Thursday, July 31, 2008

No Energy? This Vitamin Could be Your Answer...

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If you often feel tired, run-down, and lacking in energy, you’re not alone. Low energy is one of our country’s biggest health complaints. Vitamin B-12

Some of the top reasons for this are:

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  • Refined foods are loaded with sugar…
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…but it doesn’t stop there, either.

Add the harmful effects of caffeine, pollution, conventional therapies, and the stress most of us experience everyday… and you’ve got yourself a recipe for energy drain.

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What Critical Health Benefits Does this Vitamin Bring to the Table?

For starters, vitamin B-12 helps folic acid regulate the formation of red blood cells, and helps your body use iron*.

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B-12 also helps in cell formation and cellular longevity.* Plus, it can support female reproductive health, and promote normal nerve growth and development by maintaining the fatty sheaths.* These fatty sheaths play a vital role as they cover and protect your nerve endings.*

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Vitamin B-12 supports a healthy mood and feelings of well-being.* And then there’s this — it also provides excellent support for your memory, mental clarity, and concentration.*

Aside from using B-12 to give you an energy boost, when does it also make sense to supplement with this all-important vitamin? Well, there are several good reasons to take vitamin B-12.

And the first reason to take it is if you are a carb type or a strict vegetarian.

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Vegetarians have an increased need for vitamin B-12

Many people avoid red meats for a large variety of reasons. If you are one of them, you are at a high risk for developing vitamin B-12 deficiency. Why? Because plant sources have virtually no vitamin B-12. And oral forms of B-12 in nearly all supplements are practically useless, as little is absorbed into your bloodstream.

Vegetarians should take this essential micronutrient to ensure an adequate supply of it, because it is found almost exclusively in animal tissues. And, the few plant foods that are sources of B-12 are actually B-12 analogs -- not the form that provides all the benefits of the real deal.

Simply put, an analog is a substance that blocks the uptake of true B-12. The result being, your body’s need for the nutrient actually increases.

Furthermore, your body’s need for this nutrient may also increase if you take Metformin©. Metformin© may interfere with calcium metabolism. And this interference may reduce B-12 absorption, because this absorption requires calcium.

Studies suggest that 10% to 30% of patients taking Metformin© show evidence of reduced vitamin B-12 absorption. That’s why it is important to speak with your doctor to discuss the best way to maintain B-12 levels when taking this medication.

Now, if getting a good night’s sleep has also become increasingly more difficult for you, here’s…

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If you suffer from sleeping difficulties, I recommend taking vitamin B-12 during the day. I believe it can help you.* Here’s why.

B-12 plays a vital role in melatonin production.* Melatonin has been called “the sleep hormone” because it is responsible for letting you get a good night's sleep.

As you age, it becomes increasingly more difficult to get a good night’s sleep because your body becomes less efficient at making this hormone. And that’s why it’s a good idea to take B-12 to help you sleep like a baby each night.*

Moreover, a lack of adequate B-12 can have other annoying consequences too.

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  • Premature grey hair…
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you may need to supplement with vitamin B-12, even if you eat foods rich in B-12. Oddly enough, that wasn’t a typo.

You can eat plenty of meat, poultry, lamb’s liver, brewer’s yeast, clams, eggs, herring, mackerel, kidneys, milk, dairy products, or seafood — and still have low levels of B-12. How can that be?

It could be because your body is unable to absorb it from your gut. You see B-12 needs the help of a protein in order to be absorbed. That protein is called intrinsic factor. And because the lining of your stomach makes intrinsic factor, people with less-than-optimal gastrointestinal health often need to supplement with B-12.*

Likewise, most people over the age of 50 have a limited ability to absorb B-12, too. Thus, the need for supplementation.

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Remember — only a small fraction of this crucial vitamin gets absorbed through your gut when you take it in a pill, tablet, capsule, or gelcap.

Let’s take that a step further and shed some light on multivitamins you may find shocking…

Here’s the REAL TRUTH about the B-12 in Most Multivitamins:

It all boils down to this…

Most of them contain 100-200 micrograms of B-12. But, if you actually took 500 micrograms of B-12, you’d get an absorption of about 1.8 micrograms. Let me repeat, only 1.8 out of a total of 500 micrograms. That’s an absorption rate of only one third of one percent! But, that’s only half of the story.

The late Victor Herbert, a renowned B-12 researcher, said that many multivitamin products on the market today contain dangerous B-12 analogs.

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Monday, July 28, 2008

Fibromyalgia, Hormonal and Sleep Problems, and Soy

Hello Readers - I was using the new Cuil search engine and I found this article. It is sad that Reliv Distributors believe / think that they know more than doctors. While modern medicines do damage, this does not give a Reliv Distributor the right to contradict. I wish someone would sue Reliv for the damage it has done to people.

Fibromyalgia, Hormonal and Sleep Problems, and Soy

Posted on 03:11PM (EDT) on 2007-06-28

I have had FMS for 20+ years. I have severely disordered sleep, as well as hormonal imbalance, hypothyroidism, hypoglycemia, pain everywhere, and low energy. I was being treated by a very knowlegeable fibromyalgia expert for 4 years. However, after about 1 year, I had to have a transabdominal hysterectomy and bilateral salpingo-oophorectomy. After that my health began to decline again. A friend introduced me to RELIV products, most of which are soy-based. I told my doctor and was told that the soy may affect the absorption of my Armour Thyroid medication. I decided that I would believe the extreme claims of the RELIV marketers, and went on the supplement (going off my doctor's recommended supplements). I began to feel really good for the first several months. I was using 2 double "shakes" per day. However, after a year+ I began to be more and more in pain again, and my thyroid T4 and T3 labs were coming out low all the time. I had to continually increase my dosage of thyroid meds. Then I was urged to go on 3 double "shakes" per day, which I did for about 2 months. That was the time when things started to go seriously wrong for me. My labs showed a very high cardio CRP, my thyroid (all tests) was bottoming out, my hormone tests were bottoming out, I contracted numerous chronic viruses, I was in bad pain all the time, I couldn't sleep even though I was on the same sleep meds, etc. I finally went off RELIV and back to taking Enzymatic Therapy's Daily Energy Enfusion, and I began to feel somewhat better. However, the damage is done, and I have had to take quite a few hormonal, adrenal, etc. supplements. I'm short of breath most of the time, putting on weight without changing my very small diet, and have been depressed a lot (once again).

I would urge anyone who has fibromyalgia to seriously consider NOT taking RELIV or any other soy product (soy milk, tofu, and the like) as they contain phytoestrogens and apparently really mess with an under functioning thyroid and low progesterone, estradiol, and estriol.

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Tuesday, July 22, 2008

Think Soy is Healthy? Guess Again!

Think Soy is Healthy? Here’s Why it’s Not as Good as You Think

By Dr. Joseph Mercola

Soy has gained the reputation as a health food, in large part, because of the numerous health claims surrounding its products. Interestingly, a friend of mine forwarded a pro-soy article to me to refute and I was surprised to find my name mentioned in it as "an ardent advocate of eating beef, chicken, turkey, ostrich, and other meats."

The article is What About Soy? by John Robbins, who I believe is one of the most avid soy supporters out there. He brings up dozens of points, and even mentions me in the article, so I thought refuting his article would be a good way to answer the other critics out there as well.

Lowering Cholesterol

Robbins ascribes soy’s potential to lower cholesterol as beneficial. However, while this may be helpful in some, it can be certainly cause disease in others. Low cholesterol does not necessarily imply good health. Please review some of the well-documented dangers of low cholesterol if you are not familiar with them

This is because we all need cholesterol and levels below optimal can cause serious problems. Much of the hype about cholesterol has been generated by self-serving research used to support the massive profit structure of pharmaceutical companies supplying drug-based "solutions."

For example, I happen to have a genetically low cholesterol and it has been as low as 75 at times. This is very dangerous and it took me many years to understand how to normalize it and now my cholesterol is about 100 points higher and a far healthier 175.

Robbins also says, "Soy beverages are cholesterol-free, while cow's milk contains 34 mg of cholesterol per cup, which again means that cow's milk is far worse for your heart and cardiovascular system." This is not a strong argument for soy, as, again, we all need cholesterol--without it we suffer major health problems. It is also important to realize that I do not advocate drinking commercial milk, only non-pasteurized raw milk if one is able to tolerate it.

Animal Study Circular Arguments

Robbins cites a number of studies to support the concept that different animal species respond uniquely to soy or other variables. No argument here.

But, Robbins uses a circular argument that doesn’t hold water by giving examples of drugs that were safe in animals but dangerous in humans. For instance:

"When the arthritis drug Opren was tested on monkeys, no problems were found, but it killed 61 people before it was withdrawn. Cylert was fine for animals, but when it was given to hyperactive children it caused liver failure."

This doesn’t prove the converse that soy that is safe in animals is safe in humans.

Phytic Acid

According to Mary Enig and Sally Fallon, soybeans are high in phytic acid, which, in large amounts, can block the uptake of essential minerals like calcium, magnesium, copper, iron and especially zinc in the intestinal tract. This is one area where I disagree with Enig and Fallon partially in that the phytic acid in soy (and other plant products like beans, nuts and seeds) may be beneficial or detrimental, it just depends.

For men phytic acid is probably very helpful as nearly all adult males have excess iron as we never had menstrual periods. I personally take a phytic acid supplement to lower my iron levels. However, in menstruating women and children the phytic acid in soy can be a serious negative.

In his arguments Robbins correctly points out that fermented soy products have lower phytic acid than commercial soy products. However, he does so as to contradict Fallon and Enig, but this is exactly what they also state. They have no problems with fermented soy products and encourage their consumption.

Osteoporosis

Robbins’ comments that people consuming soyfoods have reduced rates of osteoporosis are a red herring as there are many factors other than soy consumption that are far more powerful influences on optimal bone density. I actually have a book in progress in this area.

For instance, vitamin K is one of the most important nutritional interventions for improving bone density and vitamin K2, which is made in your body and also produced by fermented foods, is a superior form. Fermented soy products may indeed be beneficial, but the typical store-bought soy, like soy meat substitutes, soy milk, soy ice cream and so on, will not produce this effect. You can also get this beneficial form of vitamin K by making your own fermented foods.

Cancer

I would never recommend or encourage non-fermented soy for cancer prevention. However, you can certainly include fermented soy as part of a healthy diet that contributes to cancer prevention.

The exception here is if you already have cancer. In this case, certain constituents from soy can certainly be used therapeutically to help treat the cancer, but that is a completely different application than consuming commercial soy products.

Even Robbins admits that it is wise to avoid large doses of isoflavones:

"When manufacturers of soy protein isolates and supplements recommend that people consume 100 grams of soy protein a day (the equivalent of 7 or 8 soyburgers), they are ignoring the unknown effects of overdosing on isoflavones. I believe it's probably safer, until more is learned, to avoid concentrated soy supplements entirely."

Birth Defects

At least one study has found that soy phytoestrogens appear to increase the risk of birth defects by as much as 500 percent. Further, soy formula exposes infants to very high levels of hormones that can have negative influences on them as they grow older.

The link between soy and birth defects does need to be studied further, as this connection may or may not be true. However, the uncertainty of the association in no way detracts from the other arguments presented here and in other sources against the use of non-fermented soy.

Alzheimer’s Disease

One study of close to 4,000 elderly Japanese-American men found that those who ate the most tofu during midlife had more than double the risk of later developing Alzheimer's disease.

Similar to the birth defects and soy argument above, soy may or may not increase the risk of Alzheimer’s, as more studies should be done to truly prove this association. But whether or not this is true does not make non-fermented soy any better to consume.

Soy Formula

This is the most critical issue in the entire soy debate, and even Robbins states that "In my view, there is some basis here for concern."

However, because of his pro-soy stance he fails to document just how bad soy formula is for infants. He mentions that "a major study published in the August, 2001, Journal of the American Medical Association found that infants fed soy formula grow to be just as healthy as those raised on cow's milk formulas." Dr. Enig wrote a rebuttal to this study that is most helpful.

Aluminum

In his earlier argument on Alzheimer’s Robbins freely admits the connection of aluminum to Alzheimer’s, yet he fails to understand that soy has 11 times (1100 percent) more aluminum than traditional formula.

Does that mean everyone should switch to regular formula? Absolutely not as that is based on pasteurized dairy and is fraught with its own complications. Robbins incorrectly asserts "the anti-soy crusader Sally Fallon would evidently prefer that an infant be fed a cow's milk formula rather than breastmilk." Nothing could be further from the truth. Fallon is a strong proponent of breastfeeding, and if that is not possible advocates using NON-pasteurized whole cow or goat milk supplemented according to this homemade formula recipe.

Manganese

Soy formula is loaded with excessive levels of manganese.

The reason manganese is such a concern is that it can be toxic in very high levels, even though it is essential for life, as it helps cells gather energy. For instance, high manganese can contribute to brain damage like Parkinson’s disease. The levels of manganese differ considerably in different infant foods:

  • Breast milk contains 4 to 6 micrograms per liter (mcg/L)
  • Milk-based infant formula contains about 30 to 50 mcg/L
  • Some soy formula contain 200 to 300 mcg/L

Not Enough Vitamin A

Robbins in his defense of soy cites an incorrect fact: "Vitamin A is plentiful in plant-based diets."

Once again, nothing could be further from the truth. There is no vitamin A in plant-based diets, only beta-carotene precursors. While beta carotenes are essential for health they are not the same as vitamin A, as that is only available from animal-based foods. Vitamin A deficiencies can certainly lead to problems.

The Saturated Fat Myth

Robbins also says that cow's milk provides more than nine times as much saturated fat as soy beverages, so is far more likely to contribute to heart disease. This is another myth. Saturated fat is essential for human health and not the evil that many portray it to be.

Too Much Omega-6

According to Robbins, "Soy beverages provide more than 10 times as much essential fatty acids as cow's milk, and so provide a far healthier quality of fat."

This is pure nonsense and demonstrates he has not done his homework on fatty acid physiology. Yes, soy has essential fats, but they are the WRONG type. It is loaded with omega-6 and that is the wrong type for nearly everyone.

Around the year 1900 we consumed less than one pound of vegetable fat per person per year, but by 2000 that had increased to over 75 pounds of vegetable fat per year. Nearly all vegetable fat is loaded with omega-6 fats and it’s the ratio of omega-6 to omega-3 fats that determines ideal health. Ideally, our ratio of omega-6 to omega-3 should be 1:1, but most Americans eat a dietary ratio that falls between 20:1 and 50:1.

Genetically Modified Soy

Even Robbins capitulates here. How could he do anything but when over two-thirds of the U.S. soy crop is genetically modified. He says:

"According to Monsanto's own tests, Roundup Ready soybeans contain 29 percent less of the brain nutrient choline, and 27 percent more trypsin inhibitor, the potential allergen that interferes with protein digestion, than normal soybeans. I find it fascinating that compared to regular soybeans, the genetically engineered beans have more of the very things that are problematic, and less of the very things that are beneficial. To my eyes, this is certainly another reason to eat organic foods whenever possible. The best way to insure that any soyfoods you eat are not genetically engineered is if they are organically grown."

His conclusion really tends to support the bulk of my position on soy:

"The hype has also made us forget something important. We are eating soy products today at levels never before seen in history. Advances in food technology have made it possible to isolate soy proteins, isoflavones, and other substances found in the bean, and add them to all kinds of foods where they've never been before. The number of processed and manufactured foods that contain soy ingredients today is astounding.

It can be hard to find foods that don't contain soy flour, soy oil, lecithin (extracted from soy oil and used as an emulsifier in high-fat products), soy protein isolates and concentrates, textured vegetable protein (TVP), hydrolyzed vegetable protein (usually made from soy) or unidentified vegetable oils. Most of what is labeled "vegetable oil" in the U.S. is actually soy oil, as are most margarines. Soy oil is the most widely used oil in the U.S., accounting for more than 75 percent of our total vegetable fats and oils intake. And most of our soy products are now genetically engineered.

This has never before been done in human history. It is an experiment, and should be undertaken, if at all, with great humility, watchfulness, and caution. Instead, under the influence of an almost mystical belief in soy's virtues, we've tended to fall prey to an illusion that has haunted American culture in all kinds of ways--the illusion that if a little is good, then surely more must be better."

Soy and the Asian Diet

Asians tend to live longer than Americans, and they traditionally eat more soy than Americans. Thus, the link between the two is one of the most widely circulated reasons why soy must be healthy.

This theory is flawed, first off because soy in the Asian diet is primarily fermented soy, NOT the highly processed soy protein isolate, soy isoflavones and so on that make up soy in the American diet. There is a huge difference in this respect alone.

However, although there are many reasons why Asians typically live longer than Americans, I believe the primary one has nothing to do with their soy consumption but rather with the ratio of their omega-6:omega-3 fat consumption. The Asian ratio is 3:1 while in the United States, as I mentioned above, the ratio ranges from 20:1 to 50:1. Many Paleolithic experts believe it should be close to 1:1 for ideal health.

Traditionally, the Japanese have eaten plenty of clean fish, which is likely what contributed to their healthy fat ratio. But we are already starting to see the longevity of the Japanese decrease, and I suspect that it is due to the contamination of the fish supply with heavy metals like mercury and chemicals like PCBs.

Soy Industry

One fact that Robbins remains oblivious to is that the edible oil industry is a multibillion-dollar industry that is in many ways similar to the pharmaceutical industry. They have funded much of the research to support a strong soy recommendation so they can directly benefit from the increased sales of soy in this country.

To Wind Things Up

Clearly many people seem to improve when they start to include soy in their diet, but I don’t believe this is an argument for soy. My guess is that this is likely more related to what people have excluded from their diet to make room for the soy.

I want to reemphasize here that I am in no way opposed to soy consumption, only improper soy consumption.

I firmly believe that fermented soy, which includes natto, miso, tempeh and soybean sprouts, is a health food for most and should be consumed by the masses. However, soy formula is an abomination that has caused much damage to the children of this country and should be immediately banned for sale in every country.

For even more information on soy and health, I encourage you to look through the links below and also to use the search feature on this site. You will find numerous studies on the topic that will help you to make an informed decision about soy for yourself.



Sunday, July 13, 2008

Is Reliv Right For You?

Below is a comment we received from one of our readers. I am speechless and I encourage everyone to read it!!

"After my wife passed away at the tender age of 35, I inherited her Reliv business. Now that I had to raise a 6 month old, an 18 month old and a 7 year old I thought it would be great to be able to work from home. It seemed like a good opportunity at the time. I had good experience at marketing my day job on the internet and used my expertise in that area to sky-rocket my sales. I used Google PPC which back in 03 were a real bargain.

Between myself and one of my front-level Key Directors/distributors we were bringing in just over 410 new customers each and every month using Pay-Per-Click-thru Advertising called Google AdWords. This sales volume soon got the attention of the then, Reliv Vice-President os Sales, who then sent some of his Reliv Cronies (Ambassadors) on behalf of corporate to congratulate me on my newfound success and lucrative profitability. These so-called "Ambassadors" who said their greatest wish was to "Nourish Our World with Reliv" were actually in my upline and over the next few months got extremely jealous over the copious amount of business I was generating purely through simple everyday online marketing.

You see, these Ambassadors just happened to be traveling from city to city conducting recruitment seminars and hyping prospects with promises of a Brave New World for all who followed them. They called a special meeting of the "Inner Circle" Elite, yes that's actually what they like to call themselves. These are individuals who have gained the highest rankings with Reliv and who are essentially worshiped by Reliv hopefuls and treated more like Gods to must reign over the lowly, worthless new sign-ups.

Anyway, the topic of conversation was, you guessed it, me.

The "Inner Circle" didn't think it was fair that someone like me could bring in mass amounts of new customers and break all product sales records without having to do a one-on-one presentation in-person with each one of them. They felt that the best way to "share" their product was by throwing shake parties much like a Tupperware reps did back in the 60's & 70's. They also said the Internet gave ME an unfair advantage over the predominantly elderly, new Reliv distributor base and since those people were being taught that in-house demonstrations were the only way to go, my fancy-schmancy high-tech star-wars method of distribution would have to STOP and that I would need to start invading prospects homes and mailing out invitations and throwing shake parties like the rest of the old geezers were or I might get in trouble.

So as it stood, just before I was ready to quit my day job due to the fact that my Relkv commission checks were more than offsetting the loss of income I would have when I quit working, a strange and sudden Top-Level Executive Order comes down from Reliv brass that effective immediately, all distributor web sites shall be DELETED and any and all online ordering would now become prohibited in Reliv amended 'Policies & Procedures'.

Violation of this decree would result in the immediate termination of any and all Reliv distributors who did not submit, including eBay sales of Reliv products, which has since been the culprit for the termination of countless broke and scared distributors who, out of desperation, turn to eBay to hock their worthless powders online in attempts to break even on their losses before the Reliv Sharks behead every last remnant of financial freedom and stripping them of even the very minute morsel of hope.

Needless to say, this news was devastating to me and my dream of working from home. I knew that without customers coming in each month from my online endeavors, my income would plummet. Guess what, it did.

This company's ass-backwards thinking and anti-competitive ideas are just ridiculous in today's high-tech world of network marketing. And even today (2008) you still cannot buy their products online!! What is Reliv thinking? Why is Reliv slashing their own throat?! 99% of all MLM companies (except for Reliv) allow full online marketing and commerce, including the ability to order products, sponsor and promote on the internet. Reliv does not. Ask yourself what is Reliv trying to hide? What is Robert Montgomery afraid of?

If you are not a Reliv distributor, getting hold of the products is a living nightmare because you are forced to speak with an existing Reliv distributor (remember, no online ordering for customers) or you are forced to have the Reliv sales reps come out to your house to strong-arm you with a sales-y, hype-ridden opportunity presentation. This is where you can get the business opportunity shoved up your A**.

Now, if you go to the corporate web site http://www.Reliv.com and request information about how to become a distributor, those leads are filtered only to the elite "Inner Circle" and automatically signed up with one of those idiots based on where you live.

Reliv's products are absolutely the highest, most over-priced drug on the market and its not bio-available like they claim, its a GENETICALLY MODIFIED SOY-BASED powder!

How many bio-available nutrients do you really think are even present after this kind of isolate-processing?

They even put cancer-causing ASPARTAME artificial sweetener in the weight-loss product called Slimplicity which Reliv secretly hides from its sheeple under an alternate chemical name, as well, Reliv Delight, a powdered soy milk product, its predominant filler composition is PARTIALLY HYDROGENATED SOYBEAN OIL!!! Guys, that ingredient which is very, very bad for you and banned for use in food in nearly every country except the US and Mexico. Partially Hydroginated Oil is even banned in Canada and labeled as a poison. Why is Reliv selling products with so many chemicals in them? Even the so-called "Vitamin C" in the sugary Innergize (a koolaide-like punch mix) product is a man-made chemical called ascorbic-acid.

High end liquid nutrients like Hi5 by Waiora.com are much more effective at battling anti-aging, immune system breakdowns, etc.

If you want to learn more about a REAL multi-vitamin/mineral supplement in liquid form that anyone can afford then go to Vitamark.com or Waiora.com and get involved with a couple of companies with real vision, not out-dated old school network marketing that does not work for the masses in the age of technology.

Here is some info I found while surfing the web...

Reliv International manufactures its food/drug products in 14 countries with varying product lines. It uses an independent distribution recruitment & prize award system to help it sell sub-grade, over-priced products in these markets; in other words, Reliv is a Multi-Level Marketing ( MLM ) company that makes a few people at the top very, very rich people and then compels them to prey on the "new bloods" in order to sustain their lifestyle of the rich and famous. They are all liars and will do anything and say anything to recruit you and take your money. Outside of Reliv, tactics and behavior like this lands you in prison.

As such, unwitting participants of the Reliv scheme have lost dramatic amounts of money serving their "upline Masters" as lowly affiliates of Reliv. Most distributors eventually fall out and that majority who are the mass casualties now laid waste and pennyless consider Reliv just another pyramid scheme or barely-legal ponzi program that keeps itself one politician, one kickback ahead of an FTC violation or total asset shutdown and seizure.

This MLM company has multiple pyramid levels that lavishly reward the top "inner circle" insiders who "never have to sell product again." It is the upper levels on the Reliv food-chain who make all the easy money off the broke, down-trodden backs of the "product pushers." Its the lowly new blood at the bottom levels who toil to make a few dollars peddling these unhealthy GMO soy-based powders on their list of "friends and family" whom they're told to hustle first because family won't say "No." The top-tier mega-millionaires make an ever growing percentage of each sale by the product pushers on the bottom and also from the sale of motivational books & tapes and enrollment fees of the new recruits.

The fact is, the sheer and vast majority of unsuspecting victims of this "get rich quick" scheme fail to make any tangible profit because it is encouraged at Saturday Trainings that it is a distributor's moral obligation to reinvest any profit from product sales back into the city-wide Reliv Success System controlled and manipulated by the top paid distributors in that area, but they are quick to point out all monies paid are a great way to show some "tax deductions" with the IRS for your day job. How innovative, how manipulative!

Indeed, 98% of all Reliv distributors end up with less money than they started out with, this is simply the fact and provable based on the numbers provided by the DSA (Direct Selling Association). Of course, its always the distributors fault if they fail, because they did not have a big enough "Wall of Belief!" This is the same lie that gets propagated into all MLM’s.

Reliv International's business practices are barely legal, if not ethically questionable and a few elite insiders at the very top of the Reliv shady food chain do in fact make lots and lots of money from the scam, but they are the exception because they are highly trained to continually sign-up more people than they lose in order to beat the high rate of attrition that is so common in the MLM industry.

If you are not a recruiting machine and cannot turn off your morals or steal food out of babies mouths, then you're like most people, decent, honest, ethical and moral. Trust me, Reliv is NOT for you!"

Monday, July 7, 2008

Reliv, Soy, and Alternatives

Below is another Post that we received from one of our readers. I have posted the original post and my response for you to read.

After reading several comments, I have decided not to buy into the reliv product. Everything I heard rang true to what I read on your site. My question now is for someone that could give advice on what to do next. My husband and I are both healthy but approaching middle age. We need a good vitamin regimen which the reliv product at first seemed to offer.
There are a few issues with our family that the reliv product was said to be able to help.

--nutrition and energy for mom and dad
--pms and acne for teen girls
--winter illnesses

I was on the Mercola chat and didn't get much help.

I have seen that the krill oil would be beneficial.

If anyone could give suggestion, I would be grateful.

I am looking for reasonable non synthetic source of vitamins

Thanks,
Denise in MI

My Response;

Thank you for taking the time to read my blog and for writing.
Since I have not gone around trying a bunch of products to see how they are the only thing I can do is offer some suggestions that I have received from others.
Sadly, if you want a vitamin like Reliv, most of them are about the same price and are connected with the whole Multi Level Marketing ring. But these other vitamins do offer an all natural, non soy base which I think is worth looking into. And as always I would suggest looking for them on eBay first as it will save "joining up" and you will still get a discount.
Dr. Organics - www.puredrorganics.com MLM
Lifeforce - http://lifeforce.net/ MLM
Eniva Vibe - MLM
Dr. Mercola's Vitamins www.mercola.com NON - MLM
Otherwise if you want a cheaper alternative I have heard a few people say to just take a couple of Children's Flintstone Vitamins or another Adult Vitamin. If you want something that is high dosage, I would look at ALL-ONE or Purity Products. I have seen the ALL-ONE in the Health Food section at the store or you could get it Online from the company. And online also for Purity Products.
Anyway I hope this helps! If you have anymore questions please feel free to contact me.