Below is a post I just got from one of our readers. I have heard many stories like this over the years and it's worth considering before taking Reliv.
"I wish I would of found this site before I got started on Reliv. I always
thought it was odd that a product that cared so much about people was so
expensive. It seemed that the people it would help the most were ones that
couldn't afford it. But that didn't stop me from putting my hard earned dollars
into it. For 4 years I took 4 different products of Reliv, the Soy Sentials was
really hard for me to get down, was told if wanted results I had to learn to
choke it down. I got results alright, there is no doubt in my mind that Reliv
was the source of 2 emergency room visits followed by a week in the hospital all
do to kidney stones over a 6 month time period and oh yes, lets not forget the
parathyroid surgery. My urologist told me that excessive intake of calcium
carbonate can cause both conditions. It took 3 months to finally get all the
kidney stones out of my body I had added up the % of daily values I was taking
with Reliv and knew the calcium was 3 times higher than recommended, when I
brought this to my distributors attention was told I was told that the those
percentages were out dated and what my body didn't need, it would pass out. That
was before I started having problems, but...I kept taking it. I cant believe I
bought into that. I wish I would of listened to my body before I ended up the
emergency room the first time. It has been 3 years since I last took a Reliv
shake, it was just in the past 6 months that I have started getting back to my
normal activities. I had about $2000 of product left when I stopped taking
Reliv, I was one of those people who became an affiliate to get the product for
my own use at a lower cost. When I took the remaining product back to my
distributor was told they couldn't refund my money but would switch out for
different Reliv product. Are you serious?! After what I have been through, I
will never take a supplement of any kind again. I know my story is old, but the
medical expenses, losing out on a least a year of my life and the thousands of
dollars I spent on Reliv products for nothing is still fresh to me. A lesson I
will never forget, any thing taken in excess is not good for you and by all
means, if your body doesn't want something in it and you have to choke it down
to get it to take it -- don't take it! Thank you for your blog so people can see
both sides of Reliv."
