Review of Herbalife MLM

If Herbalife is one of MLM companies that you are thinking about joining, there is enough controversy over the company and its products to make informed investigators a little wary. The tricky part of dealing with Herbalife is that many of their marketing materials do a good job of avoiding the company name (sort of like Amway actually).

For example, according to residents in Sacramento, there are hundreds of signs posted across the city advertising “work-at-home” opportunities and weight-loss regimes that are all connected to Herbalife distributors but fail to mention the company name. Consequently, it can be easy to get started on the distributor track without even knowing what you are getting into.

And, even though there are definitely some incredible success stories connected with Herbalife, a large number of Herbalife distributors are unsatisfied with the financial profits they bring in versus the cost they have to put out during business endeavors. This is evidenced by blogs and other websites that warn potential distributors about the dangers of signing up. There have also been a few lawsuits over this issue.

Most importantly, there have also been health issues and other criticisms connected with Herbalife products. For example, they once contained an ingredient called Ephedrine that was later determined dangerous and banned by the FDA. Some studies also show a tendency for the products to cause hepatitis.

I also noticed that over 60 people a day search for the phrase “problems with herbalife” - not a good sign.

And finally, Herbalife products have also been criticized for being overpriced and nutritionally unbalanced. Since many of the products are meant to be meal replacement options, unbalanced nutrition can have a huge impact on your personal health.

A few good things connected with Herbalife are their donations to children’s charities as well as their role in sponsoring several Olympic athletes. Knowing that those athletes are sponsored by Herbalife also tends to make some investigators skeptical of the products though.

Although this report has polled many different resource, it may be wise to speak with experience Herbalife veterans and do a little of your own research before forming a concrete opinion.

Here is some recent good news for Herbalife: Herbalife says group retracts lead claims

Heralife What’s the Deal? (read the comments! note: this is an OLD post but still had some interesting dialog)