Topic: Monavie

Two comments on Monavie.  First it is an antioxidant.  I understand from a friend undergoing chemo that you should not take antioxidants during chemo.  But that said, check w/a doctor.  Next I was looking for other incidents of Monavie users with rapid heartbeats because it's been happening to me.  I cannot say if the Monavie and racing heart are linked; but what I read on the post is enough to make me think I should quite taking it.  Please comment if you have had a similar experience or if you know of someone who had a similar experience.

Monavie is not a cure for cancer or any other inflamation in your body.....however it gives your body what it needs to repair itself.the same as the medicine your Dr. gives you......other than antibiotics nothing cures your ailment the medication treats your symptoms and sometimes causes many other issues when you read the fine print..I have been on Monavie for 1 1/2 year and would never stop..all medical information is to have 5-9 fruits a day with Monavie I get 13 servings in my juice..I don't have to worry about bad fruit..my whole family and many of my friends have been on it with tremendous results..much research material available on what it contains..if someone is going to have a reaction it would show in 2 or 3 days not 3 weeks later or a month..

Hi, I have been drinking monavie for a little over an year and you know what? i have never felt better in my life. I am a nurse and know the value of proper nutrition which everyone would benefit from, the glucosamine that is in it has helped my daughter who has had 4 major back surgeries be free of pain, prior to monavie she was on every pain med  you could think of now just takes the "juice",  another daughter is a type one diabetic, insulin dependent, she started may 31 2007 all previous A1c's where always high some as high as 11 and needing anywhere from 3-5 injections daily, since being on monavie she is now between a 5 and 7 and has reduced her insulin injections to once or twice a day her cholesterol a year ago was 240--today it is 146...i am not saying it is a cure, but there is something that makes us allvery healthy and happy...i purchase for my family and is well worth every penny...is it a come on??? not in my book or my family's ...one of my sons in law also takes it because he has plantar faciatis, (not sure on the spelling on that one) and is an contractor with his own business, since taking it he is pain free, how do you explain all this? i am 57 had pain every day getting up, stiff as a board, now i jump up out of bed and raring to go 7 days a week...how do you explain that?? my son has a torn rotator cuff in his shoulder,takes monavie and it is feeling better, he has only been taking it for about two months...how about explaining that one? anyone??

Wow, donna, good for you but I am surprised at how angry you sound, or how "in your face" your response is to my genuine post.  And, hmm, it's your very first post on this breast cancer support forum ... about monavie?

Some things just make you go hmmm. 

Being in the health industry, I do alot of research on the reaction the body has on certain vitamins and diets.  It is refreshing to see a company like MonaVie come out and do years of due-diligence on its product.  As a medical doctor and an outsider this is what I know...1) MonaVie makes no claims that it cures cancer, (it has however killed leukemia cells in a petri dish in the lab)!  2) The FDA has never issued an injunction on the Official MonaVie Website. Since it only contains fruit juice the FDA does not need to approve it.  3) I cannot find any research or have not known anyone that has died from drinking MonaVie...to imply that MonaVie causes heart attacks is not only ridicules it is also damaging and defamatory!  4) The team of Doctors and Research personal that MonaVie has assembled is an absolute DREAM TEAM: Dr Nicholas Perricone PhD, RD, LD, Chief Science Officer, Dr. Lyle Mason team orthopedic surgeon for the Utah Jazz and the President of the NBA physicians board, Dr. Ralph Carson MD, PhD, RD, LD the foremost expert in eating disorder and exercise physiology, Dr. Jose Allongo, MD, F.A.C.P., Dr. Mike Kennedy, MD, Chief Medical officer....etc, etc.  Bottom line...I think they have an excellent all-natural product that most people need in their diet.  Let's face it, many of my patients do not have enough, or any, fruit in their diet.  This just gives them the daily serving they need.  Try it.  It wont hurt you, if you don't like it, stop drinking it!

I drank MonaVie for several months.  Did my pain go away?... No.. .Did I feel better, maybe a little.  Mainly,  I could NOT sleep!... It kept me up at night no matter how I consumed it; morning or night...

I have several family members who swear by it.  They began selling it to finance their own consumption mainly.. I watched lots of the video promotions and read the  literature and I am always so reluctant to hawk anything that makes such great promises of wealth....The focus of the MLM is how much $ you can make by selling... That really bothered me...So, I started buying Acai juice from Whole Foods market instead...

i have had heart palpitations/racing heart as well.  i'm 29 and in good health.  i've been taking mona vie for ab 11 months and started noticing the palpitations once i started the Active after i stopped breastfeeding.  i've had no other changes in my diet.  i went out of town last weekend and didn't take mona vie for four days and didn't have any palpitaions.  when i came back home and resumed the juice, they started back up again.  has anyone else experienced this? i noticed one person said that having palpiatations was  a rare side effect of taking glucosamine/chondroitin, which is in the Active Monavie.  i went to the dr. and he said they were PVC's, harmless but annoying.  any advice or similar stories would be appreciated! 

Curious about your claim from the FDA. Have you EVER RESEARCHED the FDA? Hmmm. Almost every drug out there the FDA approved for treatments to a disease hmmm were taken off the shelves and replaced NOW with another drug(the FDA approved) because the side affects cause cancer. What in a persons right mind makes them ? fruits (all natural) verses drugs?

I do have bc and I have been on Monavie for several months prior to be dx. My husband swears by it, helps him sleep sound. But me I have found no difference. My husband is a diebetic and it doesn't effect it. I have read all the materials and I do not think it could hurt you at all. I drink a jigger full in the morning and a jigger full before bedtime. It is expensive, but if it helps you go for it....if not then leave it alone. Everyone is different....would be a boring world if we all were alike!

Monavie is fruits:)  If you can eat fruit you should be able to take Monavie.  All the things in Monavie is good for you and your joint health.  It has incredibly helped my Fibromyalgia and my grinding knees and the pain.  If it doesn't work for you then don't take it.  I believe a product's sales is the proof in the pudding so to speak.  Monavie just in its third year has hit 3 Billion dollars.  Ask Bill Gates if Microsoft did this well in its third year:)  NO WAY.  If this was a scam or not good all these people would not be buying it.  Me and my family will be taking Monavie for the rest of our lives.  I paid $39 like Sam's club to be able to get it wholesale and I buy it whenever I want it.  I am not locked in to buying tons of it every month.  I buy it only when I need it:)  I love it:)  The most amazing this is it tastes GOOD:)

Hello ladies,

I would like to say again that monavie is not a cure.  It is JUST 19 fruits.  How many here have heard doctors say that eating your fruits is healthy and beneficial for your body?  I'm sure all of you.  Monavie is just a juice, that's all it is, a JUICE.  Lets put it this way, costco is trying to copy it, shouldn't that tell you what a big impact it is doing?  I just think that people who bash a great product should do some more research.  If you listen to a CD by Dr. Schauss, he states that drinking 4 oz. of this product gives you the equivalent of 15 servings of fruits because of how potent it is.  Monavie helps you make money, it should never make you lose money.  You can get it for free if you do it right.  Also, for cancer, my family member had cancer and it HELPED her cancer by allowing her to still be alive when a doctor told her she has 2 years left.  She's on her 4th.

Hope you found this a little better

My 84 year-old father who has heart problems and has rheumatoid arthritis has been on Monavie faithfully for a year.  This product has been overwhelmingly approved by his doctors.  He has has no had any heart-related problems since using Monavie.  Before using Monavie he suffered terribly with pain in his knees.  His doctor put him on Acai capsules, but they didn't help much  After the first day of taking Monavie, his leg pain was considerably reduced, he feels fantastic, and would not go a day without this product. 

I know many people who have heart conditions and drink Monavie.  The benefits to the blood are incredible.  I have a difficult time believing that this person had these attacks based on his use of Monavie.  I'm not saying it couldn't happen, but there may have been an underlying problem.

Also, my sister and been seeing a specialist for quite some time for impurities she had in her blood.  After taking Monavie daily for three months, she went back to her doctor, and had another blood test.  The results were unbelievable.  She had no impurities in her blood whatsoever.  Her doctor asked her what she had been doing.  When she told him she had been taking Monavie for three months, he said she should continue taking it for as long as she could.