Comments on: Drinking MonaVie is Not Equal to Eating 13 Fruits

By: MonaVie Scam

MonaVie Scam — Wed, 24 Feb 2010 07:06:53 +0000

Actually MonaVie reached out to me. I’ve had conversations with MonaVie’s chief blogger Shante Schroeder. They know of my site and are free to comment on it like anyone else. They have chosen not to comment which I think speaks volumes.

By: andrew

andrew — Tue, 23 Feb 2010 11:06:38 +0000

Have you made an attempt to contact Monavie and see what the deal is between what seems to be, and what they promote?

I’m very interested, I drink MV and will continue to, regardless of the findings. Nonetheless though, please let me know if you have attempted to contact Monavie about this.

By: Candace

Candace — Wed, 03 Feb 2010 17:30:27 +0000

The link now provided by MonaVie Scam to the USDA study of ORAC scores is appreciated.

However, here is the current link to Wikipedia’s page on cinnamon: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cinnamon

As to the antioxidant capacity of cinnamon, this Wikipedia article states

“One teaspoon of Cinnamon contains as many antioxidants as a full cup of pomegranate juice and 1/2 a cup of blueberries.”

By: Kevin

Kevin — Wed, 03 Feb 2010 17:17:41 +0000

No not saying you did. Just stating my opinion to all who are interested in this business idea… I absolutely agree with everything you’ve stated on here!!

By: MonaVie Scam

MonaVie Scam — Wed, 03 Feb 2010 17:13:06 +0000

You are referring to business of MonaVie not being an illegal scam. I'm not claiming that it is (though others do). I'm not really concerned about if people can make money from it, though it looks like a vast majority do not as MonaVie appears to be embarrassed by their income disclosure statement.

By: Kevin

Kevin — Wed, 03 Feb 2010 16:51:31 +0000

Hi, I would like to say that your information is very good and unbiased. YES in is a MLM pyramid, but it is NOT an illegal scam. the MLM scams are when you pocket the “sign up” money for yourself. This is not like that I don’t think. I do agree with you about your facts, and that this drink ISN’T any better then V8 or anything like that. Can people make money of this?? sure! Will it be easy to convince “LIE” to your family and friends to spend MORE money then NEEDED to have a “HEALTHY DRINK”? NO!! Are there people out there who like to spend more money for a “LABEL”?? yes there is… but are you going to sell only to rich people you can afford this drink on a DAILY BASIS!!

[Editor's note: The rest of the comment is deleted as an off-topic sales pitch by Kevin for other MLM services.]

By: MonaVie Scam

MonaVie Scam — Sun, 31 Jan 2010 16:14:59 +0000

I figured it was Robin just posting a correction, which I appreciate. I should have used the USDA as a source instead of Wikipedia.

I couldn’t find an explanation on why ground cinnamon was taken out of Wikipedia. Maybe someone found it unfair to include something that has no water (spices) to something that is mostly water (fruit) when using weight as your guide. Of course comparing freeze-dried acai is unfair for the same reason.

By: Food Tech in CA

Food Tech in CA — Sun, 31 Jan 2010 08:26:29 +0000

Robin,

How does the info you posted support MonaVie’s point? Each item that you listed easily beats the ORAC value of 4 oz. of MonaVie, which is 2,698 umoles.

By: MonaVie Scam

MonaVie Scam — Sun, 31 Jan 2010 01:40:27 +0000

Please note the date of when I published this article: “Originally posted 2009-05-14 15:34:02″

Here is the document that at the time said that Cinnamon has a 267,536 ORAC score per 100 grams.

It is not my fault that for some reason the other source changed their data. I’ve changed the link to reference the USDA study of ORAC scores… a source that is much more trustworthy.

Thanks!

By: Robin

Robin — Sun, 31 Jan 2010 00:43:41 +0000

dear sir or madam;

you state that; According to Wikipedia, two grams of ground cinnamon has more than the “antioxidant capacity of 13 fruits.” yet when one click on that link i.e., ground cinnamon there is nothing about cinnamon, only info about fruits and their antioxidants that we know is important and supports monavie’s point “click; Food Serving size Antioxidant capacity per serving size[6]
Small Red Bean ½ cup dried beans 13727
Wild blueberry 1 cup 13427
Red kidney bean ½ cup dried beans 13259
Pinto bean ½ cup 11864
Blueberry 1 cup (cultivated berries) 9019
Cranberry 1 cup (whole berries) 8983
Artichoke hearts 1 cup, cooked 7904
Blackberry 1 cup (cultivated berries) 7701
Prune ½ cup 7291
Raspberry 1 cup 6058
Strawberry 1 cup 5938
Red Delicious apple 1 apple 5900
Granny Smith apple 1 apple 5381
Pecan 1 oz 5095
Sweet cherry 1 cup 4873
Black plum 1 plum 4844
Russet potato 1, cooked 4649
Black bean ½ cup dried beans 4181
Plum 1 plum 4118
Gala apple 1 apple 3903