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A friend of mine has started selling these herbalife products claiming there supplements and meal replacement shakes are brilliant for weight loss and general well being. Im tempted to give them a try apart from two things, one, they seem to be part of a pyramid scheme, and two if they were that good how come there not in the shops. Anyone know anymore?
As above it's a network marketing co. Some people wil jujst be retailing products for a bit of income.
Products, like a lot of the Nutrilite by Amway are actually pretty good. Had my dietitian check them out.
Always worth comparing with high street equivalents though as some are no better and cost more.
HTH
Products, like a lot of the Nutrilite by Amway are actually pretty good. Had my dietitian check them out.
Always worth comparing with high street equivalents though as some are no better and cost more.
HTH
My OH has just started their "free 3 day trial" after starting at the gym with a personal trainer suggested by him as she wants to drop a stone. I'm dubious as they reckon you should lose 4-5 lbs in 3 days. I'll report back.
After that its £80 for a months supply. I'm having to reserve too much judgement so as not to piss the OH off!
Keen to hear others views!
After that its £80 for a months supply. I'm having to reserve too much judgement so as not to piss the OH off!
Keen to hear others views!
Flibble said:
Centurion07 said:
Apparently he's lost 10lbs in ten days! Is that even possible without being seriously ill?
It's definitely not healthy! However it's probably mostly water loss so not too bad.
te?Herbalife is essentially a legal scam.
While the Herbalife products may be no better or worse than any other slimming or nutritional shake, the way it's marketed by "employees" and pushed on the fat and desperate is utterly disgusting.
Basically you have ordinary people how have no health, fitness or nutritional qualifications, selling a nutritional replacement or supplement and ultimately offering a single-strategy one-mode-fits-all diet.
I was truly horrified by some of this "advice" and "training" delivered at a Herbalife seminar. The employees appear to be brainwashed that this is the one and only means to cure obesity, when there are many. The ironic thing was, while they celebrated massive weight loss, they were, in my professional opinion, all ranging from overweight to obese and seriously in need of my help.
--- You cannot become fit just through dieting ---
They are not open to true nutritional or health information and deliver, at best, dubious advice. A perfect example was in making the hard sell to someone who is getting headaches.
The strategy; drink more water.
So I asked, what if they keep getting headaches.
The strategy; drink more water.
So I asked, what, even if they're drinking as much as 5 litres a day?
Yes.
Really? You know they could die from that advice?
You can't die from drinking water!
Er, yes you can, it's called water intoxication!
<silence> And on to the rest of the presentation.
I asked another, so you think you can offer nutritional advice?
Yeah.
Are you qualified?
I don't need to be and I reckon I can pass any nutritional exam.
Really? What's a triglyceride?
Eh?
What's a Chylomicron?
Er...
Why are crisps these days of a higher GI than of yesterday?
<Walks off to talk about shakes to other people>
These were basic level 2 questions.
It's the level of ignorant stubbornness and arrogance that blew me away.
Unqualified people making a hard sell is probably the purest evil there is today. Beware.
While the Herbalife products may be no better or worse than any other slimming or nutritional shake, the way it's marketed by "employees" and pushed on the fat and desperate is utterly disgusting.
Basically you have ordinary people how have no health, fitness or nutritional qualifications, selling a nutritional replacement or supplement and ultimately offering a single-strategy one-mode-fits-all diet.
I was truly horrified by some of this "advice" and "training" delivered at a Herbalife seminar. The employees appear to be brainwashed that this is the one and only means to cure obesity, when there are many. The ironic thing was, while they celebrated massive weight loss, they were, in my professional opinion, all ranging from overweight to obese and seriously in need of my help.
--- You cannot become fit just through dieting ---
They are not open to true nutritional or health information and deliver, at best, dubious advice. A perfect example was in making the hard sell to someone who is getting headaches.
The strategy; drink more water.
So I asked, what if they keep getting headaches.
The strategy; drink more water.
So I asked, what, even if they're drinking as much as 5 litres a day?
Yes.
Really? You know they could die from that advice?
You can't die from drinking water!
Er, yes you can, it's called water intoxication!
<silence> And on to the rest of the presentation.
I asked another, so you think you can offer nutritional advice?
Yeah.
Are you qualified?
I don't need to be and I reckon I can pass any nutritional exam.
Really? What's a triglyceride?
Eh?
What's a Chylomicron?
Er...
Why are crisps these days of a higher GI than of yesterday?
<Walks off to talk about shakes to other people>
These were basic level 2 questions.
It's the level of ignorant stubbornness and arrogance that blew me away.
Unqualified people making a hard sell is probably the purest evil there is today. Beware.
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