{"id":1888,"date":"2015-04-08T15:29:00","date_gmt":"2015-04-08T19:29:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.willclower.com\/blog\/2015\/04\/ask-will-is-there-anything-to-plexus-and-advocare.html"},"modified":"2016-09-19T11:09:23","modified_gmt":"2016-09-19T15:09:23","slug":"ask-will-is-there-anything-to-plexus-and-advocare","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.mymedwellness.com\/blog\/?p=1888","title":{"rendered":"Ask Will: Is there anything to Plexus and Advocare?"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Dear Will,<\/o:p><\/span><\/div>\n
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My Facebook and email are covered in ads for plexus and advocare. <\/span><\/div>\n

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What is it? What is it supposed to do? Anything to the hype?<\/o:p><\/span><\/div>\n
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Tricia<\/span><\/div>\n

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Hi Tricia, thank you so much for this question! <\/span><\/span><\/div>\n

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The business model for these products amounts to pyramid schemes run by two companies that both specialize in \u201cmultilevel marketing\u201d. But instead of selling Amway swag, they\u2019re enrolling what they call \u201cAmbassadors\u201d to go out and sell unregulated, untested supplements to people desperate for solutions. <\/o:p><\/span><\/span><\/div>\n
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Can you trust the comments of people whose income depends on your \u201cbuying\u201d their claims? Of course not. <\/span><\/span>Would people over-hype their product just to get you to buy it? Of course they would. <\/span><\/div>\n

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You would do better to trust clinical trials, and randomized placebo controlled research. <\/span><\/span><\/div>\n

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But how much research would you guess there is on either of these products (HINT: it\u2019s a nice round number). <\/span><\/div>\n

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That would be zero.<\/span> <\/span><\/div>\n
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