Zrii Introduces Innovative Ayurvedic Weightloss Product

eMediaWire

Zrii, LLC unveiled a new 100% natural weight management product at last week's quarterly training meeting. The new product, NutriiVeda™, is the first product of its kind in the industry and combines the ancient wisdom of Ayurveda with the latest scientific research. With the introduction of NutriiVeda, a follow-up product to the company's flagship liquid nutritional, Zrii, the Original Amalaki™, Zrii is continuing to expand the opportunity for people to naturally take charge of their health.

NutriiVeda is a refreshing meal-replacement drink that combines a proprietary blend of 7 Ayurvedic botanicals along with over 22 vitamins and minerals, high quality protein, soluble fiber, and essential amino acids. The scientifically proven ingredients in NutriiVeda have been shown to support fat metabolism, maintain normal blood sugar levels, curb appetite cravings, and promote greater energy levels. NutriiVeda is casein and gluten free, contains no preservatives, and comes in two flavors, Vanilla and Chocolate.

Backed by Ayurvedic principles, NutriiVeda focuses its science on transforming the entire body, which is why everyone can benefit from the product. "Rather than just helping people lose pounds, NutriiVeda aims to rid the body of excess fat and toxins," says Dr. Suhas Kshirsagar, BAMS, M.D. (Ayurveda), a member of the Scientific Advisory Board. "We strive to create products that promote the transformation of unhealthy tissues into the foundational building blocks for vibrant health."

Oprah Winfrey and Dr. Oz suing over 'false' açaí berry endorsement claims

Chicago Sun-Times

Oprah Winfrey and America's favorite physician -- Dr. Memhet Oz -- want you to know they don't endorse dozens of açaí berry products that claim their seal of approval -- and they're suing to prove it.

"Many Americans have seen images of me, and Oprah and others supporting, it would appear, products that actually don't work in the ways that are described," Oz said in an exclusive interview Thursday with ABC's "Good Morning America." "And more importantly, when consumers trusting us try to buy these products over the Web, what they end up getting are fake products, pills that don't really have what's promised in them. They're often duped into paying more than they should. If my picture is next to a product, endorsing it and supporting your purchase of it, I did not give them permission."

Global Health Trax, Inc. Announces New Marketing Campaign for Oxygen Elements Max Product

PR Newswire

Nutritional supplement manufacturing and distribution company Global Health Trax, Inc. today launched a new marketing campaign touting its flagship, patented nutritional supplement product Oxygen Elements(R) Max as an ideal booster for popular energy drinks.

The new marketing campaign takes a whimsical approach to communicating Oxygen Elements Max's use as an energy drink enhancer by using a caricature of Albert Einstein at a chalkboard with his famous theory of relativity equation (E=mc2) crossed out and in its place a new equation (visithttp://www.OxygenElements.com to see it). "It's a great, fun way to show another way to use our flagship product," stated Tom Dixson, Global Health Trax President and CEO. "Since the founding of the company this product has helped tens of thousands of people feel more energized by providing their bodies with more oxygen at a cellular level." Additionally, the company is offering free trial-size bottles of the Oxygen Elements Max product along with $10.00-off coupons for anyone adding a campaign banner ad on their website, blog, MySpace page, Facebook page, etc.

Oxygen Elements Max helps an individual assimilate other nutrients in the body more effectively by maximizing their usage and absorption. Although most of the popular energy drinks on the market today contain caffeine to give the initial energy "boost" they also typically contain other ingredients such as certain B vitamins that also help the body produce more energy.

MonaVie Lands on Inc.’s Top 500 List—No. 1 in Food and Beverage Category

Utah Pulse.com

Inc. magazine today announced its 28th annual Inc. 500/5000 ranking of the fastest-growing private companies in the United States. With over 27 million businesses registered in the United States, the Inc. 500 list represents the top-tier businesses in America today. MonaVie, maker of premier acai-based nutritional and energy drink products, ranks No. 1 in the Inc. 500 Food & Beverage category, No. 3 in Revenue and No. 18 on the overall Inc. 500 list. “This achievement puts MonaVie in rarified company,” says Jane Berentson, Editor of Inc. magazine. “The elite group MonaVie recently joined has, over the years, included companies such as Microsoft, Timberland, Intuit, Jamba Juice, Oracle and Under Armour.” MonaVie will be featured on the Inc. 500 list in the September edition of the magazine.

MonaVie is a direct seller of nutritional beverages made from unique blends of nature’s superfruits. Launched in 2005, MonaVie was created by a team of partners with extensive backgrounds in the direct selling industry and with health products. Cumulative sales topped $1 billion in 2008, and MonaVie now operates in 10 countries, with international expansion continuing.

“When Henry Marsh, Randy Larsen and I sat down at a kitchen table back in 2004 and literally dreamed up MonaVie from our hearts and minds, we knew we wanted to create a global business with a spirit of abundance and giving back,” says MonaVie Founder, Chairman and CEO Dallin A. Larsen. “Being named to this list — and ranking No. 1 in our Food and Beverage Category — is a testament to dreaming big and working hard. In a short four and a half years, we have built a company that has generated what is quickly approaching $2 billion in cumulative sales. We are now perfectly positioned to expand around the world as well as throughout the United States. Considering that many other successful direct selling companies are thirty and forty years old and older, reminds me that at MonaVie, we are still in the infancy stage of our business. I believe our momentum will continue for the next several decades.”

Avon to eliminate about 1,200 positions by 2013

Forbes

Avon Products Inc. said Wednesday that it will eliminate about 1,200 positions, or about 2.8 percent of its oevrall work force, by 2013 as part of restructuring efforts amid a recession that has dampened demand for the company's cosmetics.

The revamp will affect about 2,300 positions worldwide, which includes job openings as the company restructures its operations, according to spokeswoman Sharon Samuel.

"Jobs will be created even as others are eliminated," she said.

State senator linked to firm sued by FTC

Houston Chronicle

As many as 300 people became participants in a pyramid scheme in 2006 and 2007 at the behest of San Antonio state Sen. Jeff Wentworth, who said he believed the company involved was a legal marketing firm.

Wentworth, R-San Antonio, on Thursday said his income tax returns for 2006 show he made less than $1,000 while working as an “independent contractor” for an Internet digital music sales company called BurnLounge.

The Federal Trade Commission shut BurnLounge down in 2007 with a federal lawsuit accusing the company, its chief executive and its top three money-producing promoters of running a pyramid scheme. No criminal charges were brought in the case.

“BurnLounge is operating a pyramid scheme. Such schemes have an intolerable capacity to mislead,” the FTC said in its lawsuit.

“That's news to me,” Wentworth said Thursday.

BurnLounge began in 2005 as a digital music store that allowed people to buy in as retailers for as little as $29.95. The company claimed as many as 50,000 retailers and included associations with celebrities such as singer Justin Timberlake.