My uncle’s farm business partner shared this with me years ago… “with the depletion of nutrients in poorly rotated soils of large companies the “small farm"community has mounting concerns about the nutritional values in the plants grown on those fields.“ And I’ll have to find the medical journal entry that I read stating that nutritional supplements might be ok afterall… especially for the aging.
Doesn;t it make you think that supplementation is a good idea… anyway who eats all the nutrients that your body requires daily. OK, probably not : )
If drinking a purified water that is reminerilized or taking supplements makes me feel like a “million” I’m doing it ; )
If drinking a purified water that is reminerilized or taking supplements makes me feel like a “million” I’m doing it ; )
By ‘remineralized’, you mean they’re doing what a LOT of other water companies are doing, which is adding a little dash of Calcium Carbonate in. This ‘softens’ the taste, but it also has the side effect of making you thirsty after you drink it, so you drink more of the water.
It’s funny: Municipal water sources are required to give annual reports of what is in their water, while bottled water companies are not…
I’ll stick with tap water. Cheaper, and I don’t get people screaming inanities while defending their product.
As for the products, can you see my heart, do you know what I feel? This company produces quality products and YES, I am passionate about that. I have worked in other MLMs and each time I chose only to work with the company if the products were QUALITY. I could not rep products that were inferior or shoddy. Now, don’t get all nit-picky with me and use that word “inferior” on me ; )
That’s a strawman argument. I don’t think anyone here is claiming your water is “inferior” to tap water. You are the one claiming that it is superior to tap water.
That’s a lie. You’re selling a product based on a false claim. You even admit that you’re selling the product before a proper study has been done to test your claim.
This company (see title) has been around for almost 50 years,
-the nutritional products were developed over 60 years ago and have been scientifically (yes, company scientists but I bet they are as conscientious as the major pharmaceutical company scientist) monitored and modified as needed.
My issue with that statement is that the products, whether water, laundry detergent, or what-have-you, should not be tested only by the company scientists. They are paid by the company to have favorable results. (And before you say anything, no, I don’t know that for fact, but I believe that’s how it works.) I guess I should maybe say it differently. I believe that the company scientists are encouraged to keep testing until the results are most heavily in favor of the company. (Not sure if that’s any more clear, but it’s the best I can do for tonight.) I also believe that the pharmaceutical company scientists are looking out for the best interests of the company. Which isn’t always the best interest of the people as a whole. That’s why the studies need to be done by a completely neutral third party. Preferably without even knowing which company they’re doing the testing for, or the name of the product.
I’ve used some of Amway’s products before. They work all right, but not any better than what’s commercially available from my local Wal-Mart. And the products I can get locally are more affordably priced for me. No, I have NOT tried “Perfect Water,“ nor do I plan to. (Unless my son happens to have a sample, in which case I might, to humor him. However, I’m not sure that he’s going to continue being an IBO—he can’t afford it.) (Plus, I think he might have changed his opinion of Quixtar.) I am quite happy with my local tap water, with the occasional bottle of purchased water.
Wow, this thread is still going?
What the eff for?
You guys must be having great fun toying with the Amway reps.
Maybe I should break and buy a carton of the water; I could start smoking again, ditch the vegetarian diet, the exercise and meditation, and start drinking whiskey and Jagermeister every night again ...
The Perfect Water should more than make up for the lapses, right?
Apologies for my lame sarcasm. I really am a vegetarian, though.
I have seen and experienced the demo done before and after Perfect water was given to potential buyers.
Since the demo was done in a salon; (good business sense, if you think about it…) the reseller had an ongoing
list of potential buyers. I did, however notice after seeing numerous people tested, within two feet of viewing, it was primarily about the standing position of the buyer and reseller and the theatrical ability of the reseller to convince the buyer.
Why is it in every exercise class instructors say “stand with our feet shoulder-with the-part before you do certain exercises? It is to protect your back from injury as well as to give you better balance. Conveniently, when doing this test, you must stand with your feet together & touching. HMMMMMM…. The reseller places the buyer’s hand between his/her hands; the top hand being primarily knuckles with a slightly fisted hand pressed firmly into the palm of the buyer’s hand in an an opened-type fist hanging at the buyer’s side. If you watch as many tests as I did yesterday, you would quickly notice a difference in the two tests; to the trained or very observant eye, in the 1st test reseller uses his/her full strength against the buyer, standing very close to buyer; while not appearing to exert him/herself. Most everyone tipped at some point. During the 2nd test, without seeming to, the reseller uses the buyer as a “lean-to post”, guide wire, (sort of like a hitching post or stabilizer for his/her ideal position) as a means to maintain his/her balance and placement as he/she uses his/her own brute strength against him/herself while standing considerably farther behind buyer to perform the test.
After the first test, the reseller uses the results (buyer was tipped) to exclaim, “This shows that “Perfect water will work for you!“ After the secondary test, the reseller exclaimed, “See, Perfect water works for you!“
I noticed that after the primary test, the seller was never out of breath, but always was out of breath after the secondary test.
This testing was a keenly devised and well-executed technique/illusion used by the buyer to bemuse and impart a “perceived” impression that Perfect water had (miraculously) strengthened and invigorated the buyer; especially since it APPEARED obvious that the secondary test caused the reseller to exert him/herself in the failed attempt to tip the buyer. I’d nominate this reseller with an Oscar for his/her giftedness in acting. Bear in mind that when you are the one being tested, you do not have the same ability to observe the testing in the same manner; your perception will be significantly different. If you have a good (actor/actress) salesperson, you will be fooled!
“You won’t have to go to the bathroom as much has you do with regular bottled/tap water.“ This sales pitch was a deal-maker for a stylist who doesn’t use the bathroom much because he/she is so busy with clients therefor he/she can’t afford to be in the bathroom a lot. All I have to say to the sales pitch is DUH!!! Of course you won’t go to the bathroom as much; because of the following:
Perfect’s label indicated that 1 serving was only 8 oz. and the bottle contained 16.9 oz (slightly more than 2 servings per bottle). For each serving (8oz.) there are 35mg of sodium. When I presented this concern to the reseller I was told that the packaging/labeling just happened to be wrong, and subsequently was corrected, but he/she didn’t have the new packaged bottles on hand with the corrected sodium content or serving size. He/She said it was actually 35mg for the full 16.9oz bottle, yet couldn’t tell me if the bottle was one serving or two servings. OK, SO WHAT’S AN HONEST PERSON TO THINK? Yes, I know that sodium would be a required ingredient for its claimed properties, but for a person who drinks at least 64oz daily (310oz of sodium per day just from my daily water intake[color=blue]**assuming the sodium content of the whole bottle is only 35mg**), this is not a good thing; especially when I couldn’t find on their website any information found on the label itself. The website encourages one to consume as much as you want (loose paraphrase). For a person such as myself on low-sodium diet restrictions and 3 open-heart surgeries in my past, I don’t think the benefits outweigh the risks; especially if reseller is wrong and the bottle actually does contain 70mg. If he/she is wrong or misrepresented the sodium content, I could be consuming 6 of sodium daily just in my water intake.
I tend to be a trusting person, but when it comes to health and a $50 dollar water bill for only a case of 24-16.9oz bottles (8-days worth of water for me with a 4-bottle a day normal water consumption), this carries a hefty price tag; especially for something that can assist my body, heart, and kidneys into CHF (congestive heart failure and high blood pressure). For those that don’t know, sodium causes a person to retain the water in our bodies and it aids in high blood pressure. This means we won’t go to the bathroom as often, which isn’t always good either, because our bodies cannot rid themselves of the excess fluid & toxins.
For people in such health circumstances as myself, this can lead to a much more health risks & lead one right to an emergency-room visit for CHF, high blood-pressure and other health-related problems arising from too much sodium in one’s diet. Oh, don’t forget, we already get too much sodium from a LOT of our daily food-consumption; especially in canned & processed foods!!
JUST A FOOTNOTE: Pepsi contains 20mg of sodium per 8oz. serving.
