I believe Juice Plus is one of those multi level gigs or something to that effect.
It is a network marketing company with what is imo to be an antiquated compensation plan.
While their product is good, ...it's not the best, and since it's original launch in 1993, there have been technological advances that have produced superior encapsulated fruits and vegetables that provide a higher ORAC value more economically. That said, ...it's better than going without.
I was at one of the meetings years ago. I remember the guy telling us that he had some sort of terminal cancer and was only given a short time to live. He said he started taking Juice Plus and he was cured...seriously that was his story.
I have to say I was pretty turned off by the story. Even if I was to give this guy the benefit of the doubt and believe every word coming out of his mouth was true, I'm not sure claims like that should be made. I'd think he should be thanking God or looking into the scientific reasons for his recovery. Not trying to get people to join his "network" of distributors.
You're absolutely right. Claims like that should NEVER be made.
The challenge for many people is that when they start taking care of themselves, or doing things to provide nutritional support to their bodies, ...they often experience very beneficial results. Results that make them very emotional, and they cannot help but to share what they are experiencing with others.
His experience may have been a valid one. Over the years I have seen countless people regain their health by providing their bodies with proper nutritional support. In the summer of 2001, I met a girlfriend's 19 yr. old daughter for the first time. She had some
very serious health challenges. Her symptoms manifested in such a way that they could best be described as a cross between leukemia and ebola. The doctors couldn't help, and as a last ditch effort wanted to start experimental surgery. My girlfriend said "NO WAY. She's 19, she's got her whole life ahead of her, there was no way she was letting them slice & dice her". They addressed the issue from a nutritional standpoint. It was a very hard fought battle, ...and she had to consume some very
"unusual things" 
. Actually they
both did, because my girlfriend said she wasn't going to make her go through it alone. So everything she made her daughter eat, ...she had to eat herself.
And I have to tell you, ...some of this stuff was plain nasty.
In 2003, her daughter came by my house to drop something off just before I flew down to Texas. When I opened the door, I almost fainted. I couldn't believe this was the same girl. She was vibrant and simply glowing with good health.
My best friend was given a terminal diagnosis of 6 months to live, back in June 2006.
He chose to address his health challenges nutritionally. Here we are in 2009 and he is still here and thriving.
If he got up on a stage and told his story to a roomful of strangers, ...everyone would probably say "Sha Right"
But those of us who have fretted, and cried, and worried, and prayed, and watched his progression over the past few years would know he'd be telling the truth.
That guy's story may have been quite truthful, ...and he may have chosen to join the company because of his passionate belief in the product and his desire to share the good news that he found with everyone.
When we get emotional, ...we can also sometimes get a little evangelical because we just have to share it with everyone.
I can see why someone who didn't know him would be skeptical, ...however, ...his friends, associates, colleagues... those within his sphere would know if there was any truthfulness to his story. Were any of them there?
It doesn't take a rocket scientist to figure out that if you're not providing your body with the proper nutritional components, you will be ill-at-ease. If you start providing the body with what it needs to function properly, you may shift that state of
DIS-ease, ...as you come more into balance.
Ask any physician, and they will tell you that we should all be consuming 5 servings of fruits and vegetables everyday.
How many of us actually do that? An earlier poster stressed the need for FIBER. I won't deny fiber is beneficial, and we should all include fiber in our diets. However, IMO, the most beneficial part of consuming fruits & vegetables is NOT for the fiber, but rather the Phytonutrients and Antioxidants. If we want fiber, ...we can eat some pop corn, a bran muffin., etc.,. We should however be making sure to get optimal amounts of phytonutrients and antioxidants everyday.
ps: Did you know that with todays industrial
overfarming, in order for us to get the same nutritional components that existed in a cup of spinach grown in 1900, we'd have to eat an entire bathtub full of spinach grown in 2009?
