the juice is overpriced and many cheaper alternatives exist.
As a business opportunity I feel the constant need for monthly purchases is a big turn off. It also means people drop out of your downline.
Personally I pursue MLM’s that don’t require monthly subscription (rare but there).
Ben…sounds like you were dealing with the wrong people and I don’t think you understand how network marketing works.
you sound like such a phony steve. bro this stuff is way over priced, why the hell is it 60 a bottle. come on get with the program and stop being brain washed.
Mike,
You sound uneducated about the business of network marketing and MonaVie specifically. Nobody pays $60 per bottle, even at retail prices. Please don’t post comments here based on things people tell you. Do some real homework first…better yet, try the product for a month or 2.