The Ethical Issues and Business Practices of the Mlm Company

The ethical issues and business practices of the MLM Company.

I thought long and hard about which company I wanted to talk about as far as ethics are concerned. While there are many companies out there having ethical dilemmas I have decided to talk about ethical issues with network marketing companies. There are so many for me to chose from in order to bring my point home but let’s go with Body by VI for now. I will reference other companies during my review.

Although I, unlike many others do not believe these types of companies are scams, I do believe that there can be a lack of integrity and forthrightness on the part of some of the representatives for the company. Body by VI is known for the meal replacements they have. They use shakes which have a lot of protein in order to keep you full longer. I have to say that the shakes work in the way they are designed. I also must mention that you can’t just take a shake and drop weight or stay at the desired weight you would like to be. Along with the shakes must be a sensible diet and a vigorous exercise routine. Otherwise you just drank a couple of shakes a day for nothing. The product does taste great but the key is to not eat and instead drink a shake for two meals and you will see fast results. You will certainly see the results but let’s look at the facts. If you stopped eating all sorts of foods you could do the same things. Therefore you could substitute anything that had lots of protein and still lose the same amount of weight without paying almost $50 for some shake mix that lasts for about a month. You do the math.

Although they say you are getting the right amount of nutrition in this shake I have to say that I have consulting with a couple nutritionists and they are not on the same page. They specifically told me that drinking a shake for a meal does not give you the amount of adequate nutrition your body needs. One mentioned that even though I am taking the shake I should be eating with it also as the brain relates the chewing pattern to eating and it helps in that sense to eat an apple or chew some nuts with the shake. I can honestly say that I lost weight during my two shake a day process even without working out. If your body went to an intake of only 1000-1500 calories a day I am sure you would lose weight also. However, once I started back eating the regular array of unhealthy foods I was accustomed to eating, I not only gained the 10lbs I lost but I gained another 10 on top of that. You could say it was user error.

I think the biggest problem I have with companies like this is the fact that they seem to do a lot of trickery to get you to their parties. By any means necessary. I have been told it was a networking event. I was told one time it was a launch party. I think I may have even been duped by someone telling me it was a baby shower. The methods in which they use are just deplorable to me. Last week I was