Juice plus

Wetcoaster wrote: »

It is over priced MLM and there is absolutely no science behind it. 99% of people in MLM make no money.

http://www.mlmwatch.org/04C/NSA/juiceplus.html

And the ones who do and have consistent sales (which are rare) often have friends who buy in to the claims of losing weight fast, drinking "superfood" shakes, or needing to supplement with overpriced products, and are very annoying to the people who don't want to buy their products. I have a Shakeology "coach" friend on Facebook, and let me tell you....it takes everything in my power not to make a comment when I'm invited to a sale event, or see posts about losing 6lb in a week for their weight loss challenges.

It sounds like a great way to lose both money and friends.

IsaackGMOON wrote: »

missiontofitness wrote: »

Wetcoaster wrote: »

It is over priced MLM and there is absolutely no science behind it. 99% of people in MLM make no money.

http://www.mlmwatch.org/04C/NSA/juiceplus.html

And the ones who do and have consistent sales (which are rare) often have friends who buy in to the claims of losing weight fast, drinking "superfood" shakes, or needing to supplement with overpriced products, and are very annoying to the people who don't want to buy their products. I have a Shakeology "coach" friend on Facebook, and let me tell you....it takes everything in my power not to make a comment when I'm invited to a sale event, or see posts about losing 6lb in a week for their weight loss challenges.

Lol just tell the people that they're selling to that they're buying crap

Eh, I stay out of it. If people want to buy it, go ahead. If people ask me about it (or come to the MFP forums asking about it), I'll voice my opinion then. I don't like giving unsolicited advice, even when I'm annoyed by frequent Facebook posts about these products and the occasional event invite, lol.

icemaiden17_uk wrote: »

Hmm, fair enough! This is exactly why I asked! I had a friend unfriend me because I asked about the research and the contents of a product they were selling for weight loss and they wouldn't give me a straight answer.

Back to the money making drawing board I think!

I had a similar experience with someone in a local "for sale" group on Facebook. She was selling some snake oil cleanse system and when I asked about what, exactly, this product cleansed from the body and if she had any peer-reviewed research to back it up, she got so angry and said I was harassing her. She ended up deleting her post, and reposting the next day. I repeated my questions and she just replied that "it removes toxins like sugar and fat" and didn't comment further.

I believe people can make their own choices about what they feel is best for their health, but spreading blatant misinformation is not cool.

Velum_cado wrote: »

icemaiden17_uk wrote: »

Hmm, fair enough! This is exactly why I asked! I had a friend unfriend me because I asked about the research and the contents of a product they were selling for weight loss and they wouldn't give me a straight answer.

Back to the money making drawing board I think!

I had a similar experience with someone in a local "for sale" group on Facebook. She was selling some snake oil cleanse system and when I asked about what, exactly, this product cleansed from the body and if she had any peer-reviewed research to back it up, she got so angry and said I was harassing her. She ended up deleting her post, and reposting the next day. I repeated my questions and she just replied that "it removes toxins like sugar and fat" and didn't comment further.

I believe people can make their own choices about what they feel is best for their health, but spreading blatant misinformation is not cool.

Yes....asking for additional information, asking questions, and for peer reviewed research to back up a product you're selling is TOTALLY harassment.

I also want to know how sugar and fat are toxins, when both are present and good in a well rounded diet?

yeah if you're looking at making money from MLM then goooooood luck lol

your friends and family will end up hating you for trying to sell them overpriced snake oil all the time

also no one here will buy it

icemaiden17_uk wrote: »

draznyth wrote: »

yeah if you're looking at making money from MLM then goooooood luck lol

your friends and family will end up hating you for trying to sell them overpriced snake oil all the time

also no one here will buy it

This is my fear. I have done research and now want others thoughts, feelings and experience. It's quite clear the direction the general feeling is going though.

My best friend became involved in a MLM (not a weight loss product though) and in the end I found myself keeping my distance from her because she was driving me nuts from constantly talking about it and trying to get me to sell it as well. Most of our conversations started revolving around her trying to build up her business and what she learned at her meetings, and her trying to push me into selling it, and quoting all of the positive affirmation bs that she was learning. I went from listening, to tuning her out, to eventually avoiding her phone calls and hiding her posts from my Facebook newsfeed. She didn't get very far with it and I don't think she is involved with it anymore, but we still don't talk like we used to.

I have another friend who is starting to get involved with Herbalife. Every time I see her post about it I just start praying that she doesn't start messaging me about it.

my mother has been selling MLM products as long as I have been on this earth and I am not a fan

she told me when she started selling Visalsus a few weeks ago that I could "pack on 20 lb of muscle" with it

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