Judge Roy Bean wrote:Is this just expensive fruit juice in what looks like a wine bottle?
Short answer: Yes.
Very expensive fruit juice. Fruit juice so expensive you could plotz.
Family member seeking advice. Based on where they're based and the fact that it inovles signing up dowlines I am holding firm that it's just another MLM but haven't seen any of the regulars here mention it.
I (and others, of whom I think Chef Brian was one) wrote about it on the old board. Note to Joey or Demo: are those posts gone forever? Some of them (which I now archive) involved considerable research.
Making a long story short, it's another of those "wellness" MLMs that give you virtually no information to go on except what a great opportunity it is. Check
Monavie's site. Now tell me: other than acai, what's in the stuff? How much does it cost per dose? Per bottle? How much is in a bottle? What real testing have they done to show its effectiveness? It comes down to
If not for wserra, I'd still be looking in that damn mirror.
- Albert E., Princeton, NJ
See, guys, I can make stuff up, too.
Their claim appears to be that they have higher antioxidant concentration than anything else on the planet. They don't explain why anyone should care. Should your entire daily diet consist of the 2-4 ounces of the stuff they recommend? How about the fresh fruit and veggies which are themselves excellent antioxidant sources and which every diet should contain? Don't they count?
Monavie, like all of the other ripoff wellness MLMs, doesn't explain why a normal healthy diet doesn't give you everything you need - and why, if you don't eat one, you can't make up the difference with supplements from GNC at a tiny fraction of Monavie's cost. In fact, there is
evidence that too much antioxidant is actually harmful.
And the cost is absurd. Although Monavie doesn't tell you the cost of a bottle,
their distributors do: $45 for a bottle that will last a week at 2 oz/day, the minimum Monavie recommends. At minimum dosage, you thus spend $2400 per year on Monavie.
Who in their right minds would do that? Answer: those with $$ in their eyes from distributing, not using, the stuff. Ask Monavie for proof as to what percentage of buyers are customers, not distributors. You won't get it.
Ripoff.