One of the biggest problems with the juice deals like Xango™, MonaVie™ and Tahitian Noni™ is that if they are good, someone will copy them.
Agel™ is brand new cutting edge technology….an entirely new category of products. The company has developed a unique and innovative delivery mechanism for nutritional products. This proprietary Gel Suspension technology makes possible single serving packets of nutraceuticals.
Agel vs. Xango, MonaVie and Tahitian Noni
March 27, 2007 by Ty | 14 Comments
In Network Marketing Companies















Melyssa on March 29th, 2007 at 5:15 pm
Just curious on what people think of Via Viente?
C S on July 9th, 2007 at 10:56 pm
Actually, Agel took the technology from MonaVie back when MonaVie annouced it was coming out with a Gel. Glen, one of the founders of Agel, was a MonaVie distributor at the time that Agel launched. Most people know this if they have been with MonaVie from the beginning.
I also know that Agel suffered hugely when coming to market because of the poor taste and poor results and has opened in numerous countries to boost their sales.
H B on August 27th, 2007 at 4:56 pm
It looks like they overcame that setback. Agel is definitely not suffering now.
Samuel on August 28th, 2007 at 9:59 pm
The only deal with AGEL is that your product has an incredible techonoly but it is very complicated to be an associated because it is very expensive.
Check out your compensation plan and you’ll find out something out…
There’s no comparation of your compensation plan VS freelife one
There is No Opportunity in the compensation plan without a solid Product and
A solid Product alone does not make an Opportunity without a good compensation plan!
Sean on January 30th, 2008 at 9:36 am
There can only be one #1 and that is XANGO. Just look at the facts… NOT THE HYPE! XANGO is creating more millionaires than any other MLM or Direct Sales company in HISTORY! Already 4th place out of all companies by volume per distributor with only 1 product. XANGO is direcetly under Mary Kay in 4 years with 1 product. XANGO is historically revolutionizing the way network marketing is done and if you are with another company other than XANGO don’t get sad when you get left behind, because I told you so.
Ryan on February 4th, 2008 at 1:22 pm
When considering any MLM to make money, you can only rely on yourself to build your business, that’s why no matter what the product is if you can’t convince other people to join YOU, you will fail.
If you are looking to succeed and be given the tools to do so, check out my site and my wife and I will make you successful and healthy at the same time!
Thank you for your time,
Ryan
Sean on March 17th, 2008 at 10:56 pm
Let’s be realistic, all of these products and company’s have their own benefits. What makes or breaks you and your team is a simple, duplicable and exclusive system that sorts, selects and prospects for you 24/7 without having to chase friends and family and where even the ‘little guy’ has results. A system with a world class presence built on a solid foundation with a results producing product results in a business that lasts a lifetime. I wish you all the best!
jay on June 3rd, 2008 at 10:40 am
is it about the money or the product. look at the orac scores on this page www.switchtosuccess.com/tigertonic
Tommy on July 9th, 2008 at 8:03 pm
Sean, Xango is a great product and I wish you the best in your organization. But sometime its hard to see the real picture when your caught in the frame.
Monavie has more scientist, doctors, news media, medical backing and testimonies regarding its effectiveness than Xango. Also you may want to update your sales records facts. Monavie is the fastest growing direct marketing business ever developed in the world as well. Not that Xango is a bad product…its just not performing with the same explosiveness as Monavie. Good luck with your biz, I know you will do well…you sound excited!
Tommy on July 9th, 2008 at 8:16 pm
Jay, unfortunately ORAC scores are used best on single food sources. For an example ACAI has the highest ORAC score of any single plant in the world. But when you have a mix such as VIBE, the scores do not accurately tell the effectiveness of the beverage. Why? Because substances like (example) vitamin E can throw a ORAC score to crazy high levels. Hence, there are alot of smoke and mirrors in this industry and their are different types of antioxidants that help in less ways than others. A good score of a product is its medical studies not advertising campaigns.
Xocai on July 22nd, 2008 at 1:36 pm
Hey Guys,
Xango, Monavie, and Noni… as well as Agel are all good companies… no need to argue here.
I chose Xocai Healthy Chocolate simply for one reason… if you have a juice or a vitamin in 1 hand and chocolate in the other… and, you tell 100 people that they are both healthy, what do you think 99 out of 100 would choose?
I have never seen a more marketable product, but again, all these companies if you work them, can be great companies.
Warmly,
Brian McCoy
Top 1% Marketer
Xocai Dream Team
http://www.1stepsystemriches.com/xocai
Dan on July 22nd, 2008 at 8:48 pm
Jay, if ORAC score is what you’re after then check out BerryRadical which has 217,000 ORAC’s per box compared. Yes thats right, about 1000% the anti-oxidants of some of the competition. Not to mention its Certified Organic.
http://mistore.mionegroup.com/en/product/15111
Tommy on July 27th, 2008 at 8:52 pm
Sounds simple: the higher the ORAC value, the more potent the antioxidant. Unfortunately, the reality is more complex.
What ORAC Numbers Don’t Tell You
Even if we assume that the tested ORAC figures are accurate, it is important to understand that having a high ORAC value in and of itself does not confer any particular advantage.
Not all antioxidants that are confirmed as present in a test tube can be absorbed and utilized by the human body. It doesn’t matter how high the value is in a test tube, if it doesn’t work in the body, it has no value to you.
In addition, different antioxidants target different free radicals. Having an ORAC value of 17,000 that targets one group of free radicals leaves you vulnerable to the ones not targeted.
And keep in mind that different antioxidants work in different areas of the body. Gingko biloba, for example, works in the brain and cardiovascular system, whereas curcumin likes the colon, and silymarin the liver. Again, having 5,000 ORAC units working in the brain isn’t much consolation if you’re dying of liver cancer.
ORAC value tells only a very small part of the story. Saying that pycnogenol is 20 times more powerful than vitamin C, for example, is meaningless when it comes to scurvy. In that regard, vitamin C is infinitely more powerful than pycnogenol. Or to say that mangosteen is 10 times stronger than noni (one of the inaccurate claims that we’ve seen a number of times in the past couple of weeks) is also meaningless. When it comes to raising nitric oxide levels, noni is infinitely stronger. Mangosteen doesn’t do that. On the other hand, mangosteen appears to have much stronger antipathogenic activity than noni. Bottom line: ORAC value by itself presents a very incomplete picture.
And finally, there is a limit as to how much you can benefit from an increased intake of antioxidants. The maximum number of ORAC units the body seems to be able to handle in a given day is about 3,000 to 5,000 units. This is because the antioxidant capacity of the blood is tightly regulated, and there is an upper limit to the benefit that can be derived from antioxidants. Taking in 25,000 ORAC units at one time (as reputedly occurs with mangosteen if you were to believe what you read on some websites) would be no more beneficial than taking in a fifth of that amount. The excess is simply excreted by the kidneys.
Let me rephrase that to make it even clearer. Taking more than 3-5 thousand ORAC units a day of the same antioxidant is a bit like using a tank to go to the grocery store. It’s overkill. And promoting those super high numbers in advertising is a bit like a car dealer trying to convince you to buy that tank for your grocery shopping in the first place. It’s less than honest.
Comparing Apples to Apples
Now let’s go back to the issue I mentioned above of ORAC values normally being calculated on the basis of 100 gram portions — the reason being that ORAC was originally developed to give data on whole foods, and 100 grams works out to just under a 4 ounce portion.. That means
When it comes to liquid supplements such as mangosteen, 100 grams equals 3.57 ounces. That means it’s essential that you make sure the comparison cited for ORAC values is based on equivalent volumes (or servings). When sellers of mangosteen claim ORAC values far superior to other antioxidants, are they comparing serving to serving? Probably not. In fact, the indications are that they have extended the numbers out to give the ORAC values in a liter of mangosteen juice and then compared that to one ounce servings of other liquid antioxidant supplements. To get the true value per real one ounce serving, you would have to divide by 34, which takes you down to the 500-600 ORAC units per serving. Don’t get me wrong. I like mangosteen and included it in my Private Reserve superfood. I just don’t think it’s useful to exaggerate the numbers. And besides, as we discussed above, there are no health benefits to numbers over 3,000-5,000 ORAC per serving of a single antioxidant anyway.
And when it comes to capsules, most capsules are 500 milligrams, which means it would take 56 capsules to equal a one-ounce serving of a food based source of the antioxidants. In other words, it would take over 200 capsules to give you the same volume as a 4 ounce serving of the same antioxidant rich whole food. That means the ORAC values in that capsule need to be better than 200 times more concentrated than the whole food to even give you an equivalent value, which indeed can be done since you are removing the water and fiber which have no ORAC value. Grape skin extract, for example, will have a much higher ORAC value than the actual whole grape skins (again because of the water and fiber), but this does not mean that from a cost, dose and/or serving size standpoint grape skin extract is necessarily superior. The Dietary Supplement Health and Education Act clearly states that all advertising and marketing should be “truthful” and “not misleading.” But keep in mind, there is the convenience factor. Isn’t it worth paying a premium just to be able to easily supplement with a full spectrum antioxidant that makes up for the fact that you aren’t including all necessary beneficial foods in your daily diet?
Conclusion
So where does that leave us? Actually, this isn’t rocket science. Once you cut through the nonsense and outrageous claims, it’s very simple. You will never find a complete antioxidant in a single food, and you will probably never have enough variety in your diet on a regular basis to cover all of your antioxidant needs. Ninety-nine percent of all people will need to supplement. Make sure that when you do:
It is a full-spectrum antioxidant formulation that covers the entire body and the whole gamut of free radicals.
It uses only natural isolates — no synthetics.
It offers as complete a complex as you can get even when using isolates.
It takes advantage of the synergistic effect that a number of the antioxidants share with each other, such as:
Zeaxanthin and lutein reinforce each other.
Curcumin and green tea reinforce each other.
Bottom line: A good antioxidant formula should play a key role in your health supplement regimen. Find a formula you like and use it daily
Tommy on July 27th, 2008 at 9:00 pm
Its the type of antioxidants that make the difference in how you feel at the end of the day. The last place you want to look for information and health claims is at the website or from a distributer. The best place is double blind university studies. Famous doctors with there reputations on the line and of course the news media plays a huge role on testimonials as well. Using these variables alone I would say that Monavie tops the charts.