Guest guest Posted September 29, 2011 Report Share Posted September 29, 2011 Cece, Thanks for bringing this up! I never heard of it, so I looked through the website and it looks like a type of MLM. You can buy the product as a customer, but there is a continuous push for you to become a distributor. You get others to join your team and form your own line of followers, which will bring you residual income. Or, if you buy the product as a customer, and you get three other people to buy a kit, you get a free one. You can keep doing this to get free product. There is a lot of excitement because that's how the company is set up, and how all MLM companies are set up. If you watch their videos it is all about getting people psyched, but there is always the hard push to get persons to become distributors. I couldn't find any nutrition information either because it makes it impossible to look at the product!!! When you click on " view products now " , this is what you see - https://myvi.net/learn_more/index.html This is why the people in your hospital are so excited! They've seen the videos of hundreds of couples talking about their weight loss, and what a great money making opportunity this is. The videos are designed to get you caught up in the possibility of becoming a millionaire. This is pretty much how all MLM's are run - their videos, large motivational conferences and small monthly meetings looked the same as the one I belonged to - just a different product. Jacquelyn A. Pressly, RD, CLT The NATURAL dietitian Specializing in Wellness and Prevention, Personal Nutrition Coaching and Designer Lifestyle Plans to help you get on the health track Northeast Ohio & Western Pennsylvania Internet and telecounseling available for distance clients jpress50@... If you are what you eat, then dietitians are the doctors of the future visalus Hi All, Well, the newest diet fad going around my hospital is the Visalus 90 day challenge......I have looked on their web site and have found little nutritional information....Does anyone know anything about this program, good or bad? I have many employees asking me what I think about it.... TIA! Cece Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted September 29, 2011 Report Share Posted September 29, 2011 Cece, Thanks for bringing this up! I never heard of it, so I looked through the website and it looks like a type of MLM. You can buy the product as a customer, but there is a continuous push for you to become a distributor. You get others to join your team and form your own line of followers, which will bring you residual income. Or, if you buy the product as a customer, and you get three other people to buy a kit, you get a free one. You can keep doing this to get free product. There is a lot of excitement because that's how the company is set up, and how all MLM companies are set up. If you watch their videos it is all about getting people psyched, but there is always the hard push to get persons to become distributors. I couldn't find any nutrition information either because it makes it impossible to look at the product!!! When you click on " view products now " , this is what you see - https://myvi.net/learn_more/index.html This is why the people in your hospital are so excited! They've seen the videos of hundreds of couples talking about their weight loss, and what a great money making opportunity this is. The videos are designed to get you caught up in the possibility of becoming a millionaire. This is pretty much how all MLM's are run - their videos, large motivational conferences and small monthly meetings looked the same as the one I belonged to - just a different product. Jacquelyn A. Pressly, RD, CLT The NATURAL dietitian Specializing in Wellness and Prevention, Personal Nutrition Coaching and Designer Lifestyle Plans to help you get on the health track Northeast Ohio & Western Pennsylvania Internet and telecounseling available for distance clients jpress50@... If you are what you eat, then dietitians are the doctors of the future visalus Hi All, Well, the newest diet fad going around my hospital is the Visalus 90 day challenge......I have looked on their web site and have found little nutritional information....Does anyone know anything about this program, good or bad? I have many employees asking me what I think about it.... TIA! Cece Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted September 29, 2011 Report Share Posted September 29, 2011 I noticed the same thing, my cousin keeps pushing people to come to her house to " feel better and lose wt "  to try the " 90 day challenge " on facebook. She gained 150 pounds when she was pregnant. She would never answer my ?'s when I asked her nutrition questions about the product just said the shake is delicious. Lash, RD, LDN Subject: Re: visalus To: rd-usa Date: Thursday, September 29, 2011, 10:06 AM  Cece, Thanks for bringing this up! I never heard of it, so I looked through the website and it looks like a type of MLM. You can buy the product as a customer, but there is a continuous push for you to become a distributor. You get others to join your team and form your own line of followers, which will bring you residual income. Or, if you buy the product as a customer, and you get three other people to buy a kit, you get a free one. You can keep doing this to get free product. There is a lot of excitement because that's how the company is set up, and how all MLM companies are set up. If you watch their videos it is all about getting people psyched, but there is always the hard push to get persons to become distributors. I couldn't find any nutrition information either because it makes it impossible to look at the product!!! When you click on " view products now " , this is what you see - https://myvi.net/learn_more/index.html This is why the people in your hospital are so excited! They've seen the videos of hundreds of couples talking about their weight loss, and what a great money making opportunity this is. The videos are designed to get you caught up in the possibility of becoming a millionaire. This is pretty much how all MLM's are run - their videos, large motivational conferences and small monthly meetings looked the same as the one I belonged to - just a different product. Jacquelyn A. Pressly, RD, CLT The NATURAL dietitian Specializing in Wellness and Prevention, Personal Nutrition Coaching and Designer Lifestyle Plans to help you get on the health track Northeast Ohio & Western Pennsylvania Internet and telecounseling available for distance clients jpress50@... If you are what you eat, then dietitians are the doctors of the future visalus Hi All, Well, the newest diet fad going around my hospital is the Visalus 90 day challenge......I have looked on their web site and have found little nutritional information....Does anyone know anything about this program, good or bad? I have many employees asking me what I think about it.... TIA! Cece Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted September 29, 2011 Report Share Posted September 29, 2011 This is exactly the stuff a nurse here is pushing. The thing that really concerns me is she posted of Facebook that she was going to sell this stuff, that her cousin lost a lot of weight on it. People started asking her questions about the product and she replied, " I don't know anything about it yet. I'll let you know more when I find out. " . I can't believe a health care professional would consider selling a product before researching it throughly. I am also concerned that you can't access information on what it contains for ingredients and basic nutrition facts. In reality it is most likely a protein sparing modified fast or a product similar to Slimfast....although with Slimfast they tell you to eat a sensible meal. With Visalus, from what I can gather, it tells you, you can eat whatever you want for that third meal of the day, even desserts..... ---- Original message ---- >Date: Thu, 29 Sep 2011 07:10:45 -0700 (PDT) >From: rd-usa (on behalf of ) >Subject: Re: visalus >To: rd-usa > > > > I noticed the same thing, my cousin keeps pushing > people to come to her house to " feel better and lose > wt " to try the " 90 day challenge " on facebook. > She gained 150 pounds when she was pregnant. She > would never answer my ?'s when I asked her nutrition > questions about the product just said the shake is > delicious. > Lash, RD, LDN > > > > > Subject: Re: visalus > To: rd-usa > Date: Thursday, September 29, 2011, 10:06 AM > > > > Cece, > Thanks for bringing this up! I never heard of it, so > I looked through the website and it looks like a > type of MLM. You can buy the product as a customer, > but there is a continuous push for you to become a > distributor. You get others to join your team and > form your own line of followers, which will bring > you residual income. Or, if you buy the product as a > customer, and you get three other people to buy a > kit, you get a free one. You can keep doing this to > get free product. There is a lot of excitement > because that's how the company is set up, and how > all MLM companies are set up. If you watch their > videos it is all about getting people psyched, but > there is always the hard push to get persons to > become distributors. > I couldn't find any nutrition information either > because it makes it impossible to look at the > product!!! When you click on " view products now " , > this is what you see - > https://myvi.net/learn_more/index.html > > This is why the people in your hospital are so > excited! They've seen the videos of hundreds of > couples talking about their weight loss, and what a > great money making opportunity this is. The videos > are designed to get you caught up in the possibility > of becoming a millionaire. This is pretty much how > all MLM's are run - their videos, large motivational > conferences and small monthly meetings looked the > same as the one I belonged to - just a different > product. > > Jacquelyn A. Pressly, RD, CLT > > The NATURAL dietitian > Specializing in Wellness and Prevention, Personal > Nutrition Coaching > and Designer Lifestyle Plans to help you get on the > health track > Northeast Ohio & Western Pennsylvania > Internet and telecounseling available for distance > clients > > jpress50@... > > If you are what you eat, then dietitians are the > doctors of the future > > visalus > > Hi All, > Well, the newest diet fad going around my hospital > is the Visalus 90 day challenge......I have looked > on their web site and have found little nutritional > information....Does anyone know anything about this > program, good or bad? I have many employees asking > me what I think about it.... > > TIA! > Cece > > [Non-text portions of this message have been > removed] > > [Non-text portions of this message have been > removed] > > This message is intended for the use of the addressee only and may contain information that is privileged and confidential. If you are not the intended recipient of this message, be notified that any dissemination or use of this message is strictly prohibited. Un-intended transmission does not constitute waiver of attorney-client privilege or any other privilege. If you have received this message in error, please delete all copies of the message and its attachments and notify the sender immediately. Thank you. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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