We put the leading brands under a laboratory microscope to see which are best for you.
by Jamie Beckman
In a perfect world we’d all eat three apples a day to get our daily dose of vitamins and antioxidants, but let’s face it: Toting around a fruit basket isn’t easy. Which is why some companies claim that drinking their “superjuices” is nearly as good as chowing down on a Granny Smith. American consumers have bought the hype, boosting juice sales to $662 million in 2007. But are juices a sound substitute for the real thing? Miriam Pappo, director of clinical nutrition at Montefiore Medical Center in New York, says four ingredients make a juice nutritionally beneficial: phenolic acids (to prevent cancer), anthocyanins (to prevent aging), vitamin C (to aid in healing wounds), and beta-carotene (to boost the immune system). Plus: “Studies have found that if you replenish your glycogen levels within 15 minutes of exercising — which is easily done with juice — it is very helpful for the next workout,” Pappo says. We commissioned and paid for independent lab tests* of several juices to find out which ones are worth reaching for.
1. Bolthouse Farms Purple Carrot
The Claim: “Each serving delivers over 700 mg of anthocyanins plus a wide range of other vitamins, minerals, fibers, and phytochemicals.”
The Reality: Our test
found only 162 mg, but that’s still the most of all the juices.
Best For: Preventing memory loss. Anthocyanins can enhance brain cell connections and even stimulate neuronal regeneration.
Price: $5 for 32 oz; $1.25/serving
2. Vemma
The Claim: “Quite possibly the most powerful liquid antioxidant program in the world!”
The Reality: Sky-high vitamin C levels and solid in antioxidants; the only juice that contained beta-carotene.
Best For: Staying healthy. Beta-carotene helps cells communicate, which in
turn enhances the immune system and flushes out tumor-causing “old” cells.
Price: $30 for 32 oz; $1.88/serving (a 2-oz shot per day)
3. Tropicana Orange Juice
The Claim: “Our 100%
Orange Juice has the delicious taste you love and the vitamin C nutrition you need.”
The Reality: Superhigh levels of vitamin C, unsurprisingly, and it also had fair levels of phenolics.
Best For: Fighting colds. For those not into a grape taste, the C in this (shown in some to help shorten colds) is a nice, cheap second option.
Price: $3 for 32 oz; $0.75/serving
4. Welch’s
The Claim: “An antioxidant superjuice — you could call
it the ‘original’ superjuice,
it has been around so long.”
The Reality: The highest level of phenolics in the bunch, plus good anthocyanins and vitamin C.
Best For: Winelike health benefits. Phenolics (also found in vino) can slow the growth of certain cancers and fight bad bacteria and viruses.
Price: $3 for 32 oz; $0.75/serving
5. AgroLabs Superberry Upgrade
The Claim: “You reap the benefits of cellular anti-aging, revitalized hair, skin and nails, all-day energy, and antioxidants that scavenge free radicals.”
The Reality: Contained only moderate levels of anthocyanins and phenolics.
Best For: A cheap drink. It probably won’t knock 20 years off your appearance, but it does offer decent antioxidant levels.
Price: $27 for 32 oz; $0.84/serving (a 1-oz shot per day)
6. Naked Pomegranate Blueberry
The Claim: “If antioxidants are the foot soldiers in the war against cell-damaging free radicals, then Pomegranate Blueberry is a Five-Star General.”
The Reality: It ranked second among those tested for levels of anthocyanins and fourth for phenolics.
Best For: Fighting cancer. But only a bit better than Welch’s, which is cheaper.
Price: $5 for 32 oz; $1.25/serving
Not So Super
These well-marketed juices didn’t live up to expectations.
MonaVie Active
Packaged in a high-end-looking wine bottle, MonaVie tested extremely low in anthocyanins and phenolics. Even apple juice (which also tested poorly) has more phenolics than this Utah-based company’s juice. Plus, MonaVie’s vitamin C level was five times lower than that of Welch’s Grape Juice. That’s not many nutrients, especially at $1.20 a serving.
Kagome Purple Roots & Fruits
This juice, from Tokyo-based Kagome, is available for purchase in the United States on Amazon.com. It combines a number of fruits and vegetables, but was a “non-detect” on vitamin C and beta-carotene. Even its high phenolics and okay anthocyanin levels don’t justify the price ($0.94 per serving). All of that translates to a let-down, especially when the name — Purple Roots & Fruits — sounds so healthy.
* All tests were conducted and approved by contract-testing laboratory ChromaDex. Test results may vary up to 15 percent.
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December 11th, 2008 at 1:12 pm
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Kristy Reply:
June 11th, 2009 at 4:58 pm
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BJ Reply:
June 23rd, 2010 at 3:40 pm
“formulated to help optimize Adult Stem Cell function”. Wow. This is pure BS, plain and simple. More wild unsubstantiated claims by another way-overpriced, MLM scam product. Buyer beware!
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ruth Reply:
April 17th, 2011 at 4:44 pm
perhaps warren buffet was foolish for buying a mlm company Pampered Chef for 1.5 billion in 2005. Watch out for Mary Kay. OH what about Wall Mart? Perhaps that’s the answer for a secondary stream of income.
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December 11th, 2008 at 6:47 pm
Vemma has finished #1 in clinical studies. Check it out at http://www.myvemma.com/tonydecondo
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Craig Reply:
June 19th, 2009 at 2:52 pm
I’m 52, I’ve been a Vemma customer since April of ’08. I sleep through the night, no more midnight trips to the bathroom, joint pain gone, my seventeen year old son had bad allergies that he no longer suffers with, (5 weeks in) my wife has loads of energy and is now working out every day! She never did this in twenty years of marraige. Vemma gave us a new lease on life. We do P90X six days a week, mountain bike, hike and swim. Check it out at http://www.got2hvvemma.com
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December 12th, 2008 at 2:38 pm
Vemma is the top of healthy and nutrition drinks in the world. Please check it out at:
http://www.myvemma.com/dickersonsverve
and
http://www.myverve.com/dickersonsverve
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BJ Reply:
June 23rd, 2010 at 3:16 pm
Well look at the all Vemma “distributors” coming out to support their product! Look its done wonders for me, and now go to my website and you can buy it from me!” Not particularly unbiased or objective, or documented or verified in any way. Really, do you think you should take the word of a snake oil salesman? If you do, boy do I have a bridge for you!
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December 13th, 2008 at 2:19 am
Why can’t people just eat fruit and veggies anymore? What’s the need for “superjuices” anyway? Are we really that lazy that we can’t bother eating fruit and vegetables directly?
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Eric Reply:
January 31st, 2009 at 10:42 pm
Lazy- no. Busy- yes. But, Vemma is a super supplement that tastes more like Juice. I can’t eat 55 eggs a day to get my Vit D (1100 IU) which is what we need and majority of population is LOW on it. Or 5 large potatoes (niacin) or 19 bananas (Riboflavin) and 35 other nutrients and anti-oxidants. My family gets them ALL in one 2 oz shot of VEmma. (See “Vicki’s” Reply below on 1/31-09)
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Chuck Bartok Reply:
June 25th, 2009 at 7:04 am
Takes just as long to eat a serving of Fresh Fruits and vegetables, a lot less costly and overall better in the result column.
But I do Drink Fresh Juice daily also (even a HIGH priced Supplement for past 5 years).
How can anyone be too busy to care for themselves?
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ruth Reply:
April 17th, 2011 at 4:51 pm
I’m going to do that. And do that , and do that. Fill my fridge with chemically ladened vegies and fruit and make juice in my blender and pack 5-6 fruits in my lunch every day and pay a fortune in the end for what spoiled. 2 oz. per day and I’m good to go. I don’t have to plan, think, prepare with my busy schedule. douglasmiller.vemma.com
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December 13th, 2008 at 6:05 am
Thanks to the awesome words above from Miriam Pappo, at Montefiore Medical Center in New York, I hope more people are enlightened to the importance of Vitamins and Minerals supplenemts in preventing chronic diseases.
Thanks for your tests Men’s Journal.
http://www.VitaminCureSecrets.com
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December 14th, 2008 at 8:22 am
MonaVie’s claim to fame is that its antioxidant level is off the roof. If you want Vitamin C, drink orange juice. If you want anthocyanins, drink green tea. If you want antioxidants and phytonutrients, as well as a wide range of other nutrients representing a whole health spectrum, drink MonaVie. This study done for Men’s Journal is deeply flawed and looks to me a slam against a powerful, growing competitive force in the wellness industry (MonaVie) dressed up as an “independent” study.
The Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry recently published a study of MonaVie Active that is unbiased and subject to peer review. This study, cited on the website of the lab that did the testing, “demonstrated that when subjects, 19 to 52 years of age, consumed 4 ounces of Monavie, 91% of them showed a significant inhibition of lipid peroxidation in their serum within two hours even when in a state of oxidative stress compared to no evidence of inhibition when consuming a placebo subjects believed was also an antioxidant.”
In other words, MonaVie is a functional food beverage that actually works, and this isn’t just a hyped-up claim, the science backs it up. By all means drink the juices that Men’s Journal recommends. But if you want a juice that actually PERFORMS, drink MonaVie.
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Mario Reply:
May 11th, 2009 at 2:23 pm
Please point me to the Monavie study? Thanks
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Jonathan Reply:
February 27th, 2011 at 7:03 pm
The paper is at: http://www.aibmr.com/news/pdfs/antioxidant-juice.pdf.
Notice how the placebo **reduces** antioxidants more than what MonaVie improves it (figure 5). When compared to a placebo that does not reduce antioxidants, MonaVie does not have a significant effect. You might also be interested that the main author, Alex Schauss, works for MonaVie (and is also the CEO of AIBMR, who sponsored the study). See http://www.juicescam.com/monaive-aibmr-only-research/ and http://www.monavie.com/company/scientific-board.
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Joyce Reply:
September 15th, 2009 at 6:19 pm
I am a true believer about Mona vie. My family has been on this juice for almost two years now and has done wonders. We make sure we never run out. And we do tell other people about it, not to make money off of it but to better people’s health.
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Brandon Reply:
December 16th, 2009 at 5:39 pm
Please stop telling your friends about it, they think you are a stupid bitch. Also, I’d LOVE to see that study, because I think you are full of shit.
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Gecko Reply:
March 29th, 2010 at 3:11 pm
Brandon, did they teach you how to speak like that in college?
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mike Reply:
July 28th, 2011 at 1:00 pm
Wow Brandon, you really showed your true colors didn’t you? Come on people. For some these things work wonders for whatever reason and for others there will be less glorious results. In the end we all make our own decisions and while I am not a proponent of MLM but that doesn’t mean that the products aren’t good and to resort to slurs and cussing doesn’t do a whole lot for your credibility.
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Dr Jason Reply:
December 17th, 2009 at 12:43 am
I bet you’re also a true believer in Santa and the Easter Bunny.
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MillieB Reply:
December 17th, 2009 at 12:45 am
Spoken like a TRUE Monavie distributor.
Let us know when your “earnings” reach at least half of your monthly juice expenses.
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JuiceKing Reply:
January 19th, 2010 at 2:14 am
I started drinking Monavie and grew 2 inches, my bankruptcy went away, and all my moles fell off…lol….Mona Vie can make NO health claims legally because they have no clinical studies backing up anything whatsoever. Even Deepak Chopra doesn’t back it up…but they claim people at his “institution” back it up. An over priced MLM drink that you can get similar at Sams club for 75% cheaper (because they don;t have to pay an upline). Monavie is a SCAM…stay far away.
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Researcher Reply:
December 15th, 2010 at 3:43 pm
I have seen the article you are speaking of. Notice in the methodology section, the improvements seen in these already healthy adults lasted a mere 2 hours. Also, the placebo in this instance is potato flakes and food dye, something I think everyone would agree would not show improvements in anyone’s health. Instead, the research should compare it to similar conventional products such as grape juice. I won’t ever be convinced it is in my best interest to drink 40 dollar juice vs. potato flake water, especially with effects that last 2 hours. You can make research and statistics say whatever you like, but sound methodology is the backbone of good research. I advise the leader of monavie to support claims with sound research so as not to fool it’s followers.
Ab
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Jonathan Reply:
February 27th, 2011 at 6:28 pm
That is an excellent point. If you look at figure 5 (http://www.aibmr.com/news/pdfs/antioxidant-juice.pdf), the only reason why MonaVie is shows a statistically significant antioxidant improvement over the placebo was that the place **decreased** the antioxidant effect (CAP-e). In fact, the placebo had a more negative effect than what the MonaVie juice had a positive effect. If the placebo had not decreased the antioxidant effect then MonaVie would **not** have a statistically significant antioxidant effect.
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Ryan Reply:
December 24th, 2010 at 10:50 pm
Ah yes, Doug is either a pyramid scheme distributor of this juice or a troll from their corporate office that searches the internet to counter any criticism with their marketing speak.
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December 14th, 2008 at 8:23 am
The website i mentioned didn’t appear in my previous post. Here it is again:
http://www.aibmr.com/news/story.php?id=2
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Don Reply:
January 18th, 2010 at 8:34 am
Monavie paid for that study
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Joe Reply:
February 3rd, 2010 at 3:20 am
It’s published in a peer-reviewed scientific journal you idiot. And Monavie did not pay for it.
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Lawrence Reply:
May 1st, 2010 at 10:28 am
I tried this juice that was provided by a distributer as a “free sample.” It did nothing for me. I felt no improvement what-so-ever. Then again, I eat a healthy diet (lot’s of fruits), exercise, drink in moderation, and don’t smoke. Stay away from this product … nobody really drinks it except the distributors themselves. If it were so amazing you’d find 100 different brands on store shelves. Do you really thing ConAgra would allow a “super product” to slip its clutches? Get real, people.
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December 14th, 2008 at 6:50 pm
ITS FUNNY THAT MONAVIE IS A BILLION DOLLAR COMPANY IN 3.5 YEARS WITH A PRODUCT YOU SAY SCAMS PEOPLE. 1.6 MILLION ARE IN MONAVIE AND MOST OF THEM ARE IN OR DRINK IT BECAUSE THEY FEEL THE DIFFRENCE. AND YES MONAVIE HAS STUDIES ON PEOPLE AND THE EFFECTS. I GUESS THE WIND ALWAYS BLOWS HARDEST AT THE TOP OF THE LATTER. MONAVIE FOR LIFE.
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Not an Idiot Reply:
September 5th, 2009 at 5:24 pm
It’s ladder you moron. No wonder you were suckered into Mona Vie.
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Dr Jason Reply:
December 17th, 2009 at 12:42 am
You are absolutely right! A successful scam should be taking in 50 billion like Bernie Madoff.
Monavie’s numbers are pitiful at nearly 4 years and just reaching a billion. They can’t even get that right.
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December 14th, 2008 at 9:46 pm
I wonder how the rankings on this list would change if you took cost and serving size into account. For example, the second and third items on this list, respectively, are Vemma (at $30 for 32 ounces) and Tropicana orange juice (at $3 for 32 ounces).
A serving size of Vemma is explicitly stated here as two ounces. You didn’t say what the serving size is for Tropicana, but I can extrapolate from the cost-per ounce and cost per serving that it is eight ounces. OK, so Vemma has more antioxidants and nutrients per ounce than Tropicana, but is the difference really so much that a two-ounce serving of Vemma is better than an eight-ounce serving of Tropicana?
And since Vemma costs ten times as much, per ounce, as Tropicana, is it really a better deal? For the price of a two-ounce serving of Vemma, you could have twenty ounces of Tropicana. You probably can’t easily drink twenty ounces in one sitting, but however much you can comfortably drink, surely has to have a lot more nutrition than a measly two ounces of Vemma.
It seems to me that these overpriced, overhyped “Superjuice” products have a very stiff burden of proof to overcome. They not only need to prove that they are better for your health than more common fruit juice products that you can find at your supermarket for only a few dollars a bottle; but they need to prove that they are so much better that they can justify prices of ten or twenty times that of the supermarket juices. Is there even one that comes close to meeting this burden of proof? It seems to me that there is not.
I suppose I should disclose a basis on which I may be seen as biased. As it happens, I work for a company that, among other lines of products*, makes a line of juice products that are among those that you’ll find at the supermarket for a few dollars a bottle. I’m not in any marketing capacity, and I don’t have any job duties or financial stake in promoting any of my company’s products; I am just a humble forklift operator (or at least as humble as it is reasonable to expect someone to be who is licensed to operate a forklift) working in the shipping department of one of my company’s factories.
* We’re most famous for soup. Think of the very first brand of canned soup that comes to mind. Yes, •THAT• company.
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a l perry ll Reply:
January 10th, 2009 at 10:37 pm
bob you should visit my website and see that vemma contains more minerals, vitamins and antioxidents that orange juice. the health benefits and nutrition to be gotten by using this product make it very cost effective.
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Vicki Reply:
January 31st, 2009 at 10:35 pm
Regarding Vemma, See my reply under Vicki below on Jan. 31, 2009.
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Mario Reply:
May 11th, 2009 at 2:35 pm
Bob, I am in some agreement…sure these juices may contain beneficial things we need, but the price has to be high to pay all the “silver excecutives” in the company. If this product was on the shelves at my local coop it would be less. Part of the cost went into the packaging…the presentation is flawless…beautifully executed…but I am not decorating a chateau with the bottle…who cares what the bottle looks like…it what the bottle contains that matters.
These products sold through network marketing companies are always over-inflated. I wonder just how much the placebo effect comes into play…the potential to become wealthy selling nutritional products can play tricks on the mind.
Where are the documented, 3rd party peer reviewed science studies for Monavie? Could someone point me to them? I need to see them. Distributors selling this product who make claims…structure and disease related claims mean nothing to me. Thanks
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BJ Reply:
June 23rd, 2010 at 3:51 pm
Yes, Bob.
One of the important reason why they sell through a “multi-level-marketing” scheme is becuase it can avoid a lot of the scrutiny and oversight in the normal retail markets. Further, all these independent distributors can say anything they want about the product without any documentation, or verification (like they have in many of the comments to the article) and there is no one that can stop them. (the FTC is powerless here). It’s not any different than someone in a cold dark alley selling you a wonder-drug that will cure your cancer. You need to wonder why they need to sell it from that cold dark alley.
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December 15th, 2008 at 3:48 pm
Lets not forget that juices on the shelf bought in the store have a lot of sugar and we all know a lot of sugar consumed in a day is not good for anybody. Store bought juices will also not have the same nutritional content when so much is extracted from them when they are being processed. I say if people notice a difference in their over all health when taking some other juice than available on a shelf in a store, keep drinking what ever makes you feel good. Juice it up juice junkies!
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December 19th, 2008 at 3:06 pm
Drink this drink that, now drink this… When will that ever end??
Here’s a much better product, and you don’t have to drink it and hope it works. I’ve lost 16 pounds in less than 3 weeks, results you can see! Check out my chcolate website and see the best new health product, hands down! Yes, that’s chocolate, real healthy chocolate!
http://truechocolate.youngevityonline.com
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December 21st, 2008 at 3:49 am
Doug. Have you actually read the Monavie study, or do you merely mention it with the hope that nobody will bother reading it? Your citation, by the way, is just a review. I’d suggest you read the actual study.
Monavie and Monavie distributors like to flaunt the extremely high ORAC value (“a measure of antioxidant power”) given for their “star” fruit, the acai berry. This is the crown jewel of the drink, and great health benefits are claimed to come from this berry.
Well, what does Monavie’s very own juice blend (JB) study show? ORAC testing was NOT used in the main randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled, crossover study!
How could that be? Afterall, why would Monavie go to all the trouble of trying to claim exclusive rights to a freeze-drying process that results ( “on a gram-for-gram basis”) in an acai berry powder ORAC score “higher than any other fruit or vegetable tested to date”?
With so much hype about ORAC scores, why wasn’t ORAC testing used in the main clinical trial?
Because, first there was a pilot study. And what was the conclusion of that study? Well, let me quote them directly so that I don’t get accused of “a slam against a powerful, growing competitive force in the wellness industry.” They said:
“Because the ORAC testing did not result in a trend toward increased antioxidant activity, it was not used in the subsequent randomized control trial.”
There you have it. Plain and simple. All of a sudden the ORAC scores don’t look so good.
Still, Monavie has a published study in The Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry. And distributors can market it as “unbiased and subject to peer review.” That’s impressive sounding stuff.
Hopefully, no one will actually read it.
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tony Reply:
March 30th, 2009 at 10:09 am
Hey MONAV, instead of listening to others educate yourself, drink mona vie and FEEL the difference!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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MillieB Reply:
December 17th, 2009 at 12:46 am
Kudos, Tony!
Drink it. Share it. Bullsh it.
Isn’t that the Monavie moto or am I mistaken?
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Gary McAdams Reply:
August 4th, 2009 at 2:39 pm
Mona V
I agree that on the face of it, the mention of not using ORAC as the Assay for measuring antioxidants didn’t make sense to me. With a little further digging I found and article on the CAP-e Assay that was used to study the level of antioxidant capacity in the subjects. I am by no means a scientist, but the way I read it, CAP-e is the best way to measure antioxidant capacity in vivo.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CAP-e
Thanks for making me do my homework though. It has helped me understand even better why Mona Vie is the right choice.
BTW, I’ll choose The Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry over The Men’s Journal for scientific information related to nutrition any day, no offense.
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twilight Reply:
August 22nd, 2009 at 11:29 am
Vemmas orac value is 3 times higher then Mona Vie and is also listed in the PDR. All these products are good and work differently for different people. I took Mona Vie for weeks and I felt a subtle difference wheres as my friends have had big results. I have been taking Vemma and have not felt this good in years!! Blood pressure and cholesterol have all drastically dropped. When the body gets what it needs the body fixes its self.
So you need to do your research and see what products will work for you. Try a few for a week or two and see how you feel. Mona Vie and Vemma people will always think their products are the best and for some people they are.
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Researcher Reply:
December 15th, 2010 at 3:52 pm
Ground cinnamon has nearly double the ORAC of freeze dried acai berry.
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December 21st, 2008 at 5:12 am
Jamie wrote:
» Lets not forget that juices on the shelf
» bought in the store have a lot of sugar
» and we all know a lot of sugar consumed
» in a day is not good for anybody. Store
» bought juices will also not have the same
» nutritional content when so much is extracted
» from them when they are being processed.
What is it that you think is being “extracted” from juice when it is used to make store-bought juice products; and how is it that you think this is happening. Your statement does not appear to make any sense at all.
And for the record, most of the juice-based products that my company makes do not contain any sugar other than what was naturally present in the juices used to make these products.
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Legend Reply:
December 21st, 2009 at 1:23 am
I quote
“And for the record, most of the juice-based products that my company makes do not contain any sugar other than what was naturally present in the juices used to make these products”….
Seriously!!!? No wonder companies make millions from people like u because you seem not to think logically. No offense!!!
Take note.
1) No freshly squeezed orange juice tastes as sweet as tropicana
2) Acai berries in its original state is less sweeter than most acai berry juice in the market.
Other than added sugar & empty calories, you also have to battle unhealthy preservatives, stabilizers and inaccurate labeling. If you know what you spend your money on, you’ll stick to clean drinking water, homemade juices, exercise, balanced diet and rest…
Compliments of the season!!!
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greg Reply:
January 19th, 2010 at 2:38 pm
Wait a minute , ‘less sweet’ is proper english . The OPTI acai in MV has been studied and confirmed to have not lost any nutritional value in process . This is very important as we all know domestic fruit has not the nutritional value it once hd so we need more of it . Organic is good but wild berries are best – superior to even blue berry and raspberry . So to have acai daily and year round I believe makes it vry special for our health .
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December 26th, 2008 at 11:37 pm
I’m no genius, Doug, but I’m reasonably certain that the anthocyanins that you so readily dismiss are, in fact, the antioxidants measured in the açaí berry: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Açaí_Palm#Antioxidants_of_a.C3.A7a.C3.AD_raw_materials. As a matter of fact, anthocyanins, phenols and vitamin C are all antioxidants. So the fact that all three are lacking on MonaVie’s product is discouraging. Yes, by all means, drink green tea, drink orange juice and drink MonaVie – but it might be best to understand your product before you so vehemently defend it.
It might be interesting, to those of you not so entrenched in product sales, to read a few other entries (all with citations) in wikipedia:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antioxidant
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anthocyanin
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Polyphenol
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Açaí_Palm
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December 29th, 2008 at 10:07 pm
You often can’t get fruits and veggies in the remote locations where I go 40+ weeks each year; but you can always find a bottle of juice.
I’ve survived stage IV cancer – twice. And I’m rather determined – no, obsessed, really – with making sure I never get it again. Opting for juice instead of artificially colored/flavored sugar water (aka Coke/Pepsi/et al) is making a HUGE difference in my ability to live strong.
Thanks for a VERY useful article.
(And, by the way, the hardest place to find authentic juice that’s not loaded with procesed sugar? Disney World)
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Melanie Reply:
March 30th, 2009 at 11:00 am
I will be happy to sell you some Monavie juice packs that you can carry any where in the world and never be without juice again. (The glass bottle is nice at home in your own refrigerator, but the soft single serving packs are great for traveling.)
100% juice, no water, so low in sugar diabetics can take it, unbelievably low in calories. The phenols this talks about are AKA plant sterols. There are in vitro studies – and one human study that someone mentioned earlier re: cancer.
This was a very one sided article. Do some research on your own. I think you would like the product. I’ve tried all of them and I like Monavie the best – I believe in it or I wouldn’t sell it.
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MillieB Reply:
December 17th, 2009 at 12:48 am
The glass bottle is absolutely ESSENTIAL for home use.
Once you squander through your savings and lose your home, you can break the bottle and use the shards of broken glass to mug people for some Monavie money.
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January 2nd, 2009 at 5:27 pm
If it cost more than $5 dollars a bottle like MonaVie and Vemma, then most likely it’s supporting a scam! Don’t be fooled by these juice companies making miraculous claims or fixing a health issue just so the sales rep can make money in a barely legal pyramid business.
It’s a placebo effect!
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Vicki Reply:
January 31st, 2009 at 10:32 pm
Vemma is a Super Supplement, not really a “Super Juice”- it was just called that by the Men’s Journal article. Vemma has xtra large amts. of vit, min. and antioxidants-NOT in pill form- so is about 80% MORE absorbable then pills/caps. Definitely not a juice, though it tastes like a home juiced mixture! One would HAVE TO EAT: 9 avocados (vit E); 55 eggs (Vit D), 3 stalks broccoli (iron); 1 cup spinach (vit A); 19 med bananas (Riboflavin=B); 62 oz Cheddar cheese (Vit B-12); & 7 other vitamins which would mean having to eat 59 other items. Plus double digit minerals and antioxidants not listed above. (Check a Vemma website)ALL of this is in ONE 2 ounce serving of VEmma! I personally Can’t eat that well every day, so my kids and I drink 2 oz. of Vemma every am. I mix it in w/ my OJ. All backed up by MD’s and clincial studies. ONLY supplement listed in the PDR (Physician’s Desk Reference)= important to me as a Registered Nurse.
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Melanie Reply:
March 30th, 2009 at 11:08 am
You think so … then explain why my total cholesterol is down to 114 after years of being on 2 – 3 medications and it still being 220 – 255? I can’t eat dairy or raw vegetables or fruits, I don’t eat red meat but once a week and I exercise vigorously 2 – 3 times a week. 3 months on Monavie pulse and active (I also have arthritis) and I feel a lot better – I’m only 53.
Monavie Active contains plant sterols and has FDA approval because that is what drug companies use to make cholesterol medication.
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Tony T. Reply:
March 30th, 2009 at 4:06 pm
Miss Melanie you rock!!!! You are just one of the countless smart people, who after drinking Mona Vie see and FEEL the difference!!! I was VERY skeptical until I stopped listening to the negative folk, and tried it my self. I will take it for the rest of my life!!! To all the negative ones out there who just want to argue, it’s your funeral!!!!! more juice for us…Get jacked on the juice!!!!!!
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MillieB Reply:
December 17th, 2009 at 12:50 am
Hope you plan on living more than 2 years, be cause that is about how long Monavie has left (at best).
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JohnM Reply:
September 30th, 2011 at 6:31 am
To MillieB
Well it is now almost 2 years more and Monavie is still going strong. Looks like you are wrong again.
klonny Reply:
April 9th, 2009 at 12:03 am
Amen! it’s like a darn cult with these superjuice people, $30-40 a bottle? I guess it’s true what W.C. Fields said.
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Joan Reply:
September 6th, 2009 at 12:14 pm
just try it for yourself 3 months or so.
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Don Reply:
January 18th, 2010 at 8:37 am
I tried for a year, it’s a FRIUT JUICE, stop making medical claims!!
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January 16th, 2009 at 1:16 pm
Buy fruits and veggies and support the American Farmer! And save money!
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Claude Reply:
April 23rd, 2009 at 6:38 pm
Have you shopped for fruits and veggies lately? I am an advocate of eating more of them, but they are not cheap!
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Chuck Bartok Reply:
June 25th, 2009 at 7:12 am
Fruits and vegetables..not cheap !!!!
Words like this from a culture that pays for TV reception to watch idiocy and Drinks $4.50 Lattes regularly.
Fresh Fruits and Vegetables are the LOWEST cost
Wellness stimulating products available.
Buy Seasonal and Local and your Bank account and Health account will GROW
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Claude Reply:
June 25th, 2009 at 11:11 am
Actually I was speaking in favor of the juices because local fruits and veggies are not all that cheap. I believe in doing both.
Cost comparing the amount of fruits and veggies you need to eat to get the same antioxidant as a serving of juice, the juice starts to look pretty good.
For the record, I don’t pay for TV reception (in fact I am not presently connected to the outside world) and I don’t drink coffee, let alone Lattes.
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Chuck Bartok Reply:
June 25th, 2009 at 11:33 am
You exhibit standards of Excellence!
Keep it up
Food Tech in CA Reply:
July 6th, 2009 at 5:37 pm
“Superjuices” don’t come close when comparing costs for antioxidants. Example: A day’s serving of MonaVie (4 oz.) is $7.20 ($45/bottle) or as low as $3.20 a day (at $20 – distributor’s cost) A single Delicious Red Apple costs about $0.75
For MonaVie,that gives you a ORAC of 2,698 umoles (29.57 ml per oz times 4 oz.times 22.81 according to AIBMR). That also gives you a total phenolics (all antioxidants) for the day, of 175 mg. for 4 oz.
The 22.81 ORAC and 1.48 mg phenolics are from the MonaVie-sponsored study by AIBMR Life Sciences.
Now compare it to a SINGLE Red Delicious Apple. Average weight 150 gms.
Total ORAC per apple: 6,413 umoles. (42.75 umoles times 150 gms)
Total phenolics (total antioxidants): 520 mg per apple. Apple data from USDA ORAC Table of Selected Foods – 2007
SUMMARY: ORAC: MonaVie 2,698 Apple 6,413
PHENOLICS: MonaVie 175 mg Apple 520 mg
COST: MonaVie $3.20 to $7.20 per day Apple $0.75/day
Researcher Reply:
December 15th, 2010 at 4:19 pm
Try cinnamon. More higher ORAC than acai
Thomas Reply:
June 18th, 2010 at 8:43 pm
Unfortunately, most of American farmers are overrun by chemical companies with so much pesticides, herbicides, and genetically modified organisms. You get so much chemicals with your fruits and veggies that is sad.
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Double R's Reply:
June 22nd, 2010 at 6:04 pm
David,
That is the best comment I have seen in this thread. One can either drink expensive juices or eat real fruits and veggies while supporting legitimate farmers and giving your body what it wants and is designed to consume.
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January 31st, 2009 at 12:07 am
Your article was quite intriguing and the information quite useful. Will check your site often to see other great posts you make! Regards
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March 1st, 2009 at 10:54 pm
Let’s get back to the ORAC statements
Mon Avie, boasts the “high antioxidant” value of the Acai Berry which I am sure we will agree is very high. But they make reference to their beverage as being high in anti oxidants
IF this was true then they would back up this statement with 3rd party independent lab testing from Brunswick Labs.
Forget the double blind placebo BS … this sounds almost as bad as FreeLife’s “4 Master Molecule Polysaccharides”.
WHY is it, many companies that rely on HYPE, SMOKE & Mirrors & BS won’t back up their HIGH Antioxidant juice claims with this testing.
The answer … they DON’T want you to know
Why don’t you look at where most of Mon Avie’s reps came from … & who they followed when they left a certain “grandaddy of them all” company
They suggest that you consume 2-4 oz /day, which would mean that a bottle would last for 7 days at the highest consumption rate, = 1 cs per mth.
The ultimate goal of the leaders is to have EVERY rep buying at least 1 cs / mth, but don’t forget to get 1 for your spouse & get on autoship
This is 1 of the quietest products on the market
ORADICAL 161,541 32oz bottle / $30US (tested by Brunswick) – and they pay a higher compensation than Mon Avie !
I found a juice at GNC that ran about $ 28US & had an ORAC of just over 120,000, again tested by Brunswick, I can’t remember the name …
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Joan Reply:
September 6th, 2009 at 12:11 pm
wow. have you seen and really studied the monavie comp plan? lol which one of your bonuses did you say pays more? team comissions? do you have a bonus that is “unlimited”? if so, where are the millionaires from your company? here are the top 500 earners in MLM. And the top companies. Where are yours in the top 5000? Next time you spit, don’t spit straight upwards. PS. does your company have an Indy car, the “Entrepreneur of the year” as CEO, operates debt-free, or ranked #1 in Inc. Mag’s 500 fastest growing Food & beverages company?? Next time you spit…Oh hell, maybe you shouldn’t spit! And that goes for every person in this blog. Look out for the all natural eMV energy drink! Wooo Hoooo!
http://www.businessforhome.org/mlm-500-top-earners/
http://www.inc.com/inc5000/2009/search_results.html?rank=&industry=Food+%26+Beverage&name=&submit.x=62&submit.y=9
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March 5th, 2009 at 1:33 pm
Great Stuff…been taking it for about two years with great results!
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March 5th, 2009 at 6:43 pm
In the old days, concoctions like Monavie were called “snake oil”.
“It’ll cure what ails ya, folks!”
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March 9th, 2009 at 7:12 pm
So funny when all you MonaVie sellers/scammers get all worked up when the truth is told. Monavie = Snake oil
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March 15th, 2009 at 11:47 pm
It always makes me wonder if the guy or gal who wrote the article was in fact a distributor for one of the companies listed with such wonderful results. I would like to see the ACTUAL test results from ChromaDex.
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klonny Reply:
April 9th, 2009 at 12:04 am
not unless he worked for Welches…
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March 23rd, 2009 at 5:13 pm
Bolthouse Purple carrot has a benenfit that is not mentioned, but significant. You can get kids to drink it, unlike all other brands of carrot juice.
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March 25th, 2009 at 10:02 am
Bah! I am so sick of MLM products. The whole foundation of how they are sold defeats the sales approach to me. I work in the wellness industry, and the employees I serve come to me asking if I would give these things a shot (Vemma, Mona Vie, Juice Plus, etc.). I am a classic target, like doctors (since we have so much influence with the population we serve).
If you approach me to promote a product from an MLM line, you have just lost credibility with me. The people at the top make money, and the whole line just flutters with anticipation of how they will make money. Do you honestly think that people will believe they are unbiased?
You want to see if your product floats? Put it in grocery stores/health food stores…at prices that are actually realistic. Don’t give us this sob story about marketing/advertising costs making it impossible to do. Other start up companies were successful in the energy drink market, and the initial order is typically only 5,000 cases. Put Vemma in the store next to Bolt Farms if you are so proud of your product. What? You don’t think it will sell at $32 a bottle in the juice cooler?
Where the hell is Juice Plus today? They still plug along picking up members here and there, but I have come into contact with MANY more people who got sucked in at almost $40 a month before they felt it wasn’t worth it.
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April 1st, 2009 at 3:22 pm
Wow, I am looking for a good company with an affordable marketable product that is very healthy but still affordable……how do you get past the hype and get the real scoop??? Is there a company that has affordable supplements……..I want facts with independent lab reports,
is that possible???
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April 10th, 2009 at 9:58 pm
Cajufit, your statement “If you approach me to promote a product from an MLM line, you have just lost credibility with me” is riduculous. So what your saying unless your promoting a product from a traditional company where the CEO and all the top level management make out like fat cats your pedaling junk? I agree that there is certainly a fair share of MLM’s that market overhyped over prices products that we don’t need but to generalize them all is just ignorance. People at the top make all the money is certainly not true either in all MLM’s. It’s pay for performance in most.
I have never been in a MLM until 2 years ago. Oh, I certaintly looked at many over the years but after evaluating them said no thank you. This one was free to join and actually makes good business sense. We happen to handle a funtional beverage as well called “Oradical” and before introducing it my company did their homework and had it tested by brunswick labs to make sure it was among the best on he market. To date it has one of the highest ORAC scores on the planet. I was just in Walmart and they sell a product made by Nature’s Answer called Mangosteen ORAC 7 it sells there for $16.99 a bottle and that is 16 servings (actually to get the minimum ORAC you need per day to neutralize all free radicals it would only give you 8 servings) and it has a ORAC value of 1,755 per serving. Our Oradical has 5,385 ORAC per one ounce serving as tested by brunswick labs and you can buy it for $32 per 32 ounce bottle. That’s less than a dollar a day. Can you eat 6-9 servings a day of fruits and vegtables for less than that? The USDA did a study that said people should get at least 3,000 ORAC units a day the average american gets between 900 and 1,200 per day.
Who offers the better value my Oradical or the juice setting on the shelf at wal-mart? Because our company uses word of mouth marketing, relationship marketing it makes it junk in your mind?
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April 15th, 2009 at 1:59 pm
No I have not written any guest post for other blogs…. thats if you were responding to my post. Just stumbled across this one.
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April 16th, 2009 at 3:54 pm
I’m a Monavie distributor and I really don’t care what ONE magazine and ONE test tells compared to ALL the other positive facts of PROOF that are out there! When I look at a product I look at all the benefits it can give me for my dollar. If I’m spending out $200 a month on Cola’s that are poisoning my body to allow me to get sick and cancer; I’d rather change that and spend $200 on Monavie to make sure my family was healthy. If I’m spending $500+ on Medical a month due to premiums, doctor visits, and medication. I would rather spend the $200 – $300 a month buying Monavie for my entire family so they didn’t need to pay out the expense on Medical. If I have to spend out thousands of dollars on Carpel Tunnel surgery and possibly still not be able to use my hands and arms; I’d rather spend $150 a month on myself for Monavie to cure my Carpel Tunnel! If I have to take Headache medicines for headaches, migraines, fevers, and so forth; I’d rather spend that money on Monavie so I don’t have any of those problems anymore. If I have to go in for Allergy shots! Which some people hate needles! I’d rather drink my Monavie and not have to have shots or Allergy medication. If I have to wear glasses and possibly go blind before I’m 50; I’d rather drink Monavie and never have to wear glasses again.
Before I drank Monavie I had these problems: Acid Reflux, Acne, Degenerative and Stigmatism eyesight almost legally blind, Carpel Tunnel, a Knee about to blow from low Cartilage it was (cracking, crunching, & painful), Aches and Pains in my back due to Scoliosis, Allergies that were deadly even on Benedryl 2 times a day, Chemical Brain dificiency (Depression), Anxiety Attacks, Lack of a good nights Sleep, not being able to work out very quickly after over doing it @ home or @the gym. Not being able to stay very active through my day. My daughter falling asleep at the table only 3-4 hours after waking up and she’s a fifth grader.
I’ve only been drinking Monavie for almost 2 months. My Carpel Tunnel is gone, My knee doesn’t need cortizone shots anymore the (cracking, cruching, and snapping, and pressure feeling) is gone, I don’t have Acid Reflux anymore, I went to my eye Dr. and he says that my eyes are whiter, my stigmatism is better and my eye sight has improved! I don’t have my Anxiety Attacks anymore and I was on Zanax and other meds for them, I’m sleeping great and not tired when I get up, I feel happier and more active throughout my day, my Acne has gotten a lot better to where I have minimal breakouts and less stuff in my pores, My back pains are gone, I don’t even take Allergy medicine anymore, my body recuperates from a hard workout faster than it did before I was drinking Monavie, and it is safe for all ages to drink. My daughter and I both felt a differece in enrgy one hour after the first 2oz. we drank!
That was my testimony. As Tony said and we all have said it, “Taste it, Drink it, and Share it.” that’s all we do! It’s changing people’s lives and that’s the real truth! We don’t need a study in a lab to know that. We see it all around us. They should do a survey on the people who have drank it and see what the outcome is. The Survey should have down how many bottles the person drank before they noticed a difference, what kind of ailments they had before drinking it, how many ailments they have now after continuing to drink it, and how much money they have saved since drinking it.
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april Reply:
April 17th, 2009 at 10:53 am
Little Typo there. Our motto is “Drink It, Feel It, Share It!” If you drink it you will feel it one day or another. After you feel better your not going to want to feel bad again and your going to become a juice junkie!
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MPF Reply:
May 24th, 2009 at 2:40 am
So, you’re claiming that Mona Vie solved these problems for you? You seem to be claiming medical benefits derived from Mona Vie in your previous post. Do you realize that the contract you signed to become a Mona Vie distributor explicitly bans you from making such claims, as it can get the ENTIRE COMPANY in trouble with the FDA, as it has been before?
Christ, you people are zombies. It’s juice made from freeze dried fruits, and contains significant amounts of sodium benzoate…you know, that stuff the Mona Vie army was pointing at soda’s unhealthiness for containing?
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MPF Reply:
May 24th, 2009 at 2:46 am
Little note from the FDA re : Mona Vie
http://www.fda.gov/cder/warn/cyber/2007/UTVokes.pdf
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Cheryl Reply:
October 14th, 2009 at 5:29 pm
I clicked on the link. Where does it say anything about MonaVie?
Mike Reply:
July 28th, 2009 at 4:16 am
Significant? Please……
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MPF Reply:
July 28th, 2009 at 7:27 pm
If it’s listed on the label as high as it’s listed, it’s a significant amount.
DrPalm Reply:
October 19th, 2010 at 5:14 pm
Wow! All of that healing in 2 months. That is a real miracle. You should start a Mona vie religion.
All multi-level marketing business’s are a scam. Period. If you don’t believe it then your an idiot. Mona vie is overpriced bottom line and not just a little over priced but insanely overpriced. The people at the top of this scam are rich beyond belief. If you don’t think that MLM’s are not pyramids then you are ignorant fool. The fellow who wrote that eating real fruits is better for you is correct. Stop putting millions in the pockets of people who just want money with out working and eat an Orange or an Apple or both.
This stuff is just common sense. If you really think paying $35 for a bottle of juice is some how OK then you do need to see a Doctor! Slap yourself in the face and wake up. What are you thinking?
Trust me…….I’m a Doctor.
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April 20th, 2009 at 12:38 am
monavie rocks. I am feeling great, and i get the juice for free. why , cause i got 2 sponsers, 1 on each leg buying a case. They get it for free, why cause they have 2 sponsers right and left leg. You want monavie for free, get and just get 2 others and show them how to get it for free. You got nothing to lose.
Want to know more, email me.
Be healty and wealth if you like!
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April 24th, 2009 at 12:34 pm
All I can say is “DRINK IT. FEEL IT. ”
and the so-called “lab-results” identified no drugs in MonaVie–just fruit
I wonder why my cholesterol is 30 points lower than it was before MonaVie, and the pain in my right knee has mysteriously disappeared…hmmm
Name one of the juices above that can produce the same kind of results MonaVie does.
Name one company whose mission it is to change as many lives as possible?
If it wasn’t the real deal, it wouldn’t be blowing away the competition.
Do your research. There are pages upon pages of credibly published scientific research that trump one paragraph of bullshit.
Cheers
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ronw Reply:
May 8th, 2009 at 3:07 pm
What other juices did you try for an extended period before Mona Vie? And what were the results of each juice?
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April 25th, 2009 at 12:12 pm
Even if MonaVie was just pure, clean water I would still support them.
That is how incredible this company and group of people are!
When you become part of MonaVie, you become part of a family–a family of helping others.
We are achieving dreams and changing people’s lives (around the world now after only 3 short years) every day. No other company will ever be able to duplicate the success of Monavie–success that spans from the management, to the distributors, to the acai harvesters themselves. In traditional business, only the management succeeds.
You can sit there and whine and complain, but the truth is, no other company in this industry will ever come close to achieving the level of success that MonaVie has, because of their simple philosophy–HELPING OTHERS.
We are MonaVie.
We stand alone.
Believe in your dreams, and come see what’s possible.
Derek Snow
Silver Executive
Northport, AL
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salver toni Reply:
December 17th, 2009 at 1:14 am
WOW!
I wish the same people that brainwashed you could help in brainwashing our foreign enemies for a better chance at peace.
But I guess there’s no money to be made in establishing world peace. Better stick to emptying retiree accounts instead.
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April 28th, 2009 at 1:18 pm
There are a few strange things about the “article”.
1. All other “juices” noted have a picture of the product bottle, but not one for MonaVie- why – hmmm?
2. Not once does the article mention the opti-acai berry – the MonaVie crown jewel. So I searched this website and get 0 hits on acai or acai berry. Strange don’t you think since mens journal said the acai berry is the berry that packs a punch!
3. The only other targeted juice not offered in the supermarket in the comparison is “MonaVie”. Why?
I drink MonaVie and love it. Wouldn’t have it any other way. Sipped Vemma just to say I did and it tastes like aweful orange soda! Besides, who wants caffiene in a nutritional drink?
MonaVie – “drink it!, feel it! share it!” for Life!
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May 2nd, 2009 at 5:16 am
kuy 32 OZ = ? ML
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May 11th, 2009 at 11:48 am
I tried MonaVie and it made me vomit. It also made my cat run away from me.
Don’t believe me? Then why would I believe you when you say it made you feel great?
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June 2nd, 2009 at 7:16 pm
Geez… u all are taking this way too seriously… for those of you that down network marketing or sales in general… you are silly… that is like me downing softball because i’m not good at it. the fact is that there are many successful people in MLMs and many more that fail. Just like in the real estate industry.. i read an article the other day that said the average licenced real estate agent in the US sells 1/2 of one house per year…lol… so i guess that makes real estate a scam right… or maybe the article was biased towards renting…hahaha.. who knows… im not a mona vie rep.. but i liked the juice… i liked vemmas energy over rock star and red bull… its a matter of preference… try them… buy them if you like.. but don’t discourage people for pursuing an opportunity… it does suck that some sales people, especially the less experienced rely on hype to get there products sold… but you can find that on virtually every TV commercial you see… the answer in trying the product to see what you like then making a decision on whether or not it is worth the money to YOU! I would be willing to bet that many of you that were talking about dollars per ounce or serving have something you posess that cost more than average… purse … golf clubs .. cars… you could get by with something for less… but because of your lifestyle you paid more for something you liked and would use… POINT IS… DONT BE SO QUICK TO JUDGE!
sorry the the bad grammar,spelling and punctuation… it took all the energy I had to just type the words… guess I need some juice!
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Deanna Reply:
July 4th, 2009 at 11:52 am
I must say that your post is the BEST!
Bottom line is: if you don’t like taking pills or capsules so you avoid getting the necessary supplementary nutrition your body needs the liquid delivery systems are an ideal way to do it. And it does not matter which product you take or distribute, if it works for you that is awesome.
I’ve tried several of these and nothing rocked my world until the one I am taking and distributing now. For the first time I truly studied up on the science of the nutrition in the product and spoke to a registered dietician local to me who had studied the product as well and wholehearted endorses it. That is huge since RDs advocate “Food First”. I also did the cost vs reward analysis. Really, what was I spending on supplements, anti-oxidents, power mixes, energy drinks? Get it all in one product? Hmmm.
I got into a home juicing fad, for about a week! The necessary fruits and vegetables get really expensive no matter where you buy them. Here is why, the mess was awful and the waste from the skins or produce that isn’t used, which rots, is sinful. If you do not drink the juice immediately the benefit leaves the juice and it is truly all natural so it does not keep anyway. I do try to consider eating balanced BUT it is not possible all the time. In a normal week I might spend $5-$10 primarily for salad ingredients. I spent closer to $50 to get a quart of juice that lasted 2 days.
I think the product you are introduced to first oftens sets your preference. Like Coke vs Pepsi.
In answer to people who do not understand the MLM structure: if you decide to engage in the opportunity you are then the Top of your own business (or pyramid). How you develop it is up to you. Whoop di doo that the guy who signed me up is getting a slice and the guy above him, etc. That is not my concern.
So, back to the point, This article is very interesting and definitely makes you think, if these products are of interest to you. Rather than get all up in arms it inspired me to dig deeper and read up further, both positive and negative. Most of which is anecdotal anyway.
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June 10th, 2009 at 11:59 am
An interesting analysis of the responses to this article is that over half are trying to promote their juice product – mostly to each other. As if MonaVie people are the ideal Vemma prospects and vice versa.
If this is you, who taught you that or what made you think this was a good idea?
IS THIS REALLY YOUR TARGET MARKET?
Nice video explaining what target market really means for those in network marketing: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KjEiNUstPoU
Maybe then you won’t have to defend your product to the wrong people.
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Deanna Reply:
July 4th, 2009 at 11:55 am
Excellent point!! The ideal target market is the person who is not drinking or taking anything.
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June 16th, 2009 at 6:56 am
There is a more advanced juice that you should see and FEEL before you seal your opinion,All juices are good but,which one is the best.Use your free agency,and decide which one is right for you!With me it was neuropathy from diabetes (numb,cold feet),hip joint pain.In one week my feet started getting warm (wife noticed first) and my hip is easing off more everyday.My body is now healing instead of going downhill,even at 50 yrs. old!Don’t mean to offend anyone by being direct.I just feel my oats which I thought were long gone.I spoke to a guy yesterday who has been on it and he said,”I feel guilty for feeling this good at 6o yrs.old”
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June 26th, 2009 at 9:10 am
I wish they would have tested Kenzen CIAGA. Much more benefits than the drinks listed above. No water added, No Sugar added, No perservatives. This is something that most cannot claim. The WHOLE fruit is used in the making of the juice. 21 whole fruits.
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June 27th, 2009 at 2:13 am
And out come the MLM cultists to defend their wonder juices. I had some “friend” of mine (someone I had not seen in 10 years) try to sell me this junk the other day.
“I’m gonna make a gazillion dollars in six months selling this cure-all juice! I used to have cancer and be blind and crippled until I drank a glass of the stuff…now I’m healed! I’m so excited, I’m going to annoy all my soon to be ex-friends with my propaganda and get them to join so I can be fabulously wealthy!”
Such sheeple, the only juice they sell is to the people “downline” from them who have to buy the stuff as part of their business plan. If it were a legitimate product, you would see it at Wal-Mart.
Madoff should have been selling Vemma. He still could have scammed people out of their money, and he wouldn’t be in jail now.
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July 6th, 2009 at 4:47 pm
MonaVie sponsored a study to verify their antioxidant levels (AIBMR Journal of Agricultural & Food Chemistry) They found MonaVie Active had an ORAC of 22.81 umoles/ml and total phenolics (AKA polyphenols. All plant-based antioxidants combined) of 1.48 mg/ml.
To compare: A plum has an ORAC of 62.59 umoles/gm, phenolics of 3.67 mg/gm. A Red Delicious Apple has an ORAC of 42.75 umoles/gm, phenolics of 3.47 mg/gm. PEANUT BUTTER: ORAC of 34.32 umoles/gm., phenolics of 5.36 mg/gm. DATA from USDA ORAC Table of Selected Foods (2007)
I’m not a fan of any “superjuice.” If you think your product has an ORAC higher than an apple, well, just eat two apples. I guarantee, not one beverage mentioned above can come close.
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Mike Reply:
July 28th, 2009 at 4:20 am
Why is monavie measured in umoles /ml and mg/ml, and the other stuff is measured in mg/gm? I think this is an unfair comparison and misleading.
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Food Tech in CA Reply:
July 31st, 2009 at 5:26 pm
Mike,
Because MonaVie is a liquid and the other items are not. 1 ml (cc) of water is equal to 1 gm. of water. Since MonaVie is denser than water, the advantage is MonaVie’s (i.e. a ml. of MonaVie weighs more than a gram) But the difference would be so small, it would be insignificant.
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July 8th, 2009 at 11:30 am
Monavie taste like hell, VEMMA rocks, better taste, more nutrients, more everything! Just taste it and stop by any time to let you know the goods and bad!!!
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July 14th, 2009 at 10:23 pm
I have a comment about Monavie… I was suckered into the scheme by well meaning people who were trying to help me and make a few bucks at the same time. I was vulnerable because I have two daughters with autism. The monavie helped, but no different than feeding them good whole foods and supplementing them with fish oils and multi-vitamins. I am a single mom who lives on a very fixed income. I spent $500 every month for the “juice” and I really didn’t have the $500 to spend. I was just trying to help my children with their nutritional issues and hoping maybe I could earn some extra money and earn my juice for free. After I wound up in debt and had to choose between monavie and the electric bill, I discovered that I could buy cheaper acai juice at wal-mart and some vitamins and supplements. As the months went on I got even smarter and started buying lots of fruits and veggies and not eating out EVER and that is when I really seen a difference in my children. We ended up doing the specific carbohydrate diet which helps people with gastro-intestinal issues and autism. Two of the approved juices for this diet protocol are Welch’s 100% Grape Juice and Tropicana OJ. These juices have no sugar except natural fruit sugars. These are the juices my girls now drink and they are doing far better than the over-priced Monavie. I seen an improvement in my childrens behavior and their GI issues within 3 days on this diet where with the monavie I seen little change in 2 months. Yet the people who were suckering me in insisted that the monavie would be life changing for my children and that I could make so much money. Well now that I’ve become a little wiser, I have learned to save a lot of money and my children are much healthier than ever.
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Mike Reply:
July 28th, 2009 at 4:27 am
Funny how you mentioned two products that were rated very high by this magazine article.Do you work for Mens journal.Sounds like a made up story to boost magazine and subsequently welch or tropicana sales.I bet they had adds in that issue somewhere.If I’m wrong,I apologize,but it looks fishy.
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Tiffany Muniz Reply:
August 4th, 2009 at 4:58 pm
I don’t work for anyone, we live on a very limited budget because my children have autism and I must be home with them so they can receive in home services. My email is tiffanymuniz@ymail.com. Feel free to email me and chat anytime. I’m a real person, I can promise you and my story is real also. You can also check out SCDiet and see that they recommend Tropicana and Welch’s. But not the one’s with added vitamin C. They also recommend Knudsen’s Just Juice line and another one (can’t remember the name). We don’t use them because I can’t find them cheap enough locally. http://www.breakingtheviciouscycle.com is the website for SCD. I don’t think they are recommending those juices just to promote the brands they recommend them because they don’t have sugar in the concentrate. As we know sugar is dangerous for people with digestive issues. Plus this diet has been around for a long time, long before this article came out. I’m sorry if I struck a nerve with you. I appologize, but don’t assume I’m making something up to knock Monavie. I’m still in debt because of my Monavie mistake, but I’m learning now. God bless you for your concern for me and my family. In Jesus name. Tiffany Muniz
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Joan Reply:
September 6th, 2009 at 10:55 am
I have many friends that are free financially, physically, and spiritually because of this opportunity, and many friends who failed and quit(common in every trade). I quickly felt the health benefits and began to earn some money so my juice would be paid for. Notice I said “earn,” not “win” money. Life responds to deserve, not “need.” My handsome looks did nothing for me. I did this by sharing this product with people. I happended to learn that there are two reasons why you’ll EARN or not EARN money: Your competence in the marketplace, and your competence in the market place. If you get a job as a rookie in a car dealership and you don’t sell, do you get bitter, or get better? Your willingness to learn is everything in this and ANY business and the monetary success follow after PERSONAL DEVELOPMENT, not before. Success is not the result of making money, making money is the result of success. You poor-minded people (and I used to be one) blame life’s circumstances, and everyone else but yourselves for your failures. That’s why you’ll remain poor. That’s why you CONFORM with a boss telling you how much your life is worth by the hours, and you trade them for the next 25 to 40 yrs and I know how much they pay you: just enough so you won’t leave. And if lucky, get a pension that’ll be less than what you’re accostumed to. That’s why you deflate that once big bubble of dreams to a smaller bubble to fit your income. That’s why you CONFORM to budget yourself to a long term mediocre lifestyle and pad yourself in the shoulder and convince yourself you’ve done well. In the meantime you CONFORM to a 25 to life sentence inside a box that exists ONLY in your mind because you are too afraid to step out of it. Do yourself and loved ones a favor: Get the audios The Strangest Secret, Left-handed Soldiers, read Think and Grow Rich, and Rich Dad, Poor Dad. If you couldn’t sell a simple bottle of juice when there are 1 BILLION baby boomers, no wonder you’re where you are financially. Read How To Win Friends And Influence People. Read about succesful people and how they got there. Get out of the whining line and complaint line. Do something of real value for yourself and family, and since you mentioned Jesus, if he were to live in these times, he would’ve found 12 people, teach them the message of better living (physically, financially, mentally and SPIRITUALLY) and go spread it around the world. Sort of like that “scam” they got you into. And if you were a real Christian, how could you refute such an opportunity to bless people in these realms, knowing what this company is doing for the rain forest and the orphans in Brazil and Mexico? “The hand of the diligent man creates wealth; the hand of the lazy man creates poverty.” If my words sound harsh, and you’re thinking of a defensive comeback, then maybe I’ve hit home, and you oughta listen. I’ve changed my life because of someone taking their time to put things in perspective for me. I hope I’ve done the same here. Find a worth while purpose and you’ll find that you’ll better this country by bettering your community by bettering your family by bettering yourself. It starts with you. Good luck and God bless you.
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Mike Rossignol Reply:
February 7th, 2010 at 10:09 am
holy crackhead, you are screwed up far further then you know. Well past the point of no return, just keep it up. Hopefully when your ego steps up and you crash in your “luxury-sports car” thinking how invincible you are fractions of seconds before you flip and roll 32 time’s.
Well guy, at least you know your Mona vie is going to heal that danmed quadriplegic state. again let me say, trust al harris, dustin hermanson mona vie cannondale cycling team, ( i could go on, as long as monavie takes that money to give them for now and more endorsements, well of course we should believe them, they are Superstar’s!) and make sure you have enough money to pay for it while your disabled . Joan and some other’s
it’s like trying to explain to a christian the world isn’t only 700o years old , oh my god.
thinklogically Reply:
June 21st, 2010 at 3:58 pm
Mike you truly are an idiot and didn’t hear or listen to anything Joan just said. No wonder our country is where it is. Truth hurts but it doesn’t make it any less true.
July 24th, 2009 at 4:04 am
Since taking Vemma product 2 month ago, i felt my body recover well and not easy get sick
Vemma product is so powerful to human body…
http://www.myvemma.com/kelvin_ng
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August 27th, 2009 at 5:56 pm
Melanie:
Mona Vie does not have FDA approval and statements like that can get the company in serious trouble!
The FDA does not “approve” nutritional supplements! They usually only get involved with nutritional supplements when 1) improper claims are made regarding the product, usually when medical claims are made instead of the allowed “structural” claims, and 2) when a product’s safety comes into question and has demonstrated harm.
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September 17th, 2009 at 9:46 am
RC said back in ’08…something about the wind blowing harder at the top of the latter (actually spelled it that way) in regards to Mona Vie. Notanidiot admonished RC and corrected his spelling, but not before calling him an idiot. Which may or may not be true, but perhaps, given that it is a Utah based company, perhaps RC was refering to the ‘Latter’ Day Saints. Just a thought. How about it, RC? Freudian slip?
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October 14th, 2009 at 2:37 pm
I’ve looked into other products like Monavie and Xango, but neither of them come close to Vemma in ORAC value. Even if they did, Vemma tastes better.
Blessings,
Harold
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October 22nd, 2009 at 8:27 am
Can’t anyone discussing this topic spell? For Pete’s sake, use spellcheck!
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December 1st, 2009 at 12:03 am
If acai is the miracle that Monavie claims it is, then why do they blend it with other inexpensive ingredients?
Just how much acai is in Monavie anyway? They won’t say.
From the Monavie “top 15 questions” PDF:
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Q: How much açai is in the MonaVie juice blend?
A: The exact amount of açai, or of the other fruits,
contained in our blend is not disclosed. This is considered
one of the company’s greatest intellectual
assets. However, the ingredients appear on the
label in order, by amount, from most to least. This
means that because açai is the first ingredient listed
on the label, it is the most abundant.
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“…Their greatest intellectual asset?!” What a load of feces! What they are actually saying is that deception is their greatest intellectual asset.
Although Acai is the first ingredient on the list, and therefore the highest percentage, by volume, there are EIGHTEEN other ingredients in the blend. This means that the amount of acai could be as low as 6% and still meet federal guidelines for ingredient labeling.
Their website doesn’t even post the “Nutrition Facts” label that is required by the FDA on all food products. Even Kool Aid posts their nutrition facts label!
Oh yea… their “Active Blend’s” other ingredients include “natural flavor (whatever that is), sodium benzoate and potassium sorbate (Preservatives)
This company relies on upscale packaging and deception in order to lure new customers. A fool and their money are soon parted…
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jordan Reply:
December 11th, 2009 at 2:52 pm
There is 4.5 grams of acai in 30 ml of monavie. Everyone who i know of that drinks it is experiencing fantastic results.
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ann Reply:
April 19th, 2010 at 7:27 pm
jordan, I am interested to know where you obtained this figure, as I’ve been searching and searching for that type of information. How do you know there are 4.5 grams of freezed-dried acai in 30 ml of MonaVie?
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December 1st, 2009 at 8:47 pm
But what juice goes better with Vodka?
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December 7th, 2009 at 11:16 am
I am a MV distributor and make $0 per month on the product. I have two people that I gave a bottle to just to try out. Both signed up and began the 2x2oz a day regimine. They both had dramatic improvements to their health, to the point that I’m not sure there is not some crack in the stuff. I drink the Pulse for my cholesterol and have had dramatic reductions. We drink it for the health benefits, not the income, and don’t care what anyone says. And I made a difference in the well being of two people. Not bad.
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December 8th, 2009 at 7:20 pm
I’ll never get involved with Monavie, Herbalife, Melaluca, et al, period. As with any Multilevel Marketing business, I have no desire to exploit friends, acquaintances and family members in order to “build my own business”, which is what these companies rely upon. The bottom line is that with Multilevel Marketing businesses, your revenue comes more from signing up people under you than it does selling any product. Sure, the product may be good, even great, but I’m not doing it. I have no wish to be the person who calls long lost friends to “catch up”, all the while waiting to drop the shiny lure in the water. I’ve been on the receiving end of those conversations and it feels horrible when you realize you’re the target market. I’d prefer a faceless corporation to hit me up, to be honest. That’s how I feel and I couldn’t care less about this or that health benefit because there’s many ways to be healthy which don’t involve killing your conscience.
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December 16th, 2009 at 7:33 pm
if monavie is the all powerful fruit juice, then explain to me why my sons immune system is bottoming out, despite the fact that he is drinking 4-6 oz every single day? I am really thinking it is a load of crap.. he is a healthy eater and was doing fine. we started drinking Monavie in august, come September and back at school, he started to become continuously sick.. now fast forward to December and we are told his antibodies IgM,IgA and IgG are almonst non-existent. With Monavie users and countless sights saying that it will give you an “immune boost” ? I have my son as proof that it does not do anything.
Folks, save your money, don’t buy into it. don’t make the black diamonds richer than they already are.
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jordan Reply:
January 8th, 2010 at 8:28 pm
have you looked into the amount of dairy products your son drinks, it has a terrible affect on the body. Tap water contains enough chlorine to eradicate the good and necessary bacteria in the intestines, which will lower his immune system radically. there is a possibility you should point your finger in another direction.
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Food Tech in CA Reply:
January 27th, 2010 at 1:02 am
Chlorine in tap water destroying intestinal bacteria? Nonsense. There’s not enough chlorine present in tap water that could possibly make it past the stomach acids to affect intestinal microbes. Why do MonaVie distributors feel that it’s necessary to make up such nonsense?
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December 18th, 2009 at 12:53 pm
Honestly … I think people need to decide for themselves and be smart. The FDA is full of crap anyways , bc if they weren’t people in America would be healthier, but I’m not gonna get into that. Second of all, people should not pay loads of money for juice, seriously …my mom did the whole Monavie thing and yea it was helpful but we cancelled our autoship after some time cause it wasn’t that serious and we weren’t getting around to drink everyday. But I just ordered a gift pack for someone – like 2 bottles – for Christmas cus it seems like a different gift and it’s a lil nice. Anyways … why don’t we all just stick to eating our daily fruits and taking supplements, like fish oil, multivitamin, etc. If you have the time, make a different juice yourself everyday. And if not, just buy some a drink from whole food’s or trader joe’s and call it a day.
Unless you’re paying less than $20 for Monavie per bottle , or any other drink – don’t get it …just stick to the regular stuff. BUT , hey if you really do feel a big difference because of a certain drink you’re having, regardless of the price, and it really is making a difference in your life – THEN DO IT! It all comes down to your health and wealth, honestly.
People need to know what’s right for them-forget “reviews” and everything.
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February 14th, 2010 at 11:02 pm
three words for those too thick to see the reality….snake …oil…salesmen……..a bottle of juice for 30$…I think I hear PT Barnum laughing through his gravestone.When someone tries to sell you this stuff,splash it on them and ask how good it cleans stains……
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beinghappycostsnothing Reply:
April 13th, 2010 at 8:53 pm
Snake oil has unfairly gotten a bad name. Snake oil was brought to this country by Chinese laborers working on the transcontinental railroad and was used to alleviate pain as the body will absorb EPA which is in the oil made from the Chinese water snake. Of course, I’m sure you don’t believe me so look it up in Wikipedia.
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February 16th, 2010 at 10:18 am
The low anthocyanin levels of MonaVie certainly indicate a lack of pigment producing fruits (acai, bilberry, cranberry, etc..)
The only ingredient in MV that is “Puree” is the ACAI, the other 18 fruits are Reconstituted (Means water added!) or from concentrates depending on the blend!!!
We still have no proof of the actual content of the ACAI.
They use the term Proprietary Blend to avoid FDA oversight, and many UTAH food companies do just this.
If you compare the ORAC scores of the freeze-dried acai concentrate against the ORAC score of MonaVie, you’ll see that the amount of acai used is minimal.
ORAC of Freeze-dried acai: 1,027 umoles/gm.
ORAC of MonaVie: 22.81 umoles/ml.
A drop of 1,004.19 umoles
The above data is from Dr. Schauss.
To further back this up, in Dr. Schausses study of acai, he presented the predominant antioxidant as anthocyanins. His analysis listed the anthocyanin level of the freeze dried acai concentrate as 3.19 mg/gm.
Chromadex labs found an anthocyanin level in MonaVie of 0.095 mg/ml.
Using the ORAC and anthocyanin tests, we can confidently say that there is very little acai in this product.
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March 19th, 2010 at 7:44 pm
just wondering if you add up all the juices in one bottle of monavie it would be over 110.00 canadian ,yes canadian or more never mind in us dollars . Really do you have the time to go but all these fruits and drink them or eat them…. probley not this product is a quick an easy way to get all in one ,about convenience ,so to all isn’t it what this world is coming to no one wants to put in the work for good health a quick an easy return right..get fit in 10 minutes,90 days to a beautiful body,ect…ect….ect…. what i don’t understand is all the complainers on this page …..THIS IS THE REALITY … CONVENIENCE WINS HANDS DOWN OVER ON EVERYTHING….AND OF COURSE IT COMES WITH A PRICE …YOU WANT A NICE CAR YOU HAVE TO PAY ,YOU WANT A NICE HOUSE THERE IS A PRICE FOR THAT, YOU WANT NICE THINGS THERE IS A FOR THAT TO …. nothing in this world is free or cheap …thats reality all the people picking at this an at that ,really, your probley the ones always at the doctors complaining or standing in line getting a prescription for the everything thats wrong….. people convenience comes with a price on everything deal with it… and stop wining,
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Gary Reply:
April 13th, 2010 at 8:45 am
AMEN TO THAT RACHELL!!!!!!!!!!
MONAVIE FOR LIFE!!!!!!!!!!
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June 7th, 2010 at 6:20 pm
First , everyone is a consumer . If people do not make money from an MLM product , so what ? People choose to purchase goods. Does Coke pay you to drink their product ? Does Walmart pay you for promoting their co.? Second, there are lots of good juice blends . We know wild berries are loaded with nutrition . Sure , Welchs grape juice is loaded w/ nutrition. Then go ahead and buy it . What is very special abt acai (in its purest form) is that it grows from a palm in amazonian flood plain and can be harvested 2 and at times 3 times per yr. Wild huckleberries and black berries grow on the west coast of BC – very good source of nutrition but very difficult to harvest en masse. The beauty of the acai is it flourishes in pristine rainforest and great volumes of the berry are harvested in a very short time . And , since harvestors can make more money harvesting berries vs. dropping the trees, thousands of hectares of rainforest are being saved .
It is worth consuming a product like Monavie because you can have a strong nutritional source in your diet , not just in season , but year round . And yes , you will pay for it . Why do we not critique the pharmaceutical industry and their multi billion enterprise at the expense of the consumer – (24 billion $ earned from the H1N1 vaccine)? And if you notice a difference from consuming a product like MV , of course you will share it with others . Human beings are like that . If you saw a good movie , you tell your friends . There is a paradigm shift in our culture – the home based MLM industry is growing rapidly . There are good MLMs and bad ones – just like restaurants . But to have a company pay you for heralding its products . . . I really like this form of marketing . The next time you watch a hockey game , and are somewhat forced to observe the commercials , maybe consider pouring some irritated energy into critisizing the mega NETWORKS who make billions of dollars annually from advertizing budgets by traditional business – ie. Sumner Redstone multi billionaire (CEO of Viacom/CBS). Incidentally, this man has chosen to consume Monavie and even endorsed it in Fortune Magazine. MLM spreads the wealth to ordinary people like you and I who are willing to put effort and hard work into a home business.
The key word is hard work . If you think you will get a free ride to wealth you are mistaken . Lots of people attempt business , be it a franchise, traditional business or MLM and lots of people in all these categories fail – lots of people . But in MLM if you fail , well its easy to be foul , bitter etc because you can blame somebody or the co. or the upline or the product . . . but MLM will continue to grow and become more and more the marketing system of choice because of low start up costs and the fact that many MLM companies will be patient with their distributorship and allow a person to develop business skills over extended time in the ‘sales trenches’ so to speak .
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June 10th, 2010 at 9:44 pm
Whatever juice you drink, promote or have an affinity for – or whatever fruits & vegetables you eat – all the studies in the world need to bring you to one point…are the nutrients you are consuming absorbing into your body? Not your bloodstream, but what has absorbed into your cells or tissue…this is where the cellular battle happens. So, what’s in your blood after consumption – has it absorbed into your cells?
There are 2 ways to measure this:
1. HPLC (basically a skin biopsy where they liquefy your tissue to see what the nutrient absorption is
2. Raman Spectroscopy (laser technology developed in the 1930 but only recently available in a fast, convenient way for the general public)
My disclaimer is I work with this company, they have the marketing rights to this technology and have products clinically proven to absorb into your tissue…with a money back guarantee that they will absorb. Nobody has this level of proof their products get into our body’s cells or tissue – supplements and juice.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HULV5GPKEtQ Watch the entire video, and if you want to see the science: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fFx73dsLxFE
THis is why I don’t waste my time or money on anything else, because now I know, and not just “feel” it – placebos have been known to have people “feel” better.
Bill Muth
billhealth@aol.com
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July 20th, 2010 at 9:03 pm
I do not think the results of the lab tests are convincing. The last line of the article is a star(*) notation and mentions that: “Test results may vary up to 15 percent”
A 15% variation does not give me the impression that it is accurate. I would find the results more believable if more than one company did testing, and if the tests were repeated more than once, to see if the findings were consistent.
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August 6th, 2010 at 12:47 pm
I’m a consumer and a distributor of a nutritional product. I share because of the benefits I’m receiving from consuming it. When I share with somone that is happy with another product they are using, I say great! I can’t see any reason to bad-mouth their product. After all, if one is consuming something that benefits them and are willing to pay the price, don’t both sides win? People buy when the value they receive equals or exceeds the price paid in their minds. There is no real pleasure in finding fault, only pain. Do only good. Have a nice day everyone.
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September 28th, 2010 at 9:43 pm
I use to be a Mona Vie dis with 134 down line when I quit. I quit because I had been lied to about a particular preservative. They finally told me the truth and said that the government allows up to 5 parts per billion per serving. I reminded them that they tell everyone to up their dosage, mainly to make more money, but that would put them over 5 parts per billion. This preservative, combined with citric acid creates a known cancer causing substance. Ironic, drink our product for antioxidants to fight cancer, and yet consume a chemical that causes it?! Welch’s grape juice is far better and far cheaper.
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Hugh Brewer Reply:
January 14th, 2011 at 2:07 pm
I had simular experience with super blue green alge a few years back, the product was indeed good for you but other unremoveable ingredients made it unsafe especially in the amounts we consumed, best to find or grow your own plants and mushrooms and much cheaper, look at adaptogens and you will find what u need
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October 4th, 2010 at 12:08 am
I met a Monavie Distributer while cleaning her pool. I was cleaning pools just to have something to do during the day after inheriting a large amount of money after my in-laws death. We went ahead and paid off our debts and my school loan and recently sold our house and moved to Cali.
There was no pressure, just two people talking on a beautiful Socal afternoon. She explained what she was up to and her experience so far with Monavie. I was interested and had my wife introduce her over to the house for a tasting. I was sold. We are now distributers and this is something I was looking for to get my wife out of the druggery of Retail life. I recently gave up on 25 years of Corporate life and am never looking back at that hellish existence.
Every single person that is now successful had to endure the naysayers.
Look at the dropout Bill Gates. Do you think anyone advised him to drop out. No! Follow us, the sheep, to a life of contentment!!!
Any of these Hollywood Actors and Actresses. “Get a real job, quit with that stupid idea you are going to dance or act!!!!”
It’s just the way of the World, hate on those that try to follow their dreams. Good luck with that.
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October 29th, 2010 at 9:10 pm
The FDA will not back the beverage because as soon as they do, they will bust the pharmaceutical “drug” companies.
I would much rather drink a juice that I know is good for me instead of taking pills to treat a symptom while my liver dies from filtering out the crap the FDA approves as “safe”.
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March 3rd, 2011 at 6:26 pm
Vemma is the winner by every standard -for every day strentgh and benefits short and long term to your health- I found it to be so!
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June 3rd, 2011 at 11:37 am
This is interesting research in itself on the value of super juices quite a collection of posting and opinions!
Rod Cook Editor
http://www.mlmwatchdog.com
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October 14th, 2011 at 10:42 pm
Yes, Vemma is best overall!!
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