Anyone tried it? Supposedly it cures cancer and diabetes, helps you lose weight, makes your hair shiny and lustrous, silences barking neighbor dogs and encourages world peace.

My friend is a distributor and she sold me 4 bottles of it (admittedly without any pressure from her because I figure even if it doesn't turn me into Dara Torres, I can still use the vitamins and this is an easy way to get them). You drink 2 oz. in the morning, then another 2 oz. in the afternoon. It's rather tart and somewhat thick, fruity and although not delicious, it's not unpleasant.

There are numerous sites calling it a scam, but they appear to be talking about the MLM distributorship of it, not the actual product. Just curious if anyone's familiar with it. (The product, that is, I don't care about the business end of things.)

Never had heard of it but at $40 a bottle, I don't think I'll drink the kool-aid :lmao:

MonaVie Acai Juice: Cure-All or Marketing Scheme? | Newsweek Environment | Newsweek.com (http://www.newsweek.com/id/150499/page/1)

Anyone tried it? Supposedly it cures cancer and diabetes, helps you lose weight, makes your hair shiny and lustrous, silences barking neighbor dogs and encourages world peace.

My friend is a distributor and she sold me 4 bottles of it (admittedly without any pressure from her because I figure even if it doesn't turn me into Dara Torres, I can still use the vitamins and this is an easy way to get them). You drink 2 oz. in the morning, then another 2 oz. in the afternoon. It's rather tart and somewhat thick, fruity and although not delicious, it's not unpleasant.

There are numerous sites calling it a scam, but they appear to be talking about the MLM distributorship of it, not the actual product. Just curious if anyone's familiar with it. (The product, that is, I don't care about the business end of things.)$160.00?

Let us know how that works for you. I never heard of it, but that doesn't mean anything. The article is somewhat disturbing.

$160.00?

She gave me a discount.

However, I figure one bottle lasts about a week. So that's $40 a week. When you consider what I spend on cigarettes, $40 a week for something healthy doesn't seem so outrageous.

I mixed my afternoon dose with orange juice and it was quite yummy. :yay:

She gave me a discount.

However, I figure one bottle lasts about a week. So that's $40 a week. When you consider what I spend on cigarettes, $40 a week for something healthy doesn't seem so outrageous.

I mixed my afternoon dose with orange juice and it was quite yummy. :yay:

try mixing it with gingerale and Vodka

one of my doctors was using it last time I went there.... I didn't ask her about it, but I was curious after seeing it on her desk and googled. I didn't see a whole lot positive so I didn't think much of it.

I had no idea it was THAT expensive!! :cds: wow. Though I've paid that much for a good bottle of vitamins, so if it worked, then it might be debatable as to whether or not it was worth it.

Let us know if you notice any difference in a week or two...

So even if it makes you feel like you can leap tall buildings in a single bound while you take it... what do you expect will happen the moment you stop? :coffee:

You want a magic pill... simply start taking fish oil daily. Two in the morning and two in the afternoon.


Studies are published almost daily as the scientific community discovers more and more of the many extraordinary omega 3 fish oil benefits.

If you haven't already been swept up in the net yet, here are 7 proven omega 3 benefits you should know about.

1. Less Pain and Inflammation. Omega 3 fatty acids, particularly EPA, have a very positive effect on your inflammatory response. Through several mechanisms, they regulate your body's inflammation cycle, which prevents and relieves painful conditions like arthritis, prostatitis, cystitis and anything else ending in "itis."

2. Cardiovascular Health. Omega 3 fatty acids have also been proven to work wonders for your heart and the miles and miles of arteries and veins that make up your cardiovascular system. They help to lower cholesterol, tryglicerides, LDLs and blood pressure, while at the same time increasing good HDL cholesterol. This adds years to your life expectancy.

3. Protection from Stroke and Heart Attack. When plaque builds up on arterial walls and then breaks loose, it causes what's known as a thrombosis, which is a fancy way of saying clot. If a clot gets stuck in the brain, it causes a stroke and when it plugs an artery, it causes a heart attack. Research shows omega 3 fatty acids break up clots before they can cause any damage.

4. Better Brain Function and Higher Intelligence. Pregnant and nursing mothers can have a great impact on the intelligence and happiness of their babies by supplementing with fish oil. For adults, omega 3 improves memory, recall, reasoning and focus. You'll swear you're getting younger and smarter.

5. Less Depression and Psychosis. Making you smarter is not all omega 3 does for your brain. Psychiatry department researchers at the University of Sheffield, along with many other research studies, found that omega 3 fish oil supplements "alleviate" the symptoms of depression, bipolar and psychosis (Journal of Affective Disorder Vol. 48(2-3);149-55).

6. Lower Incidence of Childhood Disorders. Just to show how fish oil fatty acids leave nobody out, studies show that children (and adults) with ADD and ADHD experience a greatly improved quality of life. And those with dyslexia, dyspraxia and compulsive disorders have gotten a new lease on life thanks to omega 3 oils.

7. Reduction of Breast, Colon and Prostate Cancer. And finally, omega 3 fish oil has been shown to help prevent three of the most common forms of cancer – breast, colon and prostate. Science tells us that omega 3s accomplish this in three ways. They stop the alteration from a normal healthy cell to a cancerous mass, inhibiting unwanted cellular growth and causing apoptosis, or cellular death, of cancer cells.

You want a magic pill... simply start taking fish oil daily. Two in the morning and two in the afternoon.




:buddies: THAT is the 'vitamin' that I pay about $60 a month for. I buy it from a company that has pharmaceutical grade/mercury free... worth every penny! I tried the cheap stuff from CVS and a couple of other brands, the difference is night and day. It has helped tremendously with aches and pains from my last lyme infection, and I honestly believe that I haven't been as 'affected' by the lyme this time around (yep, got it again) because i've been taking omega 3 every day. I take 4 a day too.

:buddies: THAT is the 'vitamin' that I pay about $60 a month for. I buy it from a company that has pharmaceutical grade/mercury free... worth every penny! I tried the cheap stuff from CVS and a couple of other brands, the difference is night and day. It has helped tremendously with aches and pains from my last lyme infection, and I honestly believe that I haven't been as 'affected' by the lyme this time around (yep, got it again) because i've been taking omega 3 every day. I take 4 a day too.What brand do you buy?

So even if it makes you feel like you can leap tall buildings in a single bound while you take it... what do you expect will happen the moment you stop? :coffee:

You want a magic pill... simply start taking fish oil daily. Two in the morning and two in the afternoon.


Studies are published almost daily as the scientific community discovers more and more of the many extraordinary omega 3 fish oil benefits.

If you haven't already been swept up in the net yet, here are 7 proven omega 3 benefits you should know about.

1. Less Pain and Inflammation. Omega 3 fatty acids, particularly EPA, have a very positive effect on your inflammatory response. Through several mechanisms, they regulate your body's inflammation cycle, which prevents and relieves painful conditions like arthritis, prostatitis, cystitis and anything else ending in "itis."

2. Cardiovascular Health. Omega 3 fatty acids have also been proven to work wonders for your heart and the miles and miles of arteries and veins that make up your cardiovascular system. They help to lower cholesterol, tryglicerides, LDLs and blood pressure, while at the same time increasing good HDL cholesterol. This adds years to your life expectancy.

3. Protection from Stroke and Heart Attack. When plaque builds up on arterial walls and then breaks loose, it causes what's known as a thrombosis, which is a fancy way of saying clot. If a clot gets stuck in the brain, it causes a stroke and when it plugs an artery, it causes a heart attack. Research shows omega 3 fatty acids break up clots before they can cause any damage.

4. Better Brain Function and Higher Intelligence. Pregnant and nursing mothers can have a great impact on the intelligence and happiness of their babies by supplementing with fish oil. For adults, omega 3 improves memory, recall, reasoning and focus. You'll swear you're getting younger and smarter.

5. Less Depression and Psychosis. Making you smarter is not all omega 3 does for your brain. Psychiatry department researchers at the University of Sheffield, along with many other research studies, found that omega 3 fish oil supplements "alleviate" the symptoms of depression, bipolar and psychosis (Journal of Affective Disorder Vol. 48(2-3);149-55).

6. Lower Incidence of Childhood Disorders. Just to show how fish oil fatty acids leave nobody out, studies show that children (and adults) with ADD and ADHD experience a greatly improved quality of life. And those with dyslexia, dyspraxia and compulsive disorders have gotten a new lease on life thanks to omega 3 oils.

7. Reduction of Breast, Colon and Prostate Cancer. And finally, omega 3 fish oil has been shown to help prevent three of the most common forms of cancer – breast, colon and prostate. Science tells us that omega 3s accomplish this in three ways. They stop the alteration from a normal healthy cell to a cancerous mass, inhibiting unwanted cellular growth and causing apoptosis, or cellular death, of cancer cells.

Where do you get it from, and what brand?

Where do you get it from, and what brand?

I get the Nature Made Odorless gell tabs from BJ's Wholesale. I pay a little more for odorless/tasteless but it's worth it to me since I would :barf: if I tasted fish.

What brand do you buy?

I order it online, it's from 'life extension' - this one:
Super Omega-3 EPA/DHA with Sesame Lignans & Olive Fruit Extract, 120 softgels (http://www.lef.org/Vitamins-Supplements/Item00982/Super-Omega-3-EPA-DHA-with-Sesame-Lignans-Olive-Fruit-Extract.html)

sorry I don't know how to 'caption' the link so that it says 'this one' instead of the entire link...

I go through a bottle a month just by myself, taking 4 a day. I also give each of my kids 2 a day. They are a little big, but I poke a hole in them and just empty the contents out into applesauce or whatever, kids don't taste it at all.

I also take a CoQ10 pill when I take the two fish oil capsules so that I don't have any 'fishy' burps... LOL but I've tried several brands, including some from whole foods that were more expensive, and this brand is by far the best I've found. I get my CoQ10 from them too.

Between those two things, my overall health has really improved - I had lyme about 8 years ago and up until a year ago was really still suffering from the effects. Stiff joints, frequent headaches, etc - the omega 3 has really helped that, and the CoQ10 is just good for overall health. My bloodwork is better now at 30 than it was at 25, hands down.

I get the Nature Made Odorless gell tabs from BJ's Wholesale. I pay a little more for odorless/tasteless but it's worth it to me since I would :barf: if I tasted fish.

:killingme yeah I made that mistake before I started taking the CoQ10 at the same time!! Now I get 'orang-y' burps instead LOL

There is also a company called 'blue ice' I believe that makes good omega 3 stuff, but they are pretty pricey... they have flavors like cinammon though, and they make liquid if you want to put it in a smoothie instead of swallowing a pill. Whole Foods sells the blue ice stuff there...

I am still looking for a good multi-vitamin - anyone have any ideas?? :popcorn:

Sorry Vrai if I've hijacked your thread!! LOL Still let us know how the monavie is - I've been interested in that since I saw my doctor with it, but I had no idea it was so expensive!

So Vrai, are you jumping over buildings and pooping rainbows yet?? LOL How long does it supposedly take to notice a difference? :popcorn:

I'm genuinely curious about the monavie stuff and whether or not it is worth the money. Is it that acai juice, or do they carry water? I thought the stuff I saw in my doctor's office was water.... or does it just look like water?

I'd just suck it up and try a bottle but I don't want to pay $40 a bottle... :popcorn:

So Vrai, are you jumping over buildings and pooping rainbows yet??

OMG, haven't you been watching the news? Didn't you see the story about me??

:lol:

I've only been drinking it since Saturday, and no miracle yet. But it is vitamins that I wouldn't normally get, so I'm sure that's a good thing. Normally I don't drink juice because I don't care for it, but this is kind of a forced drink because I don't want to waste the money I spent. :lol:

OMG, haven't you been watching the news? Didn't you see the story about me??
You won the nobel peace prize didn't you?

You want a magic pill... simply start taking fish oil daily. Two in the morning and two in the afternoon.


So, is there a product name or do we just squeeze the #### out of a fish and drink whatever comes out?

I get the Nature Made Odorless gell tabs from BJ's Wholesale. I pay a little more for odorless/tasteless but it's worth it to me since I would :barf: if I tasted fish.




Oh.... thanks.

So, is there a product name or do we just squeeze the #### out of a fish and drink whatever comes out?

I like Nordic Naturals (http://www.nordicnaturals.com/en/4/General_Public). It's a little more pricey but very clean (as far as the source of the fish). There are different kinds you can get, some with a higher concentration of DHA or EPA. There are blends for women in their menopausal years, teens, children, hair & skin, heart, brain, they even have blends for your pets..... etc.

OMG, haven't you been watching the news? Didn't you see the story about me??

:lol:

I've only been drinking it since Saturday, and no miracle yet. But it is vitamins that I wouldn't normally get, so I'm sure that's a good thing. Normally I don't drink juice because I don't care for it, but this is kind of a forced drink because I don't want to waste the money I spent. :lol:

:eyebrow:

Vitamins from bananas, kiwi, blueberries, pear, prunes, cranberries, grapes? What about all that sugar?
Acai is just a tasty berry. I like Bossa Nova's brand Acai juice, it's just plain yummy.

Vitamins from bananas, kiwi, blueberries, pear, prunes, cranberries, grapes? What about all that sugar?

Oh my god, hush!!! :smack: I catch crap all the time because I don't eat fruit. Now I'm eating fruit and STILL catching crap!

:cds:

Oh my god, hush!!! :smack: I catch crap all the time because I don't eat fruit. Now I'm eating fruit and STILL catching crap!

:cds:

HA! I didn't realize you don't eat fruit. Technically you're not really "eating" fruit but drinking juice.

Why don't you should get a juicer :shrug: Get it fresh, with all the enzymes intact, make your own blend, without having something pasteurized.

HA! I didn't realize you don't eat fruit. Technically you're not really "eating" fruit but drinking juice.

Why don't you should get a juicer :shrug: Get it fresh, with all the enzymes intact, make your own blend, without having something pasteurized.

Because:

Normally I don't drink juice because I don't care for it

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:lol:

At sales meetings, like the one in Florida, Larsen says he reminds people that MonaVie "is just a juice." Meanwhile an 18-person compliance department investigates distributors suspected of making false claims—although with a million sales people on the books, that's easier said than done. "It's next to impossible," Larsen concedes, "like herding cats." With sales of a million bottles a week, it's also like minting money.



$40 for a bottle of fruit Juice?? I'm going to buy up some Orange Juice, put it in a wine bottle call it BobAvie!!

Isn't WINE a fruit juice?? How good a bottle of wine can you buy for $40?

Anyone tried it? Supposedly it cures cancer and diabetes, helps you lose weight,...

The last MLM Juice company he ran made the same claims, and were shut down.. now he's playing his cards a little better.. the company makes NO claims, only his independent distributors.. which he can't be expected to be able to control what they claim.

OMG, haven't you been watching the news? Didn't you see the story about me??

:lol:



:lol:

I sure have - and I knew it would still be a while before the unicorns returned to dance with laughing babies and puppies, and the chupacabras in the world instantly exploded into mounds of candy which were fed to the poor, I just thought maybe you'd be pooping rainbows after a day or so - all because of the wonderful vitamins in monavie... Bet Obama drinks the stuff... it probably helps you to win nobel peace prizes :lol:

:killingme

sounds like it probably isn't worth the $$ - I think for that amount of money I'd want to feel like I was walking on air after taking a drink! LOL I don't drink much juice either but I take a lot of supplements.


and :lol: at 'bobavie' - I can't believe they sell millions of those bottles a week! Holy moly.... I'm betting that most of the nutrients are probably lost in the production process... hmph.

Bet Obama drinks the stuff... it probably helps you to win nobel peace prizes :lol:

:lol:

It's going to be hard to tell if I feel any better because I felt fine before. But I know I need more nutrients, and smoking depletes your C, so I'm pretty sure this is making me healthier.

:cartwheel

:lol:

It's going to be hard to tell if I feel any better because I felt fine before. But I know I need more nutrients, and smoking depletes your C, so I'm pretty sure this is making me healthier.

:cartwheel

"Monavie…it probably won’t give you lung cancer”
“Monavie…it’s better for you than radon gas”
“Monavie…tastes like $hit but with only half the calories”
“Monavie…now 99.1% poison-free”
“Monavie…why buy your sodium benzoate anywhere else”
“Monavie…less nicotine than cigarettes and less saturated fat than bacon”
“Monavie…it won’t help you, but it won’t kill you”

:lmao: @ Bob

http://www.juiceplus.com/

Heard that is a good supplement. Since we're talking that kind of stuff. :shrug:

As that add says, next best thing? I`d rather have a V8. Lay off the junk food. Eat right. Exercise regularly. no wt probs here. For you heavyweights, heck, go get your bottles of Fleet. :killingme

it's a pill that apparently gets you a ton of nutrients in lieu of not eating a buttload of fruits and vegetables. easier than a V8 and without the nasty tomato juice. :lol:

i don't know much about it, just that some chiropractors are strongly recommending it and some big name universities have done positive research on it. i haven't tried it tho

I've never heard of that brand, but I've heard of the acai stuff. But I've never tried it.

But I was told about a website a long time ago called Quackwatch (http://www.quackwatch.com) - to check out stuff like that. It started out as a medical quackery watch type of place (thus, the name) but it has branched out into other types of fact checking sites. I think I looked up Noni Juice there a long time ago to try and tell my mom it wouldn't cure her diabetes. After she bought 4 bottles from a neighbor @ 40. a bottle. :ohwell:

I'll look up things like this there, because the companies who sell them always have a lot of anecdotal testimonials about these types of products. Not real facts. Anecdotal info can be very useful & accurate, but sometimes not. When you get a lot of opinions about something, you can decide for yourself. And you can't discount what works for some people. Since the FDA doesn't regulate natural products and other types of supplementals, it does pay to research things yourself.

I say if it works for you, and you like it, and can afford it - why not?

Holy crap! V8 Fusion has both fruit AND vegetables in each serving :banana: :cartwheel

Even better here is a $1.00 off coupon for you :jet:

http://www.juiceplus.com/

Heard that is a good supplement. Since we're talking that kind of stuff. :shrug:

actually, that is a pretty good supplement for kids - my daughter took that stuff for about a year (around 2 years old) when she was having nutrition problems... she just wouldn't eat and she went through a period where it was really affecting her growth/behavior as well as her health. Juice Plus has 'gummies' for kids (I've never tried the adult stuff, as I think I get enough nutrients between my diet and other supplements) but I will say that the stuff really helped my daughter. She had no problem taking the gummies, and within a month her bloodwork had improved and she started slowly growing again after going almost a year without growing much - she was borderline failure to thrive and these really helped.

I did quit giving them to her when she started eating better - they are just too darn expensive to keep buying all of the time, but hey, if you have the extra $$ they were beneficial... I'd rather spend extra $$ on supplements that I know I don't eat enough of, or that it isn't *as* easy to get enough of. I can easily step up my fruit/veggie intake if I really wanted to.

http://www.fda.gov/downloads/Drugs/GuidanceComplianceRegulatoryInformation/EnforcementActivitiesbyFDA/CyberLetters/ucm056937.pdf

Letter to the CEO of MonaVie..

Now the official line of the company is "It's just fruit juice" while their distributors go door to door still making the same claims.. But they're independent distributors so the company is not responsible for what they say. Kind of handy isn't it?