There was a time when I was grossly overweight. At that time, I had no clue about the acai berry. I was fat, ugly, sloppy and laden with a negative attitude. This is when I saw Dr. Oz explaining about the acai berry on CNN. I was impressed and decided to try the acai berry myself. This is what it did to me.

It Was Easy To Follow

The biggest advantage of opting for this program was that it was simple and straightforward and I never had to beat around the bush to get there. All I had to do was to choose the site of my choice, place an order and get started-it was that simple. So, I had no hesitation on staring off with this product.

It Was Completely Natural

The second advantage of following this program was that it was completely natural. While most weight loss programs are infected with some or other kinds of chemicals, this is one method which has been proven completely natural and free from any harmful side effects.

It Worked From Day one

The moment I started to use this miracle formula, I was certain that it was going to work for me. This is so as it started to show results from day ONE. By the end of the month, I had lost a mind blowing 29.80 pounds. It was unbelievable and it took a while for the news to sink in. I even tried different weighing scales to cross check and was happy with the results.



By: Hilary Smith

MonaVie is a company that markets a functional health beverage made principally from the acai berry fruit.  Some call it snake oil while others call it the miracle juice. In this article, we will be reviewing whether or not the compensation plan is a scam.

Is The Business Model A Scam?

Monavie is part of the network marketing industry or MLM which stands for multilevel marketing.  Each independent distributor is encouraged to recruit others to promote the products.  By doing this the distributors create leverage in their business.  To qualify to earn off of other people’s efforts you must recruit two people, one on your left team and one on your right team.  These people must be on autoship like yourself of at least one case of juice per month. When you’re binary network begins to grow you accumulate points. Once you have points or BV on both your right and left legs you will be eligible to receive a team commission

The hybrid binary compensation plan Monavie employs is becoming more and more popular in the network marketing industry and is not a scam.  It pays out a commissionable 50% to the distributor force on all wholesale products sold. The team bonus is one of eight ways you can get paid.  It is paid based on 10% of the lower legs volume.  Along with team commissions, Monavie offers retail commissions, a bulk order bonus, executive check match bonuses, several leadership pools, a first order bonus, a star maker bonus, and the opportunity to earn off of multiple business centers.

Here is an example of team commissions and the residual income that can be generated from this method of compensation.  Each wholesale case of Monavie juice runs about $100 plus shipping and handling. To generate an income of $500 via team commissions, you will need 5000 points minimum on both your left and right legs and you will earn 10% of your lower legs volume only. So if you had 12,000 in volume on your left leg and 5000 in volume on your right leg, because your right leg has lower volume of 5000 you will earn 10% of the right leg which happens to be $500.  In this example if everyone purchased one case of juice you would have to have a minimum of 100 people on your team to earn $500 in team commissions.

In conclusion, the Monavie comp plan is a competitive binary compensation plan for the network marketing industry.  It is not a scam, however to only earn $500 on $10,000 or more in team sales is a very small percentage in my opinion.  I have seen other companies pay as much as $4000 instantly on sales of $10,000 which is obviously a substantial difference.  While I’m not big on the pay plan, I do think Monavie offers some quality products and recommend people check them out.



By: Brian McCoy

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I’ve been drinking MONA VIE. It blows all them away. $40 a bottle though….wow

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The Acai Berry (pronounced ah-sigh-EE) is often called a “Superfood” due to it’s due to it’s dense nutritional qualities and numerous health benefits. But what exactly are Acai berries?

The Acai fruit only grows high atop a plant in the Amazon basin of South America and the locals have known about it for centuries where it’s known for it’s legendary health benefits and healing powers. However, only recently has the rest of the world become aware of this almost magical fruit. Although it was was used by health insiders previously it was really brought to our attention originally due largely in part to anti-aging expert and doctor, Dr. Nicolas Perricone who was featured on the Oprah Winfrey show,now other Hollywood celebrities have also begun to endorse it.

One of the reasons the Acai Berry remained almost unknown was because the potency of the fruit deteriorates rapidly and loses it’s powerful properties soon after it’s harvested, thus exporting Acai berries was not feasible until lately. Modern technology has provided the solution with better harvesting techniques, pastuerizing and flash freezing they’re able to preserve most of the vitamins and nutrients in the form of supplements and Acai berry juice. Acai berry supplements are now commonly found in health food stores and supermarkets in the form of pills, extracts, powders, etc.

Recently many of the individuals and marketers tend to enhance the effectiveness of the acai berry elevating it to possess almost supernatural powers. Well it’s considered a superfood, and is 100% natural, but…

The Acai Berry – What Exactly Does It Do?

There’s been no long term research studies yet, however one should keep in mind that the Acai berry really hasn’t been around long enough (outside of South America) to be brought to our attention and do any research on it’s effects on the human body until recently. But the intial research shows a very positive effect on cardiovascular disease, anti-aging, cancer and weight loss. The studies conducted at the University of Florida and Science Daily looks very positive.

What we do know is that berries in general are very good for you, however this little berry ounce for ounce is one of the most densely nutritious and powerful foods available while providing numerous healthy benefits. The acai berry is packed with antioxidants, vitamins, essential fatty acids and dietary fiber and has a cholesterol lowering effect and helps to maintain a healthy heart. This becomes a bigger issue as the human body weakens with age, after decades of build up disease starts to attack the body as it gets weaker.

Health Benefits of Acai fruit may include:

anti-aging protection
protection against cardiovascular heart disease
protection against degenerative diseases such as and cancer
helps to keep arteries from hardening
increased energy levels and vitality
increased immune system to ward off colds, flu and other diseases
healthier looking skin
improved vision
improved blood circulation
better sleep
enhanced weight loss

What are the health benefits of acai berry?

Acai Berry Cardiovascular Protection

Ounce for ounce it would be difficult to find comparable foods that provides the health benefits, acai is densely packed with vitamins and nutrients. The anti-oxidents in acai berries helps to improve the cardiovascular health by helping to maintain a healthy heart and lowering cholesterol. The acai berry is packed with phytonutrients and anthocyanins and has 10 – 30 times the antioxidant levels as grapes or red wine.

Antioxidents help to protect the body against the damages caused by everyday life (pollution, foods, etc.) and age. The body produces oxygen free radicals that destroy and damage the cells in your body, antioxidants help to counteract the damaging effects, thus slowing down the aging process among other things. Free radicals have been linked to cardiovascular disease, Alzheimer’s, Parkinson’s and other diseases.

Oxygen free radicals and saturated fats cause plaque to form on artery walls blocking the blood flow, this usually happens over time as we age, normally this takes place over decades. But when it does happen it stops the blood flow and the result is a heart attack or stroke. Approximately 750,000 people in the United States suffer heart attacks and strokes a year, and about 1/3 of them die or remain permanently disabled. Eastern countries tend to have a much lower heart attack and stroke victims, Western technology – fast foods, junk foods, saturated fats, trans fat, etc. promotes unhealthy eating habits.

In one of the early research studies involving people, the acai berry diet has proven it’s ability to be absorbed in the human body when consumed as juice and pulp. Blood and urine samples at 12 and 24 hours after consumption showed a significant increase in antioxidant activity in the blood. Both acai pulp and acai juice showed significant absorption of antioxidant anthocyanins into the blood and antioxidant effects.

Essential Fatty Acids in Acai

The acai berry also contains an abundance of the essential fatty acids omega 3 and omega 6 which the body needs to function normally. I know it sounds bad, but it isn’t. These fatty acids help to lower the bad cholesterol (LDL) while raising the good cholesterol (HDL) and helps in maintaining a healthy heart and preventing strokes and other potential health problems.

It’s also high in dietary fiber of which most people don’t get enough of. Fiber isn’t digested by the human body so it just passes right through the body and is excreted as waste. However, cholesterol, excess food and other toxins attaches itself to the fiber as it passes through the body and takes the bad stuff right along with it as well, thus the cholesterol lowering effect.

Acai Berry Weight Loss

Acai berries also has become popular in many weight loss and diet products because it helps your body to process foods better and burn fat more efficiently in turn making it easier to lose weight. The essential fatty acids enhances the weight loss by helping the body to run smoother and helping to maintain a normal metabolism, thus burning more of the excess food that eventually gets turned into fat. And the fiber also helps the body to get rid of the excess food before it’s converted to body fat. Also both the fats and the fiber helps to suppress the appetite.

Don’t get me wrong, this isn’t just an acai thing. Many of these vitamins and nutrients can be found in other foods and supplements as well, however you’d be hard pressed to find it all combined into one food like the acai fruit. Plus it’s 100% natural.

The acai berry is a potentially powerful food, however you should understand that much of the potency of the fruit may have been destroyed in the processing or commercialization. Personally I’ve found that the acai supplements found at health food stores tend to have more of the vitamins and nutrients preserved, while those found on supermarket shelves tend to be more commercialized and much of the nutrients being destroyed by processing. Some acai berry juices have been watered down or have added sugars (fructose, sucrose, glucose, artificial sweeteners, etc.) added to them. Acai tastes kind of “tangy” or sour, commercial brands sometimes tend to add a little something to make it sweeter.

Store bought blends, smoothies, fruit drinks and acai blended with other fruits have the acai name, but isn’t as good for you as acai preserved as close to natural as possible. The thing to keep in mind also is that the effects will vary. If for instance you live a healthy lifestyle and already eat healthy and nutritious meals, you probably won’t see a significant difference, it’s not a magic pill. However, if your diet lacks some of these vitamins and nutrients it could make a big difference in your health and lifestyle.



By: Adam Clark

MonAvie is a fairly new company. Started in January 2005 the company focuses on selling a specially formulated Acai Berry supplement juice. While it promotes the many health benefits of the MonAvie supplement juice, they also offer an opportunity to sell or market their products as an independent distributor through a multi level marketing program.

Keeping in mind that you can not own your own business with out spending money on it MonAvie starts you out for a mere $42. This will get you your business kit, which consists of a letter and DVDs to use at “Tasting” parties that you can hold to help sell the product. This sounds easy, but in order for you to make money you need to buy the product and be put on the auto-ship each month. Well that is the start anyway.

Even if you are on auto-ship you will not make money until you have two “legs” underneath you. These legs are really two other people that you bring on board to also buy MonAvie and they must be on auto-ship. Your mentor, the person that brought you to MonAvie or the person whose site you sign up on can place people under you to help you make money but you still will not make money until you personally put two people under you. You must personally create your two legs.

How are you paid? You can make a commission from buying the product yourself at wholesale and then sell it retail to other people. For this you set your own price and the difference between what you paid and what you charge is your pay. Then there is the compensation plan for being a distributor. This employs a binary compensation system.

The binary compensation plan of MonAvie requires you to balance the two legs that you have. What this means is that if one of your legs has a weekly volume of $20,000 and the other leg only has $200 in weekly volume your pay is $100. So in essence your MonAvie individual company sells over $20,000 in one week and you only make $100. Where does the rest of the 50% payout the company offers go? The rest goes to the top distributors with MonAvie.

This compensation plan may work for some people, but most people will have problems coping with the binary compensation plan that MonAvie offers.



By: Brian Garvin

MonaVie distributors all over the country (and world) are experiencing a decline in autoship users as the US economy falters.

In this article, I want to share with you a few secrets I’ve learned to keeping your bonus checks high and your attrition rate low.

But before we get to that, let’s talk a bit about WHY MonaVie distributors are dropping their autoship orders in such dramatic numbers in these past few months.

1. MonaVie autoship orders are quite high and the product, although health-promoting, is, to most considered a luxury item rather than a necessity. If you don’t believe me, consider whether most people would stop their doctor-prescribed meds OR the MonaVie Juice when finances get tight.

2. It’s not EASY for MonaVie distributors to get their product free – it takes quite a bit of team building before you’re able to earn your product for free.

3. People like new things – they get tired of being on the same product.

With these three reasons in mind, let’s take a close look at 3 secrets I’ve learned (and used!) to keep autoship orders consistent month after month…because you and I both know, THAT is how you create REAL success in this industry.

Here are the three secrets:

1. Support your downline – build relationships and discover how you can best assist them in growing a successful business.

2. Build enthusiasm regularly about the company and product.

3. Discourage your team members from GIVING away bottles of juice. Have them keep that money for their own autoship order and promote the product with simple taste samples (it’s a lie that you make more sales by giving away entire bottles).



By: Jenn Lawlor

Acai Berry juice has become the most popular drink amongst the people of all ages. It is due to its superb antioxidants that help your body to remain fit and fine throughout your life. You would find that there are lots of different types of berries that seem to be popular for their superior antioxidant properties but when it comes to Acai , it stands above the rest.

Acai is very rich in polyphenols which contains a high level of antioxidant properties. There are lots of researchers who are of the opinion that the more dark the color of the berry is, the more powerful it is when it comes to its antioxidant properties.

Cleansing our body

Our body needs a lot of antioxidant properties in order to cleanse our body from pollution. It helps in removing the pollutants from our body cells and keeps it clean. If you are looking for a healthy immune system, then Acai  is best for you. This in turn would help you in looking and feeling good as well.

You would find that there are lots of shops that go for selling Acai but if you need the best quality Acai then it is best to visit the site which you can trust. This would help you in getting the original and pure Acai to help you prevent yourselves from harmful diseases like cancer, tumors…etc. So, you need to be very aware of different fraudsters who go for misleading people to sell duplicate products.

Remain healthy and safe

You would find doctors who prescribe patients suffering from asthma to go for Acai Berry juice. So, if you wish yourself to remain healthy and free from any diseases, then you should start consuming Acai Berry juice without any second thought. So get ready to start your diet with Acai Berry juice.



By: Dana Hawkes

Ever since Dr Perricone appeared on Oprah and declared the acai berry as the No. 1 “Superfood”, companies have jumped on board promoting this life changing food.

One of the most succesful companies is Mona Vie, the Utah based network marketing giant that in just three and a half years is now turning over $1 billion in annual sales.

Now that maybe all well and good for the founders of Mona Vie and it’s distributors, but does this stuff actually work or is it more smoke and mirrors.

I’ve always been skeptical of ‘foot tapping, palm clapping’ people sitting in a room and claiming that their product and company is the best thing since sliced bread. So I wanted to delve a little deeper. Scratch the surface and get right under the skin.

Is this a pyramid scheme?

Well going by the true definition of a pyramid scheme, Mona Vie does have a product. In fact they have three. The original juice as well as Pulse their latest addition and their number one seller, Active, which not only has the “superfood” acai berry in it but glucosime as well.

So product does move through independent distributors from which money is exchanged.

Therefore Mona Vie is NOT a pyramid scheme.

Does the product work?

Yes cut to the chase. There’s a ton of substances on the market all claiming to cure stuff. Most of it is unfounded. “Cures” occur mainly due to the placibo effect I’m sure in most cases.

But what about Mona Vie? Will it cure cancer, diabetes or heart disease.

NO of course not. And nor does Mona Vie claim their products will cure anything. They are merely marketing a food.

However when you look at the main ingredient acai berry, there are plenty of articles on the wonders of this berry. According to the experts it has the highest anti-oxidant of any fruit on the planet which is great for fighting free radicals; the nasty bugs in you.

Tests by the University of Florida also show that there is some cases where cholesterol has been lowered by consuming acai.

And if that not all and you still need convincing jump onto You Tube and check out some of the testimonials of people taking Mona Vie. There’s even some stories from famous sport stars including Geoff Bodine, the Nascar super champ.

Ok, so who’s behind Mona Vie?

Management of a company is vitally important to it’s long term existence.

Dallin Larsen has had many years running similar companies very successfully; most notable is Usana, another nutritional supplement giant based in the USA.

Dallin has surrounded himself with a bunch of experts in customer care, distribution and product development all of which has created a billion dollar selling company in just three and a half years in just 6 countries.

The super MLM companies of Amway, Herbalife, Shaklee and Nu Skin never reached those dizzing heights so quickly. And it’s not easy to emulate. Recent 4 year start up Agel is achieving about a tenth of the sales even though they market in approx 40 countries.

So Mona Vie appears to be in very good hands.

After scratching the surface and digging a little deeper I can’t find too much wrong with Mona Vie. The acai berry has some great stories written about it, the company’s operations are strong and the distributor base is growing at a rapid pace.

Mona Vie appears to be a company where you can improve your health AND wealth.



By: Greg N Reed