Are vitamins from USANA worth price?

aces wrote:

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Before you call it a scam you need to know the background information... Medical practitioners are simply there for you to have a TEMPORARY fix. These are prescribed medicines for you to use on a short term basis. That is the MEDICAL industry and it is there to fix small problems that could potential lead to worse outcomes. USANA on the other hand is in the HEALTH and WELLNESS industry, an industry that is aimed for a long term health. Results will not show till many years later when you realise that your life span has extended. if you search up Paul Zane Pilzer, read his book, "The Next Trillion Dollar Industry", you will see why USANA is already ahead of the curb. The reason why you find many reports that USANA is a scam is the fact that those people have failed in the business that USANA offers known as the compensation plan. These people are the ones who think money and not the product.

Look at the movement of money within the company. It's not in the health and welness industry. Its in the PROFIT industry. Profits for those at the top of the pyramid scheme and for those who run the company itself. You're talking the same paranoid garbage as every other USANA distributor. "You can't trust the medical industry." Can you trust Myron Wentz? The guy who skipped out on his American Citizenship and makes Multiple Millions of dollars a year by diluting the company stock? "Anyone who complains is a failure." is such an obvious tactic its getting pathetic. You've closed your mind to any rational complaint like you've been trained to by this cult. One day you'll figure that out and come to the same realization as 99% of the people who will join this year - the products are generic and profit can only be made from suckering other people in. When you do be a dear and come back here and admit to it so others don't waste their time.

Choo-Choo wrote:

Sounds like a scam to me. Why not ask your medical practitioner who has been to medical school, attends board conferences and is most likely up to date on current trends than people hawking gimmicks on these board?

well just my opinion, doctors and people like that work at hospitals right? and they make money off of us being sick right? so if there was a product that maybe HELPED us prevent sickness and disease more than other products and more people used it, that equals less people sick, which means less patiens, which means less $$$$?(opinion)
(not part of USANA)

TheAnonymous wrote:

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well just my opinion, doctors and people like that work at hospitals right? and they make money off of us being sick right? so if there was a product that maybe HELPED us prevent sickness and disease more than other products and more people used it, that equals less people sick, which means less patiens, which means less $$$$?(opinion)
(not part of USANA)

I think you need Sominex.

Shelly Account Executive wrote:

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Both my wife & I were in USANA and think that it's a scam. don't get me wrong. it's a good product, but the way how the rep or upline is trained really made me question them in the begining. Yes, they brought out a bunch of articles showing how superior USANA is compared to their competitors as well as how many illness & diseases it can cure like cancer, allergies, asthma, etc. also we were told how much money we would make and so on.
we bought over $3k worth of products the first day we signed on because our upline's upline told us that if we want to be able to make money and be in the business we needed to purchase a certain amount to be a distributor and we also needed to stock some of the products so we can demo & sell to potential customers.
we agreed to go the route that they sold us on since we are good friends with the rep (known her for 15+ years.)
After we got the products and started taking the supplements like we were instructed to, we started to ask what else this supplement or vitamin can help with since each thing helped with x problems or x disease.
we were told to take the list of supplements that they wrote down for us so we have a core to build up on. After that then we would talk about using the supplements to treat whatever problems.
It seemed like both of the reps didn't seem very knowledgeable on the products. all they cared about was selling. we were told that the products are organic, which they are and it's good.
the thing that had me worried was that I was told that since there is no preservatives and it's natural there is no shelf life so it doesn't expire. if it's all natural how come there is no expiration?
my wife was on the nutrimeals and our rep told us when she takes it, not to have any bread , carbs or sugar. The reps upline told her it's fine. so there was a conflict in info and this was in the same room.
to us it seems like the reps that we have met with, all they care is about signing people up and selling. the problem is that the rep didn't even train us on how to sell the items and what it's good for. there was no weekly meetings, trainings, etc. whenever we asked what supplement to take for whatever the symptoms, we were told I don't know look it up yourself.
it's been 4 years since this happened. we were with them for 2 years and ended up in the red. still have a bunch of USANA products since every month they automatically shipped and billed use over $500 worth of products. our rep would not by back the products from us when we left. when we contacted USANA we were told that there would be a 30% restocking fee plus we had to cover the shipping.
We are still taking the USANA products. like I said we think it's a scam if you go into the business. the product is good. if we can't find a better product after we are done, then we will continue to buy USANA supplements, but we will NEVER get into the business of selling their products.
BTW, the rep that got us into USANA, she is still constantly signing people up and people leave her team after a few months. She is still working her normal full time job.

I'm responding to this: As for USANA having a great product, that depends if it worked for you or not. Good for some and not good for others.

It's really tiresome to read a comment like that. Some people have more HCL for digestion and assimilation (it depletes with age, particularly with people on processed and meat-based diets), and so whatever they try to ingest in terms of high-grade nutrients will be useless, unless they adopt a protocol to address that. They may be the type to drink coffee all day .. and maybe no water, and therefore are hopelessly dehydrated, toxic, and unable to deliver the nutrients into the cells, etc. The only way to say whether something is full stop end of story good or not is by a controlled, long term study. MLM products appear to be expensive, but in fact when you've successfully marketed the product, it is way less to pay long term. It's a concept to look after everybody. Get over it. I'm not even in an MLM and I can see that. I just believe the world needs high standard, integritous nutrients available because of the low standard produce that is marketed to us .. mostly crap. You have to take time out to learn what's helping you personally, and lead by example. Everyone's body is unique and at a different stage. Don't necessarily blame a vitamin/mineral product .. that's just BS.

wal mart wrote:

Wal-Mart is a different pyramid scheme. They pay people slave wages, removed most of their full time jobs, only pay part timers now. No real benefits. Their prices are more expensive then Target now, and the customer service is terrible. go to Wal Mart, and I guarantee you will wait in a long line, go to Target if you are in a long line, they will open up more cash registers.
I am not endorsing USANA or any other MLM here. Just making the fact, in any business as posted above, someone is always going to get rich off the sweat of others. Do not blame MLM for offering someone a better way out. It may be rough and many will fail, but it is really a miracle to see someone work they way up in a company like Wal-Mart. Never heard of someone starting as part time employee, and becoming a CEO at Wal mart or make a CEO salary working there. But there have been more people in MLM making CEO salaries then working a full time job at places like Wal Mart.
Fact of the matter no one is going to test someones product for free, it is too expensive.
As for USANA having a great product, that depends if it worked for you or not. Good for some and not good for others.
Look at the GMP as a starting point, not a finishing point. USANA supposedly uses GMP for pharmaceutical grad, as opposed to other companies using GMP for food standard which is quite a bit lower standard.
I have not been to their manufacturing facility so I can neither confirm or deny that claim.

The pharmaceutical industry is more criminal than any mafia.

TheAnonymous wrote:

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well just my opinion, doctors and people like that work at hospitals right? and they make money off of us being sick right? so if there was a product that maybe HELPED us prevent sickness and disease more than other products and more people used it, that equals less people sick, which means less patiens, which means less $$$$?(opinion)
(not part of USANA)

Rusty Blade wrote:

Before anyone buys vitamins and minerals and all that crap it would be wise to go to your doctor and get a blood profile done FIRST to determine if you have a deficit in any category. Then take appropriate measures to fix if needed.
Too many people are taking vit/min supplements for absolutely no reason. All they are doing is peeing away money.
It's not rocket science.

Just so you know less than 6% of all doctor's recive any training on nutritiol training at all. Their main job is to find the problem after you have it already and use some form of man made compound to cure it. If you want information on nutritiol suplemetation go to a nutritioniest not a doctor cause thats what they went to school for and as for USANA i have found that usana is a great company I have friends that had all sorts of medical problems and it has done wonders for them

is usana products,FDA approved?

Years ago, I did sign up with USANA as a distributor. I wasn't able to get very far with my business (mostly because I was living at work as a paramedic and only had broke co-workers and broke, sick patients), but I will say this;
When I looked into USANA I looked at it from a medically skeptical point of view "vitamins are just vitamins"...it took quite a bit of convincing to get me to seriously consider signing up with them because of my approach. Once I saw the medical studies, and talked to many people who have seen improvment after taking USANA I was willing to try it.
I did compare the levels and the types of ingrediants against many other vitamins, again with a medically skeptical point of view, learned MUCH about nutritional ingrediants and why they need to be certain kinds, etc...and found that very few products at that time came even close to USANA.(I do belive it is possible other products might be out there now, perhaps in the 10 years since have realized the importance of quality, but I haven't had a chance to check)
I talked to people who had improved conditions that I previously would not have believed possible with supplements. I have met Dr Wentz and his main focus, reflected by what he said, appeared to be concern for people's health....apparently he chose to take what income would have to him as a CEO, instead put back into the company for research and development...(not that he was broke, he could afford to do that - but on the other hand there are many in this world who wouldn't do that and can never have enough)
I have over the years, taken USANA for years, and then, due to income went without for about 10 years. I would say I DON'T like being without my USANA. When I was on them, I didn't get sick, or even have colds, even tho I was around sick patients all the time. When I was without, I felt worse and got sick easier.
A co-worker of mine was unable to get pregnant; I told her that she might try USANA in case she was low on her vitamin levels (I actually gave her much more detailed medical info than that but you get the idea). She took the product and a VERY short time later was pregnant, and later said "It was the easiest pregnany compared to my first one - no morning sickness, and I felt great"....
So, that is my experience with USANA - hope the info helps....

I tried USANA's products back in the early 90's. They're well manufactured and I actually found nothing but good to say about them. A far cry from the likes of the defunct Equinox of the same era, who didn't seem to care what they were selling as long as their slick marketing ploys could move it.

USANA's prices, however, were a valid concern. After a brief look into their distribution models, it was clear that there were so many highly paid levels of distributors, prices HAD to be that high.

Final analysis, it has great products. You just need to pay a little more for them.

maryvan wrote:

Years ago, I did sign up with USANA as a distributor. I wasn't able to get very far with my business (mostly because I was living at work as a paramedic and only had broke co-workers and broke, sick patients), but I will say this;
When I looked into USANA I looked at it from a medically skeptical point of view "vitamins are just vitamins"...it took quite a bit of convincing to get me to seriously consider signing up with them because of my approach. Once I saw the medical studies, and talked to many people who have seen improvment after taking USANA I was willing to try it.
I did compare the levels and the types of ingrediants against many other vitamins, again with a medically skeptical point of view, learned MUCH about nutritional ingrediants and why they need to be certain kinds, etc...and found that very few products at that time came even close to USANA.(I do belive it is possible other products might be out there now, perhaps in the 10 years since have realized the importance of quality, but I haven't had a chance to check)
I talked to people who had improved conditions that I previously would not have believed possible with supplements. I have met Dr Wentz and his main focus, reflected by what he said, appeared to be concern for people's health....apparently he chose to take what income would have to him as a CEO, instead put back into the company for research and development...(not that he was broke, he could afford to do that - but on the other hand there are many in this world who wouldn't do that and can never have enough)
I have over the years, taken USANA for years, and then, due to income went without for about 10 years. I would say I DON'T like being without my USANA. When I was on them, I didn't get sick, or even have colds, even tho I was around sick patients all the time. When I was without, I felt worse and got sick easier.
A co-worker of mine was unable to get pregnant; I told her that she might try USANA in case she was low on her vitamin levels (I actually gave her much more detailed medical info than that but you get the idea). She took the product and a VERY short time later was pregnant, and later said "It was the easiest pregnany compared to my first one - no morning sickness, and I felt great"....
So, that is my experience with USANA - hope the info helps....

That's almost just about my experience with it, exactly. If they were to distribute the conventional way (so as to lower their prices) I'd still be using the stuff.

Best vitamin supplements ever! I am a very active person and I can really feel the effects of my personalized packets!

Janine wrote:

Best vitamin supplements ever! I am a very active person and I can really feel the effects of my personalized packets!

You must be a distributor, right? lol

First of all, most doctors don't know crap about nutrition and just push pills, so in my opinion, having an M.D. means nothing when it comes to chronic diseases and preventative health. I have had chronic fatigue for over 20 years, and usana, has been the simpliest thing that keeps it under control so I can think clearly. It is up to the individually, but I defentitley feel the difference when I don't take it--it's not a cureall, but it helps us in this age of eating fast-food, and processed junk. I do wish eating perfectly nutritious food was practical and affordable, but unfortunately it's not always. So, it's good to have a high-quality supplement.

pisces girl wrote:

First of all, most doctors don't know crap about nutrition and just push pills, so in my opinion, having an M.D. means nothing when it comes to chronic diseases and preventative health. I have had chronic fatigue for over 20 years, and usana, has been the simpliest thing that keeps it under control so I can think clearly. It is up to the individually, but I defentitley feel the difference when I don't take it--it's not a cureall, but it helps us in this age of eating fast-food, and processed junk. I do wish eating perfectly nutritious food was practical and affordable, but unfortunately it's not always. So, it's good to have a high-quality supplement.

You HAVE to be Pisces. We ARE the wise ones, aren't we? lol

A doctor doesn't necessarily need to know how to cure disease. Instead, he is trained to know what someone else has found to treat a condition.

USANA has some great stuff. I've used what they call "essentials". It's great stuff.

pisces girl wrote:

but it helps us in this age of eating fast-food, and processed junk. I do wish eating perfectly nutritious food was practical and affordable, but unfortunately it's not always. So, it's good to have a high-quality supplement.

So your saying that you can afford to eat fast food and pay for supplements instead of cutting out both, and purchasing "high quality" food at the supermarket?

Boy, those supplements are working wonders for your logic center.

Lyndem wrote:

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And you know that Usana users aren't experiencing the placebo effect because....?
And you know exactly what's in these other vitamins but not in Usana because.........?

Nutrisearch has put out a book that shows people where their vitamins are rated. A panel of scientists from around the world tested over 1000 different supplements a rating from 0 to 5 stars, They were tested using 17 different criteria. Including what was listed on the bottle was actually in the bottle. Usana was given a gold star. 5 out of 5. Centrum was given a 0. olympic athletes take Usana. Trusting Usana that there no contaminants. Usana offers a million dollar insurance claim to their athletes as well.
Enough info for you.

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Lyle Macwilliam hired a USANA distributor (Gregg Gies, USANA id# 285320) to do the "RESEARCH, EDITING, and LAYOUT" of every edition of the Comparative Guide to Nutritional Supplements. Yes, from the 1st edition in 1999 to the 4th edition in 2007. This and many other issues completely discredits the Comparative Guide. If you are interested in many of my other findings regarding the author and the book, you can read it all on my blog at http://usanawatchdog.blogspot.com/2011/12/usa...

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