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fintin

If you have tried this let me know about your experience.

MesmrEwe

Having a ton of bodybuilder friends and pro-circuit friends who make their living in the fitness industry, and we've all had our eyes bulge at this type of thing - here's my thought...

1) There is no "magic bullet" for weight loss, a real food eating plan and exercise program designed by someone who has real credentials and a body to show they "walk the walk" will be money ahead for the long haul.  As one of my retired doc's put it "All diets work - while you're ON THEM" - and this product is just another fad that really isn't healthy for you in the long term.  And all my IFBB friends - the magazine is the last place to get your diet advice from! (as is most local dieticians/nutritionists who have no clue how an athlete  needs to eat!) 

2) The product doesn't tell you what is actually in it (go on the website and look for the ingredient and/or allergy warnings - they aren't there!).  If you can't know this information ahead of time to know they're feeding you a load of dung or worse, why would you spend more money on it than going to your local GNC/Vitamin Store/etc. and getting basically the same product that likely wouldn't make you fail a WADA drug test (WADA is the organization that determines what is/isn't a "Performance Enhancing Drug")...  It's not proprietary info when it comes to your long-term health and wellbeing.  If you don't know the breakdown of what's going in to you it's not "healthy" nor "all-natural"...  All natural is eating a strawberry freshly picked from your local field, not powder with strawberry flavoring. 

3) They've got a fantastic marketing department that can do some amazing emotional appeals in their advertising but when you strip the fancy wording away it's basically protein powder with some stimulants that you REALLY don't want to be ingesting into your body.  The "accelerator" translates into some Miralax or equiv. product and possibly some creatine that you really don't need to overpay for. 

4) Assemble the Minions!  I've got friends that are "dealers" of this stuff and they're like those annoying hypnotized heads that come knocking to your door preaching the latest and greatest product/religion while having zero qualifications to be hocking this stuff.  The "best" was an individual who had about a month before been diagnosed with type-2 diabetes and hadn't seen the inside of a gym since sophomore year of High School - 20 years ago.  While I'm all for them making a change to a healthier lifestyle, the reality is that if you've got the lifestyle that lands you with type-2, that's not exactly who you should be taking health, diet, and exercise advice from!

5) A gym membership (that you actually use!) and a quality trainer who lives the lifestyle of fitness is where you should spend the money that would go into this product.  Muscle tone to look good in a swimsuit or your everyday clothing is what to strive for.  Women cannot "bulk" - I've yet to meet a natural bodybuilder that looked bulky even for the week that they look competition "cut".  I also have never met a tested lifter who didn't look anything other than in-shape including the best in the world. 

fintin

Thanks for the info. I got a free 2 week supplies from a friend and was not sure I even wanted to take it. now that I know they dont even tell you what's in it im pretty sure I will trash it.

jensriot

Check out Supplement-geek.com for reviews and ingredients of most of their products. I have many friend taking and selling this stuff and it hasn't done anything for their weight loss. They say they feel better, but I don't know what in the ingredients could be making that happen. What aggravates me the most about this product line in particular is the reckless way the testimonies are used as claims of product results. People are giving this stuff to their children in hopes that it will cure ADD and autism because someone along the ambassador line claimed it cured their kid. Many ambassadors are still claiming it is safe for breastfeeding moms. Some testimonies even claim that it can help you conceive if you've had trouble. These people are feeding off of the desperation of others and it's shameful. There is no magic pill that cures everything.

ETA - I think I sound really mean. I believe that many ambassadors really do want to help others. I think the claims they are allowed to make are outrageous though.

trizzie

I know it blows up my Facebook feed and annoys me.