Should i take advocare

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This has been a game changer for me, particularly with running and half marathon training. You can also just take it 30mins before a meal. Catalyst helps maintain muscle mass during exercise, and helps support post-exercise muscle repair and recovery. Ragus, the OG pyramid scheme operator behind Herbalife and Omnitrition. There was a class-action lawsuit brought against AdvoCare and other multi-level marketing companies MLMs like Herbalife in Most people think that if a little bit of a nutrient is good for you, more must be better, and nothing could be further from the truth.

If their business practices have been proven questionable at best, what about the product itself? People remain diehard loyalists to the stuff.

My own father was a regular Spark drinker for several years. Yet no definitive studies have ever shown that AdvoCare products are effective. There are no published studies on the effectiveness of AdvoCare in spurring weight loss or improving athletic performance, but there have been scientific reviews showing AdvoCare ingredients to be either ineffective or to have potentially adverse effects. Lisa R. Trim products also contain crystalline fructose, green coffee extract, and sucralose—all ingredients that seem counterintuitive for weight loss.

Young said that crystalline fructose is an added sugar that contributes calories, and in excess, can even cause weight gain. So why risk it? Do you benefit from their hard work? Do they benefit from the hard work of others? How is your method of sales and marketing any different from others looking to promote health and wellness. How does that cost compare to a fitness program like Insanity, P90x3, or Turbo Fire? However, if you did want to compare you can check out the nutrient data in one egg here and multiply it by There is more protein in 3 eggs than one shakeology shake.

In my fitness centers all of my employees get paid for the service they provide to our members. According to Jon M. Taylor, MBA, Ph. With MLM companies you have people under people under people and so forth. At my fitness centers we teach people how to eat, we teach them how to exercise and we have trainers there helping them through every single workout.

In an nutshell and this is for everyone; The only thing you should ever replace a meal with, is a healthier meal! So, just in general here, that was a terrible comparison to a real question. And having the people supporting you along the way is free.

Tony Horton is free, so is Shaun T. And the Support from members is free, and the coaching. Sorry I could go on and on here. Beachbody has changed my life. Also, nobody at Beachbody is trying to scam you like all these other companies and their gimmicky products. Shakeology has no artificial anything, nor is anything scientifically made. Here is some references for future use.

I think all of their workouts are good and will produce great results of done consistently. I need that environment to push me. I also think the 90 minutes is much to long of a workout, I like the P90x3 much better. Overall I think their workouts are great. The folic acid and cyanocobalamin are absolutely artificial. Buying whole food is always cheaper and healthier than those shakes.

People, keep doing the workouts, they are great. Save your money on those shakes and spend it at your local farmers market or grocery store! Unless u are feeding your own chickens. ANYONE that talks bad about anyone or anything is usually intimidated to talk bad rather than just state their own opinion. Get real…. Walmart is a pyramid too. Take ur opinions and toss them…. Think of this…u talk bad about anything…u ruin the industry not who u are trying to defame thru your jealousy or whatever it is….

Well that is an interesting angry word salad. Do you have any idea where the ingredients in Advocare products come from? I can all but guarantee the caffeine advocare loads their products with is from China. My articles on advocare are full of data supporting the facts I stated. Advocare has been around for yrs. A recruitment-driven MLM, or product-based pyramid scheme, is an MLM with a compensation system that rewards recruitment more than actual sales of products to persons outside the network of participants.

Product-based pyramid schemes do far more damage than classic, no-product pyramid schemes, by any measure — loss rates, aggregate losses, and number of victims. Everything you mentioned is against all Advocare policies… perhaps you should actually do your research and stop making assumptions. Sounds more like you were burned by a pyramid scheme in the past-get over it and just admit you failed.

I have never been part of any MLM company. The truth is the truth even if it means offending a few distributors such as yourself. Distributors should be mad a the company who continues to mislead them about what their products really are. He was a multi millionaire by the time he was 30 and retired at 34 years of age. He had employees that worked under him to run the businesses. When these employees ran the business well, he profited and in return awarded bonus commissions and incentives such as free trips.

Each one of these employees has crews of employees under them. When the crews ran correctly, business did better and these crews were rewarded with commissions and bonuses and incentives.

I am NOT an advocare distributor. I used it and hated it. No, not all companies are pyramid schemes. Let me explain it for you. Lets use a Nike outlet store as an example.

There will be a manager of that store who will hire employees to sell products in the store. That manager will only hire qualified employees. That person may even get insurance, sick pay, holiday pay and even vacation pay. The manager will only hire as many people as needed to service customers in the store. The store will also spend money on marketing to promote their products and increase sales. This marketing helps to ensure the sales staff have a job.

Phil Knight does make billions because he created one of the most powerful brands in the world. Now lets pretend that Nike outlet was a MLM company. As a manager I am going to hire as many salesman as I possibly can. The more people I have in my downline the more potential income I can generate. Then these employees have to buy the nike shirts and shoes from the store before they can sell them.

Once they have done this they can start trying to sell the products they first had to purchase. These employees can then hire even more employees to sell the same products. That cycle can continue infinitely saturating the market with a sales force all trying to sell the same stuff. Now, every person in the infinite downline gets a piece of the profit from their sales. For that reason the products have to be priced extremely high to try and make it profitable for many in a downline.

Thanks Steve for setting the record straight. I actually have a neighbor who is a doctor at Mayo who sells this garbage! Thank you for your insight into Advocare. I am in the process of steering away from supplements of any kind. Trying to accomplish the things my body needs through food. I have a couple questions in regards to vitamins. The other question I have is after my workouts I look to have some sort of protein following my workout.

I was using an Advocare product, that is no longer the case. I have switched to Protein 17, that is certified organic and has no other ingredients than whey protein. Because I am new to this switch, any other ideas on whether there is a better choice for a quick after workout protein supplement? I agree that some nutrients are hard to get with diet and supplementation is wise. Omega 3 fats are one of them.

When it comes to post workout nutrition I always just go with food. Today after my workout I had some leftover turkey breast with mashed sweet potatoes and sugar snap peas. If you want a shake put a couple raw eggs, coconut milk, kale, frozen strawberries and a banana in a blender and have that. I checked out Protein 17 and it is a whey concentrate, not isolate. Whey concentrate will have casein in it as well.

I hope that helps. Their appetite and energy chews have synephrine in them. Caffeine is only 75mg in the energy ones. Overall, I really like the customized nutrition idea. Let me know what you think of this company! I do have a great piece of advice for you while at Palmer. Read and listen to everything Dr James Chestnut has to offer. The entire school curriculum should be based on his teachings. According to the CDC about 1 in 20, eggs may have salmonella.

I understand if it makes anyone else nervous. If so, just cook them. I always load my blender with greens for every smoothie. How do you feel about low carb high fat diets? What kind of diet do you recommend for weight loss? To answer that properly I would need to do a full blog post.

That will come in the future. I can tell you this. If the majority of your plate is veggies white potatoes not included every meal. Good things will happen. I try and have a big helping of greens asparagus, broccoli, salad, brussel sprouts, cabbage with every single meal.

In the meantime, if anyone is considering the purchase of shakeology, I guarantee you are much better served spending that money on vegetables, fruits, eggs, and wild raised meats. If you really want a shake; put two eggs, any fruit you like, a big handful of spinach or kale, some coconut milk or water, and a dash of stevia and cinnamon into a blender and let it rip. This was an awesome article. I have been doing a very laid back version of Paleo eating and it has worked wonders.

Basically all I eat is veggies, fruit, meat, eggs and nuts. I have never felt better! What are your thoughts on the paleo lifestyle??

Thanks Kristyn, Paleo has become such a broad idea. I would say I follow a not so strict version as well. I like to incorporate lots of veggies in my diet and never count calories or worry about percentages of macro nutrients. I go with the low stress just make healthy choices method. I am a chiro also and have not found a better supplement company than Standard Process. Have you done any studies on them? And thank you for validating what I have been telling people for years about Advocare or any other synthetic based company.

Eric, I actually live in WI and have been meaning to take a tour of their company. They do have a lot of good whole food based products. My only concern with standard process is they send health care providers a book in which you look up a symptom and see what standard process recommends for supplements. For every symptom imaginable they recommend a laundry list of products. If you take everything they recommend you hardly have room for food.

I feel we should be promoting food and only giving supplements when it is hard to get enough of something in food. Also, their fish oil tuna oil is not good product. The sales rep from Standard Process even told me he takes his from another company. SP is a great company and a ton of DCs sell it!

But just shows you how healthy they are then haha. Can you please research a company called TrueStar Health. I really like them and their free web resources. Product is spendy but they seem to be good with creating good overall health guidance. Adam, I will write a full blog post on them in the future. I would like to give one example of how expensive they are. I would be curious what you think of Synergy. I keep getting recommendations for it because I get chronic migraines.

I would first recommend finding a doctor who will check for food allergies, cervical spine issues, or any possible cause of your migraines and address the cause. There is no reason to supplement something you get plenty of in your diet. The product also contains the artificial sweetener sucralose. I would never recommend taking any product that contains artificial sweeteners. Agmatine Sulfate is a good one to research, however. Curious on your take about Juice Plus-the product, not the method of sales.

I have had people try and get me to sell juice plus in the past. I looked up the studies referenced and just about all of them were studies on powders made from fruit and vegetable juice, not actual juice plus products.

I advise people to get a vitamix or a juicer and just use fresh whole foods. Sometimes it is nice to have the powdered juices just for the convenience of it. I compared Dynamic Greens to juice plus and found it to be a better product and much, much cheaper.

Excellent article! I have a very dear ex-friend who has gone off on the Advocare Distributor path. She has been brainwashed at their conventions. It is scary really; she gives nutritional and fitness advice with so little training.

Thank you for a well written article. You have summed up all that I feel about Advocare. I am sorry that I lost a friend. Thanks for the article. None had lasting results. Last year I went to a simple, healthy, whole food rating plan and regular, meaningful exercise. In 8 months I lost over pounds and my health is times better. Keep it simple. I have my weight loss story on my web site. No sales, nothing to buy, no advertisements, just my story.

Have you heard of the new Javita craze? If not, would you be willing to do a review? I appreciate your break down of the Advocare products.

I actually ended up in the ER after sampling the Spark. I am curious if you have ever heard of Yoli? This is a new craze in my area. Can you please tell me more about why you ended up the ER after spark? I am assuming you are referring to thrive from the company le-vel.

I literally thought that was a joke when first mentioned to me! The way humans have been absorbing nutrition since the beginning of our existence is by eating it, not by absorbing it thru our skin.

You and everyone else are much better served by purchasing and eating proper foods. Why does everyone keep asking what about this what about that?

Are you all that desperate to waste your money? The message you should be getting is Eat healthy real food and get moving! Unfortunately a lot of people are desperate. They are also confused by the conflicting advice they get. What is more unfortunate is how many companies are preying on this desperation and marketing them to purchase overpriced, poor quality products. I want to debunk all of these predatory companies claims and teach how healthy food choices and exercise works for everyone, every single time.

After 3 C-sections, postpartum depression, and a lb weight gain during each pregnancy, I was exhausted and depressed. I had been a cross country track runner in college and worked at a fitness center through college.

I was eating clean, organic meals, counting calories on a fitness app, measuring portions, and not eating after 7pm. I was running 5 miles a day, weight lifting, going to fitness classes…at home I was too fatigued to even sit on the floor and play with the kids.

I was starving, exhausted, drinking 5 cups of coffee a day, agitated, and on the brink of suicide because I hated the person I had become. A friend gave me spark and it was amazing. I ordered the 24 day jumpstart plan and stayed on the products.

I lost 54lbs and was down to pounds. I was the active happy mom I wanted to be and it was amazing. We are desperate to feel better. I have no regrets. A few artificial sweeteners will always be better than obesity and the health concerns that come with it. It had nothing to do with the spark. It was YOU! YOU decided it was time to make change.

I guarantee YOU also started eating better at that time. I have been on so many supplements that make all these health promises…it does boil down to the fact that EATING healthy makes the biggest difference. Cut out sugar, soda, and so much more! Thanks for your post! I will be following you!

I agree with the nutrition part and this is a great article by the way!! Network marketing has been around for over years, do some research on the industry before making false claims and bashing it. Great job on the article!! Just because something has been around a long time that does not make it ethical, moral, or a good business plan. According to the Federal Trade Commission, Thanks for the compliment on the article.

So you own your own company, correct? And I would be willing to bet you make more then the employees or people that work for you. Therefore, you run a pyramid scheme as well. All companies are a pyramid. The person at the top makes more then the bottom. If that was drawn and you connected the dots it would look like a pyramid. Are your services that you offer people on your blogs free and include all the information?

Or do you just give them enough to ask for more and then charge them in your Chiropractic office? Then these employes have to buy the nike shirts and shoes from the store before they can sell them. For that reason the products have to be priced extremely high to make it profitable for everyone……No, not all businesses are pyramids. As for how I make a living. Of course this blog is free as nobody gets charged to read it. Any time I get the same question from multiple gym members or chiro patients I write a post to answer it.

If a few people ask, there must be many more out there looking for the same answers. Great info. Great blog and you are saving people a TON of time, energy and money on nonsense products. I do have to chime in on the MLM deal. Not all are built for self-employment. It IS! From home goods, to candles, to clothing…almost every product has a way to buy direct and more power to them.

With some companies you purchase up front and sell, others you sell from a catalog or samples and keep the difference in profit. I make a nice income that takes care of my family. The effort I put in, is what I get out. Swap a dentist and doctor and neither could expect to do the others job. I hear so many people make general statements about network marketing, MLM and direct sales. Lastly… not all companies have infinite downline, not all have extremely high prices.

There is a new fashion jewelry company on the scene. About 3 years now. Like the quality of life for anyone, it depends on what a person is willing to do to succeed. MLM, network marketing and direct sales are not the enemy. It is and always has been, what it becomes in the hands of certain people.

We both know, some people are FOUL. I would agree with a lot of your points. I do strongly agree that success is a direct reflection of passion and effort. When it comes to my health clubs I think people can tell that I care, a lot! My issue is with any direct sales that involves the most important asset to a person, their health. There is a difference between being a good salesman and being educated in the field of health and really know what can help a person get healthier.

When it comes to direct sales of supplements most of the sales force have very limited knowledge at best. That is very dangerous. I am currently using Plexus and drinking advocare…because I was misled to believe this stuff would help me.

Virginia, please follow my blog for now. I have a friend who was sucked into the Advocare cult and was an overnight expert on health and nutrition. They take the Advocare propaganda as gospel! Trying to convince a friend it is just another scheme. What about Body by Vi? I get that real food is better than anything that comes in a package regardless what the caloric content is.

This was a great topic by the way. Eating a meal replacement is easier than making scrambled eggs. Juice plus does have pretty good ingredients, however their cost is outrageous. You are getting 3 times as much of a higher quality product for a better price.

There are more options better than juice plus as well, that is just one example. I loved this. This was with a well known and highly recommended chiropractor in my area. She now drinks spark every morning because she gets great energy. Is it a safer idea to take the caffeine pills and kool-aid over spark. Was the clinic by chance called Reset? Advocare products have absolutely no place in the term wellness. I love how you are so passionate about your work the health of others.

To the point that you will actually take the time to reply to each person. I wish we had more Dr like that out there. I struggle with weight, joint pain, fatigue, hair loss and digestion issues.

I went to a doctor and she put me on Amitriptyline! Just to get me out of her office!!! Thank you for trying help others and not just make money! That truly is sad and extremely frustrating. I guarantee your weight, pain, fatigue, hair loss and digestion issues is not the result of an antidepressant deficiency. You need help with what lifestyle choices to make and how to stick to them. Thank You. I just started used some of the products in Genesis Pure.

Every MLM supplement company uses that same pitch to sell their products. I would say breeding plants to produce a larger yield, grow rapidly, be pest resistant, and harvesting before ripening for shipping may have an impact on nutrient density.

I am hypo-thyroid and told him I think the best thing for me is to just eat healthy and exercise. I asked him if he was a Dr. Ha ha! Needless to say, that was the end of the conversation. Your article is very biased and full of wrong accusations of AdvoCare. The CEO and product formulators are the ones with a financial interest in the company and would give the biased info. I have no financial ties to advocare or any multilevel marketing company.

That is an absolutely absurd comment. My wife and I tried the product. We followed the guidelines we were given. I lost more weight without spending the rediculous amount of money on Advocare. I changed my diet and started exercising. I lost more weight and felt better without Advocare. Czy actually went to school to learn about health and wellness by scientific means, instead of spewing propaganda from a company pushing overpriced suppliments.

You may do well to do some actual research from a source outside of Advocare…. Do YOU have information to correct him? A simple Snopes search shows your claims are bunk. Just one study has stated this and even that one study has already been called into question. The investigators reported that Splenda increased body weight, decreased beneficial intestinal bacteria, and increased the expression of certain cytochrome P CYP enzymes and the transporter protein, P-glycoprotein P-gp , the latter of which was considered evidence that Splenda or sucralose might interfere with the absorption of nutrients and drugs.

The investigators indicated that the reported changes were attributable to the sucralose present in the product tested. An Expert Panel conducted a rigorous evaluation of this study.

In arriving at its conclusions, the Expert Panel considered the design and conduct of the study, its outcomes and the outcomes reported in other data available publicly. The Expert Panel found that the study was deficient in several critical areas and that its results cannot be interpreted as evidence that either Splenda, or sucralose, produced adverse effects in male rats, including effects on gastrointestinal microflora, body weight, CYP and P-gp activity, and nutrient and drug absorption.

The study conclusions are not consistent with published literature and not supported by the data presented.

Can you show me some evidence? Maybe some peer reviewed studies? The same Joseph Mercola who has claimed that HIV is not the cause of AIDS, that immunizations are terrible, and that fluoride in the drinking water saps and impurifies our precious bodily fluids?!? Sorry, but if you use Mercola to debunk Adovcare you are just trading one set of quacks for another.

The Snopes article had this to say about possible health risks. Such determinations cannot be made until reports have been investigated, evaluated, and analyzed, and no studies have confirmed that the symptoms listed are a common reaction to sucralose.

Nor would I consider everything on snopes to be the absolute truth. As far as sucralose and the research behind it. However, this scenario has played itself over many times in history and I like to learn from that. Doctors used to be on commercials saying there is no evidence smoking is unhealthy and it can even open your airways for better breathing.

We were told that butter and eggs will kill you and you need to eat margarine. Now margarine is being banned in the USA. DDT was a wonderful safe insecticide. Until it almost wiped out all the Bald Eagles and made countless people sick. Ask yourself this, when have we ever made food healthier?

Sucralose was approved for use in The 2 studies snopes referenced were 2 weeks and 13 weeks long, hardly long term. I could smoke hard for 13 weeks and show no evidence of lung cancer.

Does that make smoking a few cigs a day for 30 years safe? Also, when people report symptoms and adverse health effects they can be valid even if not in a peer reviewed journal. All of that being said, I cannot guarantee sucralose will cause people health problems, nor can I guarantee it is safe.

Why take the chance? Your entire response just became anecdotal which is exactly what you criticized Advocare distributors of claiming. I would also caution you to criticize what someone else does and finds effective. The brain is an extremely powerful tool.

The simple act of taking a protein shake or pre-workout similar to that of spark can help illicit strong neurological pathways to creating healthy habits by enduing the notion of reward or pleasure in an activity. Again I do not disagree with some of your claims like these products being overpriced, however there are times when dietary needs cannot be met with simple food due to practicality. This is why supplements exist in the first place.

Even those who area deficient can adjust there diet to balance out these deficiencies.