What I’m taking about is really our society. Free enterprise at work. The drug companies are selling and we are buying. We are over medicated. We eat too much and move too little. So along comes Mannatech with some nutritional products and they get sued for making false claims. Not killing people. False claims. By not telling people they can die, is that not a false claim as well? Again I have no interest in any multi level marketing products, just as I have no interest in receiving prilosec in the mail today which I did not ask for. Apparently Big Pharma has clearance to send drugs in the mail to anyone and make any claims they want to about the product. I guess they have really good lawyers.

This alone validates the Mannatech products. I do not take or will ever take any of these products. I just find it curious that so much is made out of nutritional products when Big Pharma is killing people everyday (but have the money to settle out of court with the families) and 20/20 is not going after them.

But we all know there aren’t any.

It is all based on conjecture. i.e. on the surface it seems plausable but has no factual basis. If there was any firm eveidence it would be being prescribed by health services and physicians.

There are no independent clinical studies into these products, it is no more effective than a placebo.

I’ve developed some new products and you’d make the perfect salesperson. Will you help me out?

First, I’ve developed something I call N-80. It’s roughly 80% nitrogen and 20% oxygen. Not only is it healthful, I’ve found it to be essential. A recent study at the Mayo Clinic found that fully 100% of cancer survivors were users of N-80. Even more astonishing was that 100% of the patients who didn’t utilize N-80 sadly passed away. At $1 per cubic foot*, it is a bargain yet has tremendous profit potential. I’ve already completed work on the production facility (code named “James Woods”) and it is fully functional.

I also have developed something called Dihydrogen Oxide (brand name HoH). Participants in an HoH study lived an astonishing 5,000 times longer than those who did not use HoH! At 3 bucks a gallon, it is as cheap as gasoline (and has zero calories!). As soon as I figure out how to use this complicated divining rod, I’ll have a good idea where to build my HoH facility.

I’m currently working on generic AMBROTOSE (brand name Sweet N’ High). This water-soluble form will have all the benefits of AMBROTOSE but you can also use it as a flavoring for coffee, cereal or even bake with it (blackberry pie being my favorite)!

Karen, I’m counting on motivated sellers like yourself to promote these all natural, healthy (in reality, life giving!) products.

*at STP

New categories of vital nutrition are coming to the forefront, as well as new ways providing products that stabilize their vitality. It is not snake oil neither is it a silver bullet. It is no more ridiculous to give the body real nutrition a see impact than it is to pour water on a wilted flower and see it revive. It seems to me that you’ve got just enough of a picture of this to keep you in the dark ages. I hear they ate off of lead plates!
There is freedom to nay say, as well as freedom to embrace.

We read the pamphlets, watched the DVD… were even given free samples from the work collegue.

A mannatech marketer was sent around to our home one weekend (imagine how thrilled I was, being the skeptic I am… and firmly believeing that Mannatech’s promises were BS.)

She immediately told us about people she sold the products to – cured of diabetes, no more depression, no more allergies, etc etc… Funnily enough, I don’t remember her using the “but they’re only food” disclaimer… hm.

She was also quick to flant her new laptop and new car… profits were rolling her way rather nicely. I guess the first rule of deceptive marketing is to throw your conscience out the window!

Anyway, I wasn’t willing to throw out the nasal spray and the prozac just yet. I was getting the “sugar pills” for free, so I took them. And just as I expected over the 3 months I experienced no difference. I was not about to bury my face in a stack of hay anytime soon.

It seems to be scammers fortune in life that gullible people seem to be the ones with money.

Our friendly neighbourhood Mannatech marketer even gave us a “radio” station you could listen into on your phone – which we did for a laugh – and heard many testimonials concerning cancer, etc being cured. It was sad really.

Let’s face it “hope” is a very powerful thing. Many the psychological paper has been written on the topic. I could start selling ‘mircale cure’ gummi bears and perhaps eatting them would make you “feel” better and maybe even prolong your life – why? It’s not that the gummi bears are good for you or even are helping your infliction, you’re simply believing in something and keeping a positive attitude. Cancer patients are the same, if they have a positive attitude sometimes they get better. The mind is a powerful thing.

Does that excuse scammers? Should we applaud their ‘noble efforts’ of giving the masses false hope at a price?

Absolutely not.

I’d rather buy a bag of gummi bears and give my money to my kids or a worthy charity that can actually make a REAL difference, instead of squandering my hard-earned dollars on snake oil.

I wonder how the CEO of Mannatech sleeps at night in his 1.3 million dollar mansion?