MonaVie vs. Sambazon

how come you don’t comment his and link to yours or at least let him know his errors in his computations?

There’s always someone out there trying to bash the (per Inc. 500) #18 fastest growing privately held company in the United States. #1 in the Food and Beverage Category, and #3 in overall revenue.

No network marketing compant has ever even been on the Inc. 500 list.

The product is legit, the company is legit, and no other “Acai” beverage can touch it right now. It’s not even close.

Those are the facts.

Let me know when Sambazon shows up at the Academy Awards VIP Lounge or on The Doctors Show, or in the clubhouses/locker rooms of professional sports teams, etc….

Not everyone gets paid to drink it. In fact, a majority of the people who sign up as distributors or preferred customers aren’t even doing the business. That must mean the PRODUCT IS LEGIT. HELLO!!!!!

I’m guessing most people in the US spend way more than “500 hours” per year WATCHING TV or doing some other unproductive activity. Turn off your TV people. Stop watching the BS! Get healthy and make a difference.

http://www.aibmr.com/resources/articles-and-reports.php

Let me know when Sambazon’s research gets published in peer reviewed scientific journals.

And if you’re going to watch TV, you might as well watch something educational, right?

Scam, you can get a bottle of Monavie for as little as approx $20-$22

Sambazon is the team drink of which professional team?

Paying for publicity is never a bad thing, right?

And that’s what MonaVie paid for when they commissioned AIBMR to research it.

I don’t think paying for publicity is a bad thing, but it’s not a good thing either. I doesn’t mean MonaVie is better than any other juice.

I couldn’t find anything in the AIBMR studies that compared MonaVie to any other juice. It is expected that juice is good for you. Outstandingly high performance is required to justify MonaVie’s outstandingly high price. Where are MonaVie’s comparisons to other juices so that we can judge that performance? It’s like me asking you to choose car A or car B without telling anything about the cars other than the price. Sorry, I’m going to take the lower priced every time.

MonaVie’s website touts ORAC score as being an important measure of the value of it’s juice. Sambazon’s ORAC is higher and it’s cheaper. In fact an apple is better than 9 ounces of MonaVie: http://www.juicescam.com/monavie-vs-an-apple/. Why don’t you mention that? Again, MonaVie isn’t certified organic.

Also, I don’t believe the AIBMR studies are peer-reviewed. There are studies in The Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry, but I don’t think they were done by AIBMR. Please tell me which journal article you want me to review and I will do so. Also please provide me a link to that article so that I can review it. (Linking to: http://www.aibmr.com/resources/articles-and-reports.php doesn’t count, as the articles are not there.)

I have read all them. The one you mention sounds a little like the one here: http://pubs.acs.org/cgi-bin/sample.cgi/jafcau/2008/56/i18/pdf/jf8016157.pdf (PDF file). I have pointed out how badly done that study was in comment 974 here: http://www.lazymanandmoney.com/monaVieArchive.php. So you don’t have to go there here’s what I said:

Looking at the study, here are the things I have issue with:

- Study: “one was excluded on the basis of a high daily antioxidant intake”
My Response: Hmmm, so if I’m already healthy, or perhaps take a daily multivitamin, the study is irrelevant to me. Let’s go back to what I wrote months ago in the original post: “However, [another study] doesn�t compare to less costly solutions, like a multivitamin, V8 juice, or just a handful of mixed berries. I�m putting the burden of proof on MonaVie to show that their juice deserves the premium over the mixed berries.” Seems like the study fails to comparison to the less costly solution.

- Study: “Because the ORAC testing did not result in a trend toward increased antioxidant activity, it was not used in the subsequent randomized controlled trial.”
My Response: Hmmm, does this mean that pages and pages of people professing ORAC as the “end-all”, it’s really not a good measure in the real world? What good is it then? I’m not a scientist, so I may have read this part wrong, but this is my interpretation of what I did read.

- Study: “Thus, the analysis of the pilot study was based on five study participants from whom repeat blood draws were performed.”
My Response: Five people… not exactly a wide-spread study, right?

- Study: “The study participants were instructed to avoid vigorous exercise for a period of 24 h prior to arriving at the clinic. They were also instructed to eat a light meal and to avoid meat, fruits, or greens, as well as to abstain from consuming alcohol, coffee, or melatonin the night before. Subjects were scheduled to arrive at the clinic following an overnight fast and were instructed to consume no food, vitamins, or other nutritional supplements the morning of each study day.”
My Response: Hmmm, so you couldn’t exercise, eat things like fruit or greens that contain antioxidants, or take vitamins. Alcohol and coffee in moderation also have antioxidant properties, so they were eliminated. In short, they are letting one group have fruit (I think that almost everyone agrees that MonaVie is fruit) and another not. I don’t know what they were expecting, but it’s not necessary a win for MonaVie – just fruit in general. If they want to prove MonaVie worthwhile have both groups eat equal amounts of fruit and one with MonaVie. See which comes out better.

- Study: “A recent study assessed the increase in plasma antioxidant capacity after the consumption of either an antioxidant-poor meal or the same antioxidant-poor meal with the addition of a known quantity of whole fruits added (8). This study showed that the consumption of an antioxidant-poor meal results in a decrease in plasma antioxidant capacity and that adding fruits to the same meal not only prevented this decrease but also led to an increase in antioxidant capacity.”
My Response: So they are just proving what they already knew – fruit is good for you. So avoid antioxidant-poor meals and add some fruits and greens to your diet.

They aren’t proving that MonaVie is better is than other juices or fruit. They are just proving that MonaVie is like fruit. You know what else is like fruit? Fruit.

Why not publish a critical analysis in the JAFC? Then you could say you yourself had a study/analysis posted in a peer reviewed scientific journal.

This blog carries no weight.

I have no interest in going through whatever process it is to get an article published in the JAFC. I’m already published here. More people can find this information by searching Google where as the JAFC, doesn’t come up very high.

I don’t know what you mean by “This blog carries no weight.” I only put information out there for people to read. I strive to make sure that information is accurate. That’s an important thing, because MonaVie distributors are spreading inaccurate information. If you read this article you could easily see the mistakes that the other MonaVie website made. Anyone can come here and use site to research MonaVie. For instance, people may not have realized that they can buy a juice (Sambazon) with 30% more ORAC at 1/6th the price of MonaVie.

LOL at all of that bogus research above.

And Scam, where is that study published? You could be improving your health, helping others get what they want, and getting what you want. I guess this is the “Big Dream” you’ve chosen to go after. Sad sad sad!!!

Monavie was dropped as a co-defendant in Oprah’s lawsuit. Do your homework!!!

Bogus research, eh Fred? And Monavie’s completely self-serving research is supposed to hold more weight…why now? Think McFly, think!

C’mon Fred, give it a rest already. More and more, people are coming around to the Monavie lie. Your customer base is already dwindling before your eyes, and it’s just a matter of time before the FDA comes a-knocking, asking Monavie why it continues to allow its distributors monkeys to toss atypical anecdotes about the juice’s alleged health benefits all about the internet like so much textual feces, and you’ll be shut down with nothing to show for your psychotic devotion to the Monavie cult but wasted time and wasted money.

It might not happen today, it might not happen six months from now, but it will happen. Delve into the history of some of Monavie’s biggest players and you’ll see how a similar scam went down not too long ago. This will end the same way, you can count on it.

So hey, take some of your advice and stop wasting your time. This is a losing battle. No matter what you say, or how smug and dismissive you act in the face of it, the truth will catch up to you people in the end.

People just aren’t as stupid as you folks are banking on them to be. Stop insulting us with this bullcrap and grow the hell up already.

MonaVie Scam, That was a great article about Sambazon, thank you!

Vogel, I enjoyed the “Ponzi Berry” article, and your links to other research. The Chagas thing is a bit concerning.

Fred, Nice rebuttal…

“LOL at all of that bogus research above.

You haven’t provided one shred of proof to back up your position! Nothing…It’s such typical MonaVie proponent behavior that it’s now just laughable and expected. Can you provide proof for anything you’ve stated here? Can you show us where and when Oprah dropped the lawsuit against MonaVie?

Just a few things before I officially “go on my merry way.”

Hopefully you all will find the time to find your real calling (I’m hoping what you’ve written here is not it).

The great thing about Monavie is not the money, or that it is helping so many people…it’s the “relationships” and personal growth you experience when you try to help yourself and others. I’ve met and reconnected with so many wonderful people since I’ve jumped into Monavie. It has taken me from the comfort of Ordinary into a place where Dreams can happen.

If Monavie is not the company for you, I hope you all find something that will take you to a place where you are helping others, believing in yourself, and making your dreams happen.

Good luck to all of you.

Focus on the POSITIVE and you will be REWARDED….Focus on the negative and you will wallow in misery and misfortune for the rest of your lives.

POSITIVE POSITIVE POSITIVE!!!!!

Fred

Jacked on the juice.