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	<title>MLM Critic - One Guy&#039;s Journey Into Network Marketing</title>
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	<description>My skeptical (but open-minded) journey into the Isagenix MLM</description>
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		<title>How to Use Your 30 day Isagenix Program with a 9-Day &#8220;Fast Start&#8221;.</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 14 Jul 2010 16:39:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Michael O&#39;Neal</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Often, when people are doing their first Isagenix system we want to &#8220;kickstart&#8221; their body and metabolism, and show them the kind of results that can be gained with some commitment to their health.  Most often, people enroll with a 30 Day system (Like you did) and we do a 9 Day &#8220;Fast Start&#8221;, which [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div id="_mcePaste">Often, when people are doing their first Isagenix system we want to &#8220;kickstart&#8221; their body and metabolism, and show them the kind of results that can be gained with some commitment to their health.  Most often, people enroll with a 30 Day system (Like you did) and we do a 9 Day &#8220;Fast Start&#8221;, which essentially duplicates what you&#8217;d do on a 9 Day System, with the added benefit of actually having products left over to continue after the cleanse and integrate the lifestyle into your daily routine.  (Remember, it takes 21 days to change a habit!)</div>
<div id="_mcePaste">Below is your schedule for the first 11 days of your 30 Day System.</div>
<div id="_mcePaste">Subscribe to http://www.isadiary.com for coaching and cleansing tips.</div>
<div id="_mcePaste"><strong>Days 1 and 2: Pre-Cleanse Days (2 Days)</strong></div>
<div id="_mcePaste">Important Note: If this is your first Isagenix program, start with this Pre-Cleanse prior to Day 1 of this program.</div>
<div id="_mcePaste">1.	IsaLean Shake —Two servings a day as meal replacements (preferably in place of your morning and evening meals). Mix two scoops with 8 oz. of purified water and blend.</div>
<div id="_mcePaste">2.	One sensible meal (400-600 calories)—Choose low-fat, high-fiber meals. (Here are some great recipes:http://www.isagenix.com/us/en/recipes.dhtml)</div>
<div id="_mcePaste">3.	Ionix Supreme Take 1-2 oz. (=2-4 tablespoons) daily.</div>
<div id="_mcePaste"><strong>Every Day</strong></div>
<div id="_mcePaste">1.	Water—As a general guideline, drink at least eight 8-oz. glasses of purified water daily. For a truer approach, drink at least half your body weight in ounces daily. For example, if you weigh 160 pounds, drink 80 oz. of water. On Cleanse Days and when exercising, increase this amount. Proper hydration supports the elimination of harmful impurities and helps your body to function more efficiently.</div>
<div id="_mcePaste">2.	Natural Accelerator Capsules—Take two a day (preferably one in the morning and one at noon).</div>
<div id="_mcePaste">3.	Exercise—At least 20 minutes daily.</div>
<div id="_mcePaste">4.	Ionix Supreme Take 1-2 oz. (=2-4 tablespoons) daily. FIRST THING in the morning.</div>
<div id="_mcePaste"><strong>Days 3-4 (Cleanse Days).</strong></div>
<div id="_mcePaste">1.	Cleanse for Life—Take 4 oz. (=8 tablespoons, or 1/2 cup) combined with 8 oz. of cold purified water four times daily. For added taste and energy, sprinkle a sparing amount of our electrolyte drink, Want More Energy?, in your Cleanse for Life drink and/or pour over ice. Note: You may prefer taking 4 oz. straight, followed by a large glass of water.</div>
<div id="_mcePaste">2.	Isagenix Snacks—As needed, up to six per day. Take up to two every few hours between your Cleanse for Life servings. If you must eat a little with each Snack, try low-calorie whole foods(see Snack Ideas, p. 18).</div>
<div id="_mcePaste">Caution: Do not cleanse for more than two consecutive days. Do not cleanse for two consecutive days per week for more than three weeks (no more than two back-to-back 9 Day Programs). You may perform another 9 Day Program after performing a 30 Day Program or Total Health and Wellness Program.</div>
<div id="_mcePaste"><strong>Days 5-9 (Shake Days)</strong></div>
<div id="_mcePaste">1.	IsaLean Shake or Soup—Two servings a day as meal replacements (preferably in place of your morning and evening meals). Mix two scoops with 8 oz. of purified water and blend.</div>
<div id="_mcePaste">2.	One sensible meal (400-600 calories)—Choose low-fat, high-fiber meals (see Menu Ideas, p. 18).</div>
<div id="_mcePaste">3.	Isagenix Snacks—As needed, up to six per day.</div>
<div id="_mcePaste"><strong>Days 10-11 (Cleanse Days)</strong></div>
<div id="_mcePaste">1.	Repeat Days 3-4</div>
<div>That&#8217;s it!  You&#8217;ve done it.  Pat yourself on the back, and go try on some new clothes!</div>
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		<title>DOES THE IRS PAY YOU TO BE IN NETWORK MARKETING?</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 17 Feb 2010 16:07:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Michael O&#39;Neal</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Today we see gas prices escalating at alarming rates to the extent that many people cannot get to work; In 2008 we saw food prices escalating at 40% in one year. Corn increased 60%, rice 80%, wheat 120% and soy at 80%. The American dollar is collapsing all over the world. We now have expensive [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div id="_mcePaste">Today we see gas prices escalating at alarming rates to the extent that many people cannot get to work; In 2008 we saw food prices escalating at 40% in one year. Corn increased 60%, rice 80%, wheat 120% and soy at 80%. The American dollar is collapsing all over the world. We now have expensive food and shortages will become more prevalent all over the world, especially here in America.</div>
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<div>We are going to see beef and chicken prices go right through the roof. Business like dance studios, karate studies and gymnastic studios are going under every day as people conserve just to put gas in their cars. Incomes are not keeping up with the prices of goods and services. Americans are now classifying health insurance as a luxury and are canceling policies to once again put gas in their cars. Health spas and gyms are going under every day to save money. What are you supposed to do? What you are about to read will give you hope for the future.</div>
<div id="_mcePaste">Most people today spend the majority of their time scared to death about the security of their jobs. And if they have a job they are working hard and harder developing strategies to generate more income through their 8-5 job or a second or a third job.</div>
<div id="_mcePaste">In other words, they think that the secret to taking care of themselves and their families or becoming wealthy is to work more and work harder. While making more money to make ends meet is important, their reasoning is fatally flawed. That’s because they are working hard and not smart. They are unknowingly throwing money away every single year in the form of taxes and are completely unaware of this amazing fact.</div>
<div id="_mcePaste">The more unstable our economy, the more people are pursuing Network Marketing as a spare time, part time or even a full time business. Why? Because Network Marketing can potentially provide that extra $300 &#8211; $500 a month to put that gas in the car and pay the utility bills. It is a fact; historically Network Marketing businesses grow rapidly as the economy deteriorates. What you can potentially earn is indeed exciting but what you can potentially save on taxes is even more inviting.</div>
<div id="_mcePaste">One of the biggest areas where employees throw money away is overpaying your taxes and becoming a victim and a hostage of the W2 work force. Remember most of us were educated to get a job and get a W2.</div>
<div id="_mcePaste">Our educational system is designed and manipulated to generate W2 income for the Government. Students are constantly being programmed to work for a company in an 8-5 job generating W2 income and that’s a fact!</div>
<div id="_mcePaste">Unfortunately, this is the costliest form of income taxes there is. In fact, the average American who has a job, gives up between 35% and 55% of his/her income in the form of taxes.</div>
<div id="_mcePaste">Currently we have a Federal tax rate that can be as high as 39%. States can charge as much as 9.6% and some of us even have to pay a City income tax rate as high as 3%. Then, there is the invisible tax known as FICA or Social Security.</div>
<div id="_mcePaste">Besides having a JOB (Just Over Broke), when people retire the average American has practically no cash saved plus their social security, which is very little to brag about!</div>
<div id="_mcePaste">The fact is for most people taxes are their largest expense. They can eat up to 50% of every dollar you earn. Accepting W2 income as the only way could be the one misstep that could be costing you thousands and thousands of dollars every year.</div>
<div id="_mcePaste">Did you know that having and developing your own Network Marketing business can be a viable and legal way to save you potentially thousands of dollars in taxes every year even if you have a regular day job?</div>
<div id="_mcePaste">This is money you can use to put back into your business, buy gasoline, put your child in dance or gymnastics, buy a new car, pay for a child’s education, give to charity, take a great vacation with your family or buy your spouse a great gift. It’s yours to spend or invest as you see fit and the deductions can be plenty and are completely legal in every state or province. In fact the IRS wants your small business to succeed. On their website there are many tools to help you and guide you.</div>
<div id="_mcePaste">THE ULTIMATE TAX SAVING STRATEGY TODAY IS FOR YOU TO START YOUR OWN NETWORK MARKETING BUSINESS TODAY!</div>
<div id="_mcePaste">Decades ago, the Supreme Court issued a judgment that WILL have a profound impact on your financial future and the future of your loved ones. The Supreme Court of the United States of America said that “… there are two tax systems in this country, one for the “EDUCATED” and one for the “UNEDUCATED.”</div>
<div id="_mcePaste">The “UNEDUCATED” tax system is what we call the W-2 system, where you have a job, get a check, get a W2 and pay the taxes. Its goes kinda like this. You make the money. The IRS takes the taxes (up to 50%) and you live on the rest. Here’s how it goes to better illustrate:</div>
<div id="_mcePaste">Earn $ (paycheck)</div>
<div id="_mcePaste">-Taxes (State, Federal, FICA)</div>
<div id="_mcePaste">Spend what’s left</div>
<div id="_mcePaste">There are only a handful of deductions available to you in this “UNEDUCATED” or the W2 system. Even if your tax preparer does a great job, in this system, they can have very little impact on what you take home or get as a refund.</div>
<div id="_mcePaste">The “EDUCATED” system goes kinda like this: You earn money, you expense it off with legal deductions, and you pay taxes on the remaining balance. It looks like this:</div>
<div id="_mcePaste">Earn (revenue from sales, commissions, royalties, bonuses)</div>
<div id="_mcePaste">-Expenses (as described below)</div>
<div id="_mcePaste">Pay Taxes on what’s left</div>
<div id="_mcePaste">Knowing this one fact and that is to start your own Network Marketing business (“EDUCATED” tax system or 1099 income) can have a huge impact on your tax bill and what you keep and therefore on your financial wellbeing as well as your future retirement.</div>
<div id="_mcePaste">SO, IF YOU DON’T HAVE YOUR OWN NETWORK MARKETING BUSINESS TODAY; START ONE RIGHT NOW!</div>
<div id="_mcePaste">You will dramatically increase your spendable income by putting yourself into the lucrative “EDUCATED” 1099 tax system. The potential benefits of doing this are absolutely incredible. This very simple strategy alone could save you thousands of dollars or more each and every year, especially if you are presently working in job generating W2 income.</div>
<div id="_mcePaste">The incredible tax laws allow Network Marketing distributors to harvest, substantial tax benefits, these are the same laws that XEROX, BOEING, FORD, MICROSOFT, KENNECOTT, EXXON, and SEARS benefit from year after year. The only difference between most Network Marketing distributor businesses and these major companies in the eyes of the IRS is, believe it or not, their size.</div>
<div id="_mcePaste">WHAT IS DEDUCTIBLE BY A NETWORK MARKETING DISTRIBUTOR?</div>
<div id="_mcePaste">When you discuss business at lunch or dinner with potential customers, customers, potential distributors and/or distributors even friends your meal could be 50% tax deductible. For that matter, so are theater and sports event tickets, and other expenses relating to entertainment focused on building relationships with these people. (Remember, by definition, everyone is a prospective customers or distributor of your Network Marketing Business!)</div>
<div id="_mcePaste">Automobile mileage is deductible between your home-based business office and any meeting where business is being discussed, such as the meals in a restaurant as mentioned above, or an opportunity presentation or even playing golf with friends who could be prospective customers or distributors!</div>
<div id="_mcePaste">You can also deduct the percentage of expenses associated with your car or cars that is used in business such as car insurance, car property taxes, car payments and interest, mileage or gas and oil expenses, repairs, tires, car washes. If you work n 8-5 job you can’t deduct any of these things.</div>
<div id="_mcePaste">Travel and parking is deductible, be it to an industrial center, a home, a meeting place or an island resort, especially if the purpose is to discuss business or attend trainings with other travelers, or prospective customers or distributors.</div>
<div id="_mcePaste">If you take your spouse his/her travel expenses can also be deductible if their presence is helpful in assisting or closing sales.</div>
<div id="_mcePaste">You can also deduct wages paid to your children for help in the business &#8211; and if those children are under 14 and have no other sources of income, all wages under $4,000 per year maybe tax free. It&#8217;s a great way to help save for college with help from the Government.</div>
<div id="_mcePaste">You can also pay with pre-tax dollars for expenses like braces, eyeglasses and visits to the doctor or dentist, if properly structured through a qualified medical expense reimbursement plan; this is easy to do with standard IRS forms.</div>
<div id="_mcePaste">Home computers, laptop computers, printers, I-pods, internet services, business cards, materials for your business, flyers, newspapers, magazines, fax machines, telephones, certain membership dues, office supplies, and office furniture used in business are also potentially fully tax deductible and there is much more. You can even deduct some of the products if you use them as samples or use the empty bottles as displays in your presentations.</div>
<div id="_mcePaste">The IRS&#8217;s only requirement for you to have these deductions is that you legitimately treat your Network Marketing business as a business and not a hobby. That means regularly working your business with the intent to make a profit even though you may not have made a profit.</div>
<div id="_mcePaste">WHAT COUNTS AS &#8220;REGULARLY WORKING&#8221; YOUR BUSINESS?</div>
<div id="_mcePaste">Attending your meetings and trainings; calling on people, using the products, telling people about the products, e-mailing or mailing information and teaching others to do the same.</div>
<div id="_mcePaste">If the distributors you sponsor actively follow your company’s training and advice, they should make money if they work their businesses; but even if they don&#8217;t, the IRS will recognize their right to their home-based business tax deductions in the form of business losses, if they keep good records and document their activities and expenses!</div>
<div id="_mcePaste">DOCUMENTATION IS EVERYTHING!</div>
<div id="_mcePaste">Documentation is really a simple process. It means taking just 10 minutes a day writing in your day planner all business-related appointments, which you do anyway, business activities, business- related expenses such as lunches, dinners golf tee times and business appointments. Consistent record keeping will prove to the IRS (in the rare case that they ever would need to see the planner) that you are working your business and not engaged in a hobby. It doesn’t matter if it makes money or not, you just have to try to make money.</div>
<div id="_mcePaste">Just writing down who you spoke with about the business, where you went and at what time you were there. Write down everything you purchased right down to the pen, pad and paper you purchased at Wal-Mart. These are all legal, deductible business expenses!</div>
<div id="_mcePaste">For an investment of just 10 minutes a day and working your business spare time, part time or full time, the time spent documenting is worth thousands of dollars in potential tax savings, money you either get back or don’t have to pay. That’s could be lot of money each month in extra income to you, money for gas in your car. For the miniscule enrolment fee it costs to join a Network Marketing company, don’t you see the savings potential here?</div>
<div id="_mcePaste">HERE&#8217;S A SAMPLE DAY FROM A DAY PLANNER</div>
<div id="_mcePaste">8:30 AM:</div>
<div id="_mcePaste">Breakfast meeting with Mike Wang and Keith Burger (Good friends). Talked about company and products. Left brochure and flyer. Will get back to them in a week. Breakfast cost $24.50. Mileage from home office to breakfast and back: 15 miles, cost of materials 50 cents. Ate at IHOP, kept receipt!</div>
<div id="_mcePaste">11:45 AM:</div>
<div id="_mcePaste">Lunch with wife and Jenny Cutler (a co-worker). Talked about how great I felt using the products. Lunch Cost: $15.75. Ate at Chiles, kept receipt! Jenny purchased $150 worth of products.</div>
<div id="_mcePaste">5:30 PM:</div>
<div id="_mcePaste">Had a cocktail with Lynn Agosh (a friend). Discussed my business. Drinks cost $16.00, kept receipt. Lynn purchased $200 worth of products.</div>
<div id="_mcePaste">7:00 PM:</div>
<div id="_mcePaste">Attended Opportunity Meeting. Mileage to and from event: 10 miles. Watched and gave support. Meeting cost $5.00. Kept receipt!</div>
<div id="_mcePaste">OTHER DEDUCTIONS COULD BE</div>
<div id="_mcePaste">Attend basketball games all year and invited friends, talked about my business. Cost for tickets = $600.</div>
<div id="_mcePaste">Lunch/dinners with co-workers and prospective customers or distributor where you discuss business! Deductible business expenses, $3,000 x 50 percent deductible = $1,500.</div>
<div id="_mcePaste">Travel expenses for you and spouse to go on vacation, if you hold opportunity meetings or give presentations or had out flyers (could be to the friends you are visiting) and your spouse participates = $3,000 x 50 percent deductible = $1,500.</div>
<div id="_mcePaste">Home office deduction for use of room in your house; where you operate your business. Payment is $1,400 per month x potentially 20 percent deductible = $280 per month x 12 months = $3,360 (plus you may be able to deduct 20% of utilities, insurance, improvements, repairs, garbage removal, water, sewer, property taxes and much more)</div>
<div id="_mcePaste">Automobile mileage from home office to your day job or other places where you actively encounter prospective customers or distributors and then actively discuss the product or the business with them! (20 miles round trip to work x 250 days x 35 cents/mile) Anywhere you travel and you discuss business and document it … enables you to potentially deduct the expenses involved, including mileage = $2,700.</div>
<div id="_mcePaste">Tax-free wages for two of your children without other jobs who assist you in your Home-Based Business (2 children x $4,000 per year paid to savings accounts for college, service missions, weddings, etc.) = $8,000</div>
<div id="_mcePaste">Health insurance expenses for your family (Spouse is an employee of your home-based business, who chooses to include you and the children in the plan &#8212; $350/month time 12 months) = $4,200.</div>
<div id="_mcePaste">That&#8217;s potentially $21,860 total tax-deductible expenses x 35% combined Federal and State tax rate = $7,651.00 cash refund from IRS after April 15th!</div>
<div id="_mcePaste">You can even deduct the tax preparation fees charged by your accountant or CPA.</div>
<div id="_mcePaste">THE “EDUCATED” OR THE “UNEDUCATED” SYSTEM … IT’S YOUR CHOICE!</div>
<div id="_mcePaste">Let’s say you are working a job, the line under your income on your pay stub is where these two systems differ. With the “UNEDUCATED” system, you deduct the three lines under your income and the remainder is what you are entitled to.</div>
<div id="_mcePaste">With the “EDUCATED” system, where you are in business for yourself as a Network Marketing distributor, the first line is your reported income as with the “UNEDUCATED” system.</div>
<div id="_mcePaste">However, the second line is the money you spent in your business, and you pay taxes on what is left.</div>
<div id="_mcePaste">This is because when a business spends money it is called a business expense, which represents a tax deduction. Therefore, having your own business and being in the “EDUCATED” tax system, you can potentially reduce your taxes by 40-70%.</div>
<div id="_mcePaste">To break this down even further: If you are making $45,000 a year in a job, having a Network</div>
<div id="_mcePaste">Marketing business could potentially save you up to $7,000 in taxes you don’t have to pay or you get refunded.</div>
<div id="_mcePaste">It does not matter if you are making millions of dollars or just a few thousand dollars a year; the “EDUCATED” tax system applies to you! (Read Judge Learned Hands statement below)</div>
<div id="_mcePaste">Most small-business owners, including Network Marketers have an ongoing relationship with their tax preparers to simplify their tax filing process each year. Even so, some deductions can easily be overlooked, deductions such as the deductions for children working in your family business.</div>
<div id="_mcePaste">The following is a synopsis of a list of business expenses that are often passed over during tax preparation season, and can serve to reduce your tax bill substantially. Be sure to review these with your accountant or tax preparer, you may find some potential tax deductions you may have missed.</div>
<div id="_mcePaste">Consult with your tax adviser when considering deducting any of the following items because some limitations and special requirements may apply.</div>
<div id="_mcePaste">• Advertising and printing of business materials (Letterhead, envelopes, business cards, CD’s, DVD’s, etc., as well as advertising in mailers and media)</div>
<div id="_mcePaste">• Automobile expenses for business use, using either actual costs of repairs and gas or the standard mileage deduction. You may also be able to deduct a percentage of the insurance premiums, tires, property taxes, registration fees, etc.</div>
<div id="_mcePaste">• Business food and entertainment, golf (Up to 50% of the bill)</div>
<div id="_mcePaste">• Business equipment and furnishings (Includes computers, printers, projectors, screens)</div>
<div id="_mcePaste">• Business safe deposit box fees</div>
<div id="_mcePaste">• Depreciation on business equipment</div>
<div id="_mcePaste">• Office supplies</div>
<div id="_mcePaste">• Software costs</div>
<div id="_mcePaste">• Consultant fees</div>
<div id="_mcePaste">• Computer repairs</div>
<div id="_mcePaste">• Telephone (cell phones), Internet, television and other communication used for business purposes</div>
<div id="_mcePaste">• Business gifts, provided they meet IRS criteria</div>
<div id="_mcePaste">• Business insurance premiums</div>
<div id="_mcePaste">• Costs of subscriptions for business books, periodicals or newspapers</div>
<div id="_mcePaste">• Donations your business gives to charities.</div>
<div id="_mcePaste">• Dues or membership costs to professional organizations</div>
<div id="_mcePaste">• Education costs for self, when business related</div>
<div id="_mcePaste">• Expenses when moving offices or other business facilities</div>
<div id="_mcePaste">• Fees and penalties</div>
<div id="_mcePaste">• Relating to CDs, business checking, savings or money-market accounts</div>
<div id="_mcePaste">• Associated with retirement accounts</div>
<div id="_mcePaste">• Credit bureaus, Better Business Bureaus, local associations reports, etc.</div>
<div id="_mcePaste">• CPA, tax attorney and financial planner fees</div>
<div id="_mcePaste">• Interest payments on business loans</div>
<div id="_mcePaste">• Janitorial, home maintenance, landscaping and other maintenance costs</div>
<div id="_mcePaste">• Losses due to fire, windstorm, hail, flood or other natural disasters may.</div>
<div id="_mcePaste">• Losses due to theft may be deductible.</div>
<div id="_mcePaste">• Mortgage or lease payments as well as home property taxes and expenses to run the home</div>
<div id="_mcePaste">• Self-employed tax deductions</div>
<div id="_mcePaste">• Individuals can deduct a percentage of their health insurance premiums paid during the year, both for themselves and for their dependents</div>
<div id="_mcePaste">• May deduct one-half of their self-employment tax</div>
<div id="_mcePaste">• Shipping, packaging and postage costs</div>
<div id="_mcePaste">• Tax preparation fees, accounting fees, attorney fees, insurance consultation fees, etc.</div>
<div id="_mcePaste">• Travel expenses</div>
<div id="_mcePaste">• Hotels, airfare, meals and business entertainment while on the road</div>
<div id="_mcePaste">• Costs of passports for self and employees when traveling for business purposes</div>
<div id="_mcePaste">• Laundry costs when traveling for business</div>
<div id="_mcePaste">• Unpaid invoices or debts (i.e., uncollected debts).</div>
<div id="_mcePaste">• Utilities for business facilities</div>
<div id="_mcePaste">THIS IS REMARKABLE INFORMATION</div>
<div id="_mcePaste">Billings Learned Hand was a very famous judge. Judge Hand served for many years as Chief Judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit Court, headquartered in Manhattan, after prior service on the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York. He is remembered in connection with early cases construing the free speech clause of the First Amendment and as a pioneer in applying economic reasoning to American tort law. Hand is considered by many judges and attorneys to be the most influential American judge never to have served on the Supreme Court of the United States.</div>
<div id="_mcePaste">This is Judge Hand’s famous quote that has been expressed in many tax court cases</div>
<div id="_mcePaste">&#8220;Anyone may arrange his affairs so that his taxes shall be as low as possible; he is not bound to choose that pattern which best pays the treasury. There is not even a patriotic duty to increase one&#8217;s taxes. Over and over again the Courts have said that there is nothing sinister in so arranging affairs as to keep taxes as low as possible. Everyone does it, rich and poor alike and all do right, for nobody owes any public duty to pay more than the law demands.&#8221;</div>
<div id="_mcePaste">MORE INFORMATION ON JUDGE HAND</div>
<div id="_mcePaste">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Learned_Hand</div>
<div id="_mcePaste">The book entitled “Learned Hand the Man and the Judge” is available at Amazon.com.</div>
<div id="_mcePaste">This information contained herein is for educational purposes only. You must be actively working your business and pursuing a profit to file for business deductions (lunches, trips, house, visits, etc.) mentioned above, and you must be documenting your activities. Please contact your tax advisor to discover what tax advantages you qualify for.</div>
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<p>DOES THE IRS PAY YOU TO BE IN NETWORK MARKETING</p>
<p>Today we see gas prices escalating at alarming rates to the extent that many people cannot get to work; In 2008 we saw food prices escalating at 40% in one year. Corn increased 60%, rice 80%, wheat 120% and soy at 80%. The American dollar is collapsing all over the world. We now have expensive food and shortages will become more prevalent all over the world, especially here in America.<br />
We are going to see beef and chicken prices go right through the roof. Business like dance studios, karate studies and gymnastic studios are going under every day as people conserve just to put gas in their cars. Incomes are not keeping up with the prices of goods and services. Americans are now classifying health insurance as a luxury and are canceling policies to once again put gas in their cars. Health spas and gyms are going under every day to save money. What are you supposed to do? What you are about to read will give you hope for the future.<br />
Most people today spend the majority of their time scared to death about the security of their jobs. And if they have a job they are working hard and harder developing strategies to generate more income through their 8-5 job or a second or a third job. In other words, they think that the secret to taking care of themselves and their families or becoming wealthy is to work more and work harder. While making more money to make ends meet is important, their reasoning is fatally flawed. That’s because they are working hard and not smart. They are unknowingly throwing money away every single year in the form of taxes and are completely unaware of this amazing fact.<br />
The more unstable our economy, the more people are pursuing Network Marketing as a spare time, part time or even a full time business. Why? Because Network Marketing can potentially provide that extra $300 &#8211; $500 a month to put that gas in the car and pay the utility bills. It is a fact; historically Network Marketing businesses grow rapidly as the economy deteriorates. What you can potentially earn is indeed exciting but what you can potentially save on taxes is even more inviting.<br />
One of the biggest areas where employees throw money away is overpaying your taxes and becoming a victim and a hostage of the W2 work force. Remember most of us were educated to get a job and get a W2.<br />
Our educational system is designed and manipulated to generate W2 income for the Government. Students are constantly being programmed to work for a company in an 8-5 job generating W2 income and that’s a fact! Unfortunately, this is the costliest form of income taxes there is. In fact, the average American who has a job, gives up between 35% and 55% of his/her income in the form of taxes.<br />
Currently we have a Federal tax rate that can be as high as 39%. States can charge as much as 9.6% and some of us even have to pay a City income tax rate as high as 3%. Then, there is the invisible tax known as FICA or Social Security.Besides having a JOB (Just Over Broke), when people retire the average American has practically no cash saved plus their social security, which is very little to brag about!<br />
The fact is for most people taxes are their largest expense. They can eat up to 50% of every dollar you earn. Accepting W2 income as the only way could be the one misstep that could be costing you thousands and thousands of dollars every year.<br />
Did you know that having and developing your own Network Marketing business can be a viable and legal way to save you potentially thousands of dollars in taxes every year even if you have a regular day job?<br />
This is money you can use to put back into your business, buy gasoline, put your child in dance or gymnastics, buy a new car, pay for a child’s education, give to charity, take a great vacation with your family or buy your spouse a great gift. It’s yours to spend or invest as you see fit and the deductions can be plenty and are completely legal in every state or province. In fact the IRS wants your small business to succeed. On their website there are many tools to help you and guide you.<br />
THE ULTIMATE TAX SAVING STRATEGY TODAY IS FOR YOU TO START YOUR OWN NETWORK MARKETING BUSINESS TODAY!<br />
Decades ago, the Supreme Court issued a judgment that WILL have a profound impact on your financial future and the future of your loved ones. The Supreme Court of the United States of America said that “… there are two tax systems in this country, one for the “EDUCATED” and one for the “UNEDUCATED.”<br />
The “UNEDUCATED” tax system is what we call the W-2 system, where you have a job, get a check, get a W2 and pay the taxes. Its goes kinda like this. You make the money. The IRS takes the taxes (up to 50%) and you live on the rest. Here’s how it goes to better illustrate:Earn $ (paycheck)-Taxes (State, Federal, FICA) Spend what’s left<br />
There are only a handful of deductions available to you in this “UNEDUCATED” or the W2 system. Even if your tax preparer does a great job, in this system, they can have very little impact on what you take home or get as a refund.<br />
The “EDUCATED” system goes kinda like this: You earn money, you expense it off with legal deductions, and you pay taxes on the remaining balance. It looks like this:Earn (revenue from sales, commissions, royalties, bonuses)-Expenses (as described below) Pay Taxes on what’s left<br />
Knowing this one fact and that is to start your own Network Marketing business (“EDUCATED” tax system or 1099 income) can have a huge impact on your tax bill and what you keep and therefore on your financial wellbeing as well as your future retirement.SO, IF YOU DON’T HAVE YOUR OWN NETWORK MARKETING BUSINESS TODAY; START ONE RIGHT NOW!<br />
You will dramatically increase your spendable income by putting yourself into the lucrative “EDUCATED” 1099 tax system. The potential benefits of doing this are absolutely incredible. This very simple strategy alone could save you thousands of dollars or more each and every year, especially if you are presently working in job generating W2 income.<br />
The incredible tax laws allow Network Marketing distributors to harvest, substantial tax benefits, these are the same laws that XEROX, BOEING, FORD, MICROSOFT, KENNECOTT, EXXON, and SEARS benefit from year after year. The only difference between most Network Marketing distributor businesses and these major companies in the eyes of the IRS is, believe it or not, their size.<br />
WHAT IS DEDUCTIBLE BY A NETWORK MARKETING DISTRIBUTOR?<br />
When you discuss business at lunch or dinner with potential customers, customers, potential distributors and/or distributors even friends your meal could be 50% tax deductible. For that matter, so are theater and sports event tickets, and other expenses relating to entertainment focused on building relationships with these people. (Remember, by definition, everyone is a prospective customers or distributor of your Network Marketing Business!)<br />
Automobile mileage is deductible between your home-based business office and any meeting where business is being discussed, such as the meals in a restaurant as mentioned above, or an opportunity presentation or even playing golf with friends who could be prospective customers or distributors!<br />
You can also deduct the percentage of expenses associated with your car or cars that is used in business such as car insurance, car property taxes, car payments and interest, mileage or gas and oil expenses, repairs, tires, car washes. If you work n 8-5 job you can’t deduct any of these things.<br />
Travel and parking is deductible, be it to an industrial center, a home, a meeting place or an island resort, especially if the purpose is to discuss business or attend trainings with other travelers, or prospective customers or distributors.<br />
If you take your spouse his/her travel expenses can also be deductible if their presence is helpful in assisting or closing sales.<br />
You can also deduct wages paid to your children for help in the business &#8211; and if those children are under 14 and have no other sources of income, all wages under $4,000 per year maybe tax free. It&#8217;s a great way to help save for college with help from the Government.<br />
You can also pay with pre-tax dollars for expenses like braces, eyeglasses and visits to the doctor or dentist, if properly structured through a qualified medical expense reimbursement plan; this is easy to do with standard IRS forms.<br />
Home computers, laptop computers, printers, I-pods, internet services, business cards, materials for your business, flyers, newspapers, magazines, fax machines, telephones, certain membership dues, office supplies, and office furniture used in business are also potentially fully tax deductible and there is much more. You can even deduct some of the products if you use them as samples or use the empty bottles as displays in your presentations.<br />
The IRS&#8217;s only requirement for you to have these deductions is that you legitimately treat your Network Marketing business as a business and not a hobby. That means regularly working your business with the intent to make a profit even though you may not have made a profit.<br />
WHAT COUNTS AS &#8220;REGULARLY WORKING&#8221; YOUR BUSINESS?<br />
Attending your meetings and trainings; calling on people, using the products, telling people about the products, e-mailing or mailing information and teaching others to do the same.If the distributors you sponsor actively follow your company’s training and advice, they should make money if they work their businesses; but even if they don&#8217;t, the IRS will recognize their right to their home-based business tax deductions in the form of business losses, if they keep good records and document their activities and expenses!<br />
DOCUMENTATION IS EVERYTHING!<br />
Documentation is really a simple process. It means taking just 10 minutes a day writing in your day planner all business-related appointments, which you do anyway, business activities, business- related expenses such as lunches, dinners golf tee times and business appointments. Consistent record keeping will prove to the IRS (in the rare case that they ever would need to see the planner) that you are working your business and not engaged in a hobby. It doesn’t matter if it makes money or not, you just have to try to make money. Just writing down who you spoke with about the business, where you went and at what time you were there. Write down everything you purchased right down to the pen, pad and paper you purchased at Wal-Mart. These are all legal, deductible business expenses!<br />
For an investment of just 10 minutes a day and working your business spare time, part time or full time, the time spent documenting is worth thousands of dollars in potential tax savings, money you either get back or don’t have to pay. That’s could be lot of money each month in extra income to you, money for gas in your car. For the miniscule enrolment fee it costs to join a Network Marketing company, don’t you see the savings potential here?<br />
HERE&#8217;S A SAMPLE DAY FROM A DAY PLANNER<br />
8:30 AM:Breakfast meeting with Mike Wang and Keith Burger (Good friends). Talked about company and products. Left brochure and flyer. Will get back to them in a week. Breakfast cost $24.50. Mileage from home office to breakfast and back: 15 miles, cost of materials 50 cents. Ate at IHOP, kept receipt!</p>
<p>11:45 AM: Lunch with wife and Jenny Cutler (a co-worker). Talked about how great I felt using the products. Lunch Cost: $15.75. Ate at Chiles, kept receipt! Jenny purchased $150 worth of products.<br />
5:30 PM:Had a cocktail with Lynn Agosh (a friend). Discussed my business. Drinks cost $16.00, kept receipt. Lynn purchased $200 worth of products.<br />
7:00 PM:Attended Opportunity Meeting. Mileage to and from event: 10 miles. Watched and gave support. Meeting cost $5.00. Kept receipt!<br />
OTHER DEDUCTIONS COULD BEAttend basketball games all year and invited friends, talked about my business. Cost for tickets = $600.<br />
Lunch/dinners with co-workers and prospective customers or distributor where you discuss business! Deductible business expenses, $3,000 x 50 percent deductible = $1,500.<br />
Travel expenses for you and spouse to go on vacation, if you hold opportunity meetings or give presentations or had out flyers (could be to the friends you are visiting) and your spouse participates = $3,000 x 50 percent deductible = $1,500.<br />
Home office deduction for use of room in your house; where you operate your business. Payment is $1,400 per month x potentially 20 percent deductible = $280 per month x 12 months = $3,360 (plus you may be able to deduct 20% of utilities, insurance, improvements, repairs, garbage removal, water, sewer, property taxes and much more)<br />
Automobile mileage from home office to your day job or other places where you actively encounter prospective customers or distributors and then actively discuss the product or the business with them! (20 miles round trip to work x 250 days x 35 cents/mile) Anywhere you travel and you discuss business and document it … enables you to potentially deduct the expenses involved, including mileage = $2,700.<br />
Tax-free wages for two of your children without other jobs who assist you in your Home-Based Business (2 children x $4,000 per year paid to savings accounts for college, service missions, weddings, etc.) = $8,000<br />
Health insurance expenses for your family (Spouse is an employee of your home-based business, who chooses to include you and the children in the plan &#8212; $350/month time 12 months) = $4,200.<br />
That&#8217;s potentially $21,860 total tax-deductible expenses x 35% combined Federal and State tax rate = $7,651.00 cash refund from IRS after April 15th!<br />
You can even deduct the tax preparation fees charged by your accountant or CPA.THE “EDUCATED” OR THE “UNEDUCATED” SYSTEM … IT’S YOUR CHOICE!<br />
Let’s say you are working a job, the line under your income on your pay stub is where these two systems differ. With the “UNEDUCATED” system, you deduct the three lines under your income and the remainder is what you are entitled to.<br />
With the “EDUCATED” system, where you are in business for yourself as a Network Marketing distributor, the first line is your reported income as with the “UNEDUCATED” system.<br />
However, the second line is the money you spent in your business, and you pay taxes on what is left.<br />
This is because when a business spends money it is called a business expense, which represents a tax deduction. Therefore, having your own business and being in the “EDUCATED” tax system, you can potentially reduce your taxes by 40-70%. To break this down even further: If you are making $45,000 a year in a job, having a Network<br />
Marketing business could potentially save you up to $7,000 in taxes you don’t have to pay or you get refunded.<br />
It does not matter if you are making millions of dollars or just a few thousand dollars a year; the “EDUCATED” tax system applies to you! (Read Judge Learned Hands statement below)<br />
Most small-business owners, including Network Marketers have an ongoing relationship with their tax preparers to simplify their tax filing process each year. Even so, some deductions can easily be overlooked, deductions such as the deductions for children working in your family business.<br />
The following is a synopsis of a list of business expenses that are often passed over during tax preparation season, and can serve to reduce your tax bill substantially. Be sure to review these with your accountant or tax preparer, you may find some potential tax deductions you may have missed.<br />
Consult with your tax adviser when considering deducting any of the following items because some limitations and special requirements may apply.• Advertising and printing of business materials (Letterhead, envelopes, business cards, CD’s, DVD’s, etc., as well as advertising in mailers and media) • Automobile expenses for business use, using either actual costs of repairs and gas or the standard mileage deduction. You may also be able to deduct a percentage of the insurance premiums, tires, property taxes, registration fees, etc.• Business food and entertainment, golf (Up to 50% of the bill)• Business equipment and furnishings (Includes computers, printers, projectors, screens)• Business safe deposit box fees • Depreciation on business equipment • Office supplies • Software costs• Consultant fees• Computer repairs • Telephone (cell phones), Internet, television and other communication used for business purposes • Business gifts, provided they meet IRS criteria • Business insurance premiums • Costs of subscriptions for business books, periodicals or newspapers • Donations your business gives to charities. • Dues or membership costs to professional organizations • Education costs for self, when business related • Expenses when moving offices or other business facilities • Fees and penalties • Relating to CDs, business checking, savings or money-market accounts • Associated with retirement accounts • Credit bureaus, Better Business Bureaus, local associations reports, etc. • CPA, tax attorney and financial planner fees• Interest payments on business loans • Janitorial, home maintenance, landscaping and other maintenance costs • Losses due to fire, windstorm, hail, flood or other natural disasters may. • Losses due to theft may be deductible. • Mortgage or lease payments as well as home property taxes and expenses to run the home • Self-employed tax deductions • Individuals can deduct a percentage of their health insurance premiums paid during the year, both for themselves and for their dependents • May deduct one-half of their self-employment tax • Shipping, packaging and postage costs• Tax preparation fees, accounting fees, attorney fees, insurance consultation fees, etc. • Travel expenses • Hotels, airfare, meals and business entertainment while on the road • Costs of passports for self and employees when traveling for business purposes • Laundry costs when traveling for business • Unpaid invoices or debts (i.e., uncollected debts). • Utilities for business facilities<br />
THIS IS REMARKABLE INFORMATION<br />
Billings Learned Hand was a very famous judge. Judge Hand served for many years as Chief Judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit Court, headquartered in Manhattan, after prior service on the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York. He is remembered in connection with early cases construing the free speech clause of the First Amendment and as a pioneer in applying economic reasoning to American tort law. Hand is considered by many judges and attorneys to be the most influential American judge never to have served on the Supreme Court of the United States.<br />
This is Judge Hand’s famous quote that has been expressed in many tax court cases<br />
&#8220;Anyone may arrange his affairs so that his taxes shall be as low as possible; he is not bound to choose that pattern which best pays the treasury. There is not even a patriotic duty to increase one&#8217;s taxes. Over and over again the Courts have said that there is nothing sinister in so arranging affairs as to keep taxes as low as possible. Everyone does it, rich and poor alike and all do right, for nobody owes any public duty to pay more than the law demands.&#8221;<br />
MORE INFORMATION ON JUDGE HANDhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Learned_Hand<br />
The book entitled “Learned Hand the Man and the Judge” is available at Amazon.com.<br />
This information contained herein is for educational purposes only. You must be actively working your business and pursuing a profit to file for business deductions (lunches, trips, house, visits, etc.) mentioned above, and you must be documenting your activities. Please contact your tax advisor to discover what tax advantages you qualify for.&#8211;</p>
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		<dc:creator>Michael O&#39;Neal</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Cleansing is for everyone, not just to lose weight. Cleansing is for everyone not just those who want to lose weight. We tell everyone to not look at this as weight loss program as much as the technology that promotes wellness in your body. Weight loss is a significant side benefit. For many people more [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><strong>Cleansing is for everyone, not just to lose weight.</strong></p>
<p>Cleansing is for everyone not just those who want to lose weight. We tell everyone to not look at this as weight loss program as much as the technology that promotes wellness in your body. Weight loss is a significant side benefit. For many people more energy, mental clarity, and a new zest for life are as significant.   You can be in great cardiovascular shape and still have high blood pressure, diabetes and other diseases.</p>
<p>What did he invent?</p>
<p><strong> The 4 products that make up the cleansing technology:</strong></p>
<p>First, Anderson found a very rare source of pure organic Whey Protein which is only found in New Zealand.  This is arguably the finest and purest protein on planet earth as you will see.</p>
<p>Why New Zealand?</p>
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<li>The Whey protein comes from cows raised on land where no pesticides or herbicides have been used and the cows graze on grass. Whey protein you typically see in stores has been raised domestically. It comes from cows that eat feed loaded with herbicides and pesticides. The cattle are also injected with growth hormones, antibiotics and estrogens. The cattle in New Zealand are not given hormones or antibiotics!</li>
<li>Another important difference between whey proteins in New Zealand is they do not use high heat pasteurization. High heat pasteurization kills digestive enzymes, the living part of the food. These enzymes are needed to help to break down the whey protein into amino acids, the building blocks of life. This protein also contains 20% more of the most important amino acids than any other protein available.  The high amount of the most important amino acids really promotes lean muscle mass development. Simply put, John Anderson has the world exclusive on this whey protein, and there is nothing that can match it. You are not going to go down to your local health food store or market and buy a protein like this.</li>
<li>Another reason that high heat pasteurization is harmful is that it denatures the protein. It means that the protein has been altered do to the heat which makes it much more difficult for the body to use.</li>
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<p>This specific New Zealand whey protein, because it has been cold pasteurized is un-denatured which means it has not been altered in anyway. This means it is much more easily utilized and absorbed by the human body.</p>
<p>It does you no good to load up on protein only to have it not being absorbed in the body.</p>
<p>This is a challenge for athletes who use conventional protein produced in this country. The whey protein in this country is denatured and a lot of it can-not be absorbed.</p>
<p>This undigested protein inhibits the maximum human potential for lean muscle mass development. Don’t you want the maximum human potential for lean muscle mass development?</p>
<p>This is not the case with the un-denatured protein from New Zealand. If an athlete has a choice between this is New Zealand whey protein and any other protein available there would only be one choice Isagenix.  This protein is only available from John Anderson’s company Isagenix.</p>
<p>Domestic protein is pasteurized killing the digestive enzymes. To make up for the effects of domestic pasteurization, whey proteins are artificially enhanced with digestive enzymes.</p>
<p>On top of this the New Zealand whey protein shakes are sweetened using beet sugar and honey.</p>
<p>The New Zealand shakes are a whole meal replacement which is critical, because the shakes have fiber, nutrients and minerals. This natural fructose from beets does not cause an insulin spike in the body which is critical.</p>
<p>The fructose can be changed into glucose for the brain as well as the rest of the body.</p>
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<p>This whey protein from New Zealand has virtually no lactose in it and they have even put lactase in to insure that even those with lactate intolerance can typically take these shakes.</p>
<p><strong>The other unique feature of these whey protein shakes is that they have been blended to closely replicate the new nutritional standard guidelines covered in the book the “Zone Diet.”</strong></p>
<p>This revolutionary new approach to nutrition is based on the following formula for the perfect balance in foods:</p>
<p style="text-align: center;">40% carbohydrates</p>
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<p style="text-align: center;">30% fats</p>
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<p style="text-align: center;">30% protein</p>
<p>The important part is to keep the carbohydrates less than 40% with no more than 600 calories which these New Zealand shakes meet both criteria.</p>
<p>The second product he invented is an Aloe Vera gel cleanse drink which is made from a very special manufacturing process. Normally, Aloe Vera gel is processed in this country by running it through a pressing process to get the juice out of the plant. The problem is this typical manufacturing process of heat and pressure destroys the enzymes in the Aloe Vera. Anderson knew this and used a different process. He used a process used to create Powdered Milk called a low temperature spray dried process.</p>
<p>Why did he use this low temperature spray dried process?</p>
<p>To preserve the huge concentrations of enzymes in the Aloe Vera!</p>
<p>Aloe Vera is the most studied of any plant source. For centuries it’s been known for its healing powers. There are over 1,500 studies that have been done on Aloe Vera. Also, Aloe Vera unlike other trendy juices now on the market contains chlorophyll, the blood of plants. Most other juices do not contain chlorophyll, the most important part of plants.</p>
<p>John Anderson only used the inner heart filet of the Aloe Vera plant which contains the highest concentration of these enzymes and mucopolysaccharides in the plant.</p>
<p>This remarkable Cleanse Drink contains over 220 nutrients that the body needs including more than 70 trace minerals and Alfalfa Minerals to help speed up Enzyme reactions. The cleanse drink is also formulated under a patented process exclusive to Isagenix which retains a 3% solid concentration of the Alfa ionic minerals and ionic trace minerals. This proprietary and amazing formulation is not available anywhere else. There is not another product on the market with a 3% solids concentration of ionic trace and Alfalfa minerals.</p>
<p>Other companies have only 1.5% trace mineral concentration; the Isagenix patented process gives you twice as many minerals as any other product. In addition, Isagenix has added Alfalfa ionic minerals in a patented process exclusive to Isagenix. This proprietary blend now adds even more minerals to the Aloe Vera. Alfalfa allows the absorption of the minerals into the body much more easily.</p>
<p>Simply put this “Cleanse for Life” drink may be the most nutrient dense formula ever formulated. This is truly a revolutionary and remarkable technology.</p>
<p>The third product that makes up this cleanse is a chewable nutritional snack loaded with more than 70 Trace Ionic Minerals that are in all the other products. These snacks have no stimulants. They do in fact suppress hunger because of all the nutrients contained in them. These snacks are not optional and contain the right balance of protein, fats and carbs just like the shakes. The snacks are important to keep the body in balance and to prevent the afternoon crash which occurs on a diet. The complex amino acids in these snacks help support lean muscle mass development.</p>
<p>The fourth product is the only capsule that you take and it’s designed to assist the body in burning fat. It also contains more than 70 trace Ionic Minerals and Alfalfa ionic minerals that are in all the products.</p>
<p><strong>How to do “The Nutritional Cleanse:”</strong></p>
<p>The program begins with 2 Pre-Cleanse Days.</p>
<p>These are the two days before actually starting the cleanse.</p>
<p>These days are for preparing your body. Your body is also beginning to burn fat on the first 2 pre-cleanse days.  A huge misconception about the Isagenix program is that because you are limiting calories, this is a diet.</p>
<p><strong>This is not a diet.</strong></p>
<p>The Isagenix formulations are specifically formulated with massive amounts of naturally occurring enzymes, essential minerals, more than 70 trace minerals and nutrients your body so desperately requires to begin the fat burning process.</p>
<p><strong>Note: Keep in mind it is your body that is doing the cleansing. When the body is being supplied with what it needs, it will naturally cleanse itself.</strong></p>
<p>The trace minerals are there to speed up the reactions of the massive amounts of enzymes that are naturally occurring in the cleanse itself.</p>
<p>Burning the fat in fat cells  will release the acids and impurities that are stored in fat cells into the blood stream which then takes them to the liver, colon or to the kidneys if the liver has converted them into water soluble waste.</p>
<p>On any conventional diet you are lowering calories and you are now restricting the most important thing you can put in your body, nutrients and trace minerals.</p>
<p>After the first 2 pre-cleanse days you now begin two days of the cleanse itself.</p>
<p><strong>2 CLEANSE DAYS</strong></p>
<p>All cleanse days are the same as you go from eating solid food to the Aloe Vera liquid nutrition, the snack and the one capsule. This is very important to understand how this cleanse works.</p>
<p>In the first 24 hours of the deep cleansing, your body uses up the sugar and Glycogen that are stored in your liver because you are not consuming solid food.  Within the first 24 hours of drinking the cleanse drink, your body begins to produce growth hormones which trigger fat burning and begins to build lean muscle mass.</p>
<p>On the first day of the deep cleanse you will consume 4 ounces of the Aloe Vera (Cleanse for Life Drink) four times a day, along with 6 to 8 of the nutritional snacks and two super vitamins. Before you go, “Oh I can-not go without food,” think again. You are thinking diet! Because your body is being flooded with massive amounts of nutrients, trace minerals, fats and proteins you are not hungry. We have had people weighing over 600 pounds do this program and tell us they were shocked that they were not hungry. Do not let your opinion of a low-calorie diet influence you. You have never done anything like this before. The body is satisfied because for the first time ever it has massive amounts of nutrition. Therefore, you are not hungry because the body is satisfied from a nutritional point of view.</p>
<p><strong>Remember this is about nutrition not calories.</strong></p>
<p>A new Paradigm in Nutritional Science; and it will never be the same again.</p>
<p>It is not calories that matter in food it is what is in the calories.</p>
<p>We have it all wrong in focusing on just calories and not looking at what is inside that calorie.</p>
<p>If the calories contain in the case of this cleansing technology massive amounts of nutrition then the calories do not matter as your body is satisfied. That is the most important point in what John Anderson invented. <strong>He was able to create a nutritional super calorie©</strong>. This in fact is a new term and a new concept in nutritional science. This nutritional super calorie© contains the nutrition many times greater than calories coming from our foods grown in our nutritionally bankrupt soil.</p>
<p><strong>To give you an idea of how depleted our foods are it would take about 12 apples in 2009 to equal the nutrition in just one apple from 1976. How in the world can you get enough nutrition?</strong></p>
<p>The answer is you can’t. And, that is why we eat and eat and yet are never really full.  It is not your fault.</p>
<p>Another way to think about it is this. Imagine that they came out with a new gasoline additive that allowed you go from 20 miles per gallon, to 100 or 200 miles per gallon. That is the concept behind this nutritional super calorie©. So, in your car you would use so much less gasoline and yet you go so much farther on a tank of gas. Imagine if you could do that with food?</p>
<p>And, in essence this is what this nutritional cleansing technology provides you. On a cleanse day when you are only ingesting the cleanse for life drink, the snacks and the super vitamin it looks like you are not getting many calories and therefore you would assume you would be hungry. However, because you have nutritional super calories© you are getting the nutrition you need to run your body.</p>
<p>On the first cleanse day, your body is moving towards fat burning.  You do not begin 100% fat burning until the end of the 48 hours.  It is on the second day when the excess sugar and carbohydrates that were stored in your liver are used up. You are now in full blown fat burning mode. <strong>To give you an idea as to why it is two days of cleansing and not just one is that in the first 24 hours of cleansing, 20% of the value of cleansing occurs. It is during the second 24 hours that 80% of the value of cleansing occurs.</strong> It is on these cleanse days when the body increases the levels of growth hormone and really begins to build muscle.</p>
<p>The thing people do not understand is; if you are overweight, you are burning sugar, not fat!</p>
<p><strong>THIN PEOPLE</strong></p>
<p>The reality for thin people is: thin people can be fat inside according to a recent article out of London.  They tracked a large group of people over a 10 year period with the assistance of MRIs and found that although people appeared to be thin on the outside, they were actually fat on the inside!  This is because unless you can provide the body with the proper nutrients and minerals, your body cannot sustain fat burning no matter how much you work out. <strong>This is why everyone needs to cleanse.</strong></p>
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		<title>New Year&#8217;s Resolution?  Or Give the gift of Health.  Your Choice.</title>
		<link>http://mlmcritic.com/2009/11/new-years-resolution-or-give-the-gift-of-health-your-choice/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 17 Nov 2009 03:52:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Michael O&#39;Neal</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Personal Growth]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Did you know that the average person gains 7-10 lbs over the holiday season?  And that people who are already overweight are more susceptible?  It might not be you&#8230;but it could be your parents, your brother, your sister, or any of your other loved ones. We all wish we were a few pounds lighter, and [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Did you know that the average person gains 7-10 lbs over the holiday season?  And that people who are already overweight are more susceptible?  It might not be you&#8230;but it could be your parents, your brother, your sister, or any of your other loved ones.</p>
<p>We all wish we were a few pounds lighter, and many of us charge out of the gate on January 1 with that goal in mind.  Why not start early, and be 5-10-20-30 lbs down by New Years?  That&#8217;s all VERY possible with Isagenix, and the great team we have here to help you.  The company is great, the people are great, and the stuff really works.  If you&#8217;ve been waiting on it for yourself, why not give the gift of health to your loved ones?</p>
<p>Get them on the program, and watch them slim down, gain newfound energy, and renew their lease on life.  What better gift could you give to someone you love?</p>
<p>Don&#8217;t wait&#8230;contact me now for more info.</p>
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		<title>Isagenix &#8211; What it is, what it does.</title>
		<link>http://mlmcritic.com/2009/10/isagenix-what-it-is-what-it-does/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 27 Oct 2009 22:15:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Michael O&#39;Neal</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[The Cleanse!]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[(This was an answer to a question asked to the Isagenix Science team about Ketosis and an accelerated heart rate. The answer below: ) The Isagenix system is based on solid principles of health: (1) When the body lacks nutrition it becomes unhealthy, and (2) when the body is polluted it becomes unhealthy. Of course, [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><em>(This was an answer to a question asked to the Isagenix Science team about Ketosis and an accelerated heart rate.  The answer below: )</em></p>
<blockquote><p>The Isagenix system is based on solid principles of health: (1) When the body lacks nutrition it becomes unhealthy, and (2) when the body is polluted it becomes unhealthy. Of course, (3) amount of calories and (4) activity play roles too. Our system is designed to provide an easy, efficient way to help solve these issues for anyone. It consists of high-quality, nutrient-dense foods and dietary supplements for optimal nutrition. It encourages exercise and reduced calories. In addition, it emphasizes nutritional cleansing in the form of cleanse days.</p>
<p>Throughout history, cultures have cleansed by fasting to help support optimal health. Even today, it’s common practice to cleanse with liquids, such as juices and broths. However, this rarely provides the nutrients necessary to promote complete cleansing, sustain energy, rebuild health and prepare the body to perform at its peak and healthy weight. In other words, Isagenix has modernized cleansing for the 21st century. You know how you feel right after you take a shower? Cleansing is like giving your body a shower on the inside along with helpful nutrients.</p>
<p>As you burn fat through reduced calories and exercise, toxins and oxidative stress are released requiring greater protection. Cleanse For Life contains antioxidants that assist with natural detoxification in the hepatocytes and other cells.  Antioxidants specifically interact with free radicals that occur in the cells (as a result of oxidative stress), preventing cellular damage.  The product also contains certain botanicals and nutrients that help to support natural cell detoxification and maintain cell integrity.  The liver plays a large role in this detoxification.  It will either convert a toxin to be more water soluble, which allows it to be excreted in the urine, or excrete it as part of bile.  Anytime the body is burning fat it is producing ketones.  Ketosis occurs when the body is in this natural state.  It is safe. Ketosis is only dangerous if ketones become extremely high sometimes occurring in extremely low-carb diets.  Isagenix is not such a diet.</p>
<p>While there are nutrients in our products that support systems in the body such as the liver, digestive system and colon, please note the following: The Isagenix system should not be confused with diuretics, a colon cleanse, a removal system for any specific toxin (e.g. mercury detox), chelation therapy, or a liver/gall bladder cleanse. We don’t claim that our products will treat, cure or prevent any disease.</p>
<p>She should avoid Natural Accelerator if she is experiencing a higher heart rate. She also may need a milder Cleanse Day. We would suggest modifying the Cleanse Day to include nuts and plenty of organic fruits and vegetables. She may need the extra supply of potassium and sodium from these natural whole foods.  Please note, we advise anyone with a medical condition or taking medication to always seek advice and/or supervision of a healthcare professional familiar with his/her medical history before using Isagenix products or making any dietary changes.</p>
<p>Thanks,</p>
<p>Bill Wheeler, PhD, ACSM<br />
Chief Science Officer</p>
<p>Isagenix® International LLC<br />
2225 S. Price Rd.<br />
Chandler, AZ  85286 USA<br />
www.isagenix.com</p></blockquote>
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		<title>Why Isagenix?  Channel 9 Australia video</title>
		<link>http://mlmcritic.com/2009/10/why-isagenix-channel-9-australia-video/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 14 Oct 2009 23:26:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Michael O&#39;Neal</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Great story on the &#8220;why&#8221;.]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Great story on the &#8220;why&#8221;.</p>
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		<title>Why Network (MLM) Marketing?</title>
		<link>http://mlmcritic.com/2009/10/why-network-mlm-marketing/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 14 Oct 2009 16:05:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Michael O&#39;Neal</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[(Reposted from John Anderson, Founder of Isagenix&#8217; Facebook Note) WHY MLM &#8220;NETWORK MARKETING&#8221;? Sunday, July 12, 2009 at 2:58pm Hello- I am pretty new to Isagenix. Loving it so far.. it&#8217;s only been 3 weeks, but I am feeling quite good. I hate to bother you with this.. but I cannot answer this question.. My [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>(Reposted from John Anderson, Founder of Isagenix&#8217; Facebook Note)</p>
<p>WHY MLM &#8220;NETWORK MARKETING&#8221;?<br />
Sunday, July 12, 2009 at 2:58pm<br />
Hello-<br />
I am pretty new to Isagenix. Loving it so far.. it&#8217;s only been 3 weeks, but I am feeling quite good. I hate to bother you with this.. but I cannot answer this question.. My question is from my sister in law&#8230;<br />
She has not tried the product and is very skeptical. Mainly because the products are sold by direct marketing. Here is her question:</p>
<p><em>&#8220;Why did you choose to sell your products through multi level marketing rather then just selling them at health food stores, or on a website, like other companies such as Natures Sunshine?</em>&#8221;</p>
<p>I believe she has a bad image of multi level marketing and feels a lot of them are overpriced because of that.. and maybe aren&#8217;t good products. As I had said.. I am new to the line, and don&#8217;t have answers for her yet&#8230; so I thought I go straight to the top and ask you myself, for her.<br />
Thank you for your time&#8230;<br />
: )<br />
Christine</p>
<p>JOHN&#8217;S Response;<br />
You are at the top!<br />
I am retired now, the Coover&#8217;s are the new owners of Isagenix. Jim and Kathy are Co-Founders of Isagenix.</p>
<p>I am the Formulator, Founder and ran all operations of Isagenix as Founder &amp; CEO. The company was exclusively funded by me using no borrowed money. Isagenix has been debt free from day one.</p>
<p>I have been a manufacturer of supplements now for 29 years and formulated 2500 products around the world.</p>
<p>I have seen MLM&#8217;s do the industry damage and cause thousands to reject Network Marketing. I even manufactured for lots of them, some successful, and some not.</p>
<p>I have seen greed, self centered egotistical people, thieves, and everything you can imagine in this industry.</p>
<p>I retired in 1998, and moved to the beach. Having been been bit by a brown recluse, I had major health problems, including going blind in my left eye, organ damage, 9 foot surgeries, etc.</p>
<p>I found further research that directed me back into the industry to share my findings. The Coover&#8217;s were an important part of my decision to continue my Mission in life. The best way we found to share my formulas was to include a network of coaches to help educate and motivate people to understand the correct way to be successful in their health quest.</p>
<p>A system like the 9 day on the Store shelf would not help anyone with their questions, motivation, advice, and success, Failure is a given fact without the important members who give their time to share a better healthy life. Isageinx Members ARE the Company!</p>
<p>Everyone wonders why I spend time on facebook answering questions, &#8220;being retired&#8221;.  I still care! My Mission in life is to help change others lives in health and now financially as well.</p>
<p>My current retirement is due to a kidney transplant caused by the spider! My daughter Kjersti has given me the gift of life! I want to continue to help others as I have been blessed with health to continue.</p>
<p>Network Marketing Rocks! When done with good intent, integrity, and offering quality products, Network Marketing is the best way to share the gift of life!<br />
I am asked this question quite often so don&#8217;t feel you are intruding on my Integrity.</p>
<p>I hope your sister will read this and understand there are people in this world who really care!</p>
<p>Thanks.</p>
<p>ps, Typo&#8217;s are an extra bonus!</p>
<p>John</p>
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		<title>Body by Isagenix.</title>
		<link>http://mlmcritic.com/2009/09/body-by-isagenix/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 23 Sep 2009 15:38:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Michael O&#39;Neal</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[My "Journey"]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Ok&#8230;it&#8217;s tough to find fault anywhere.  6 weeks in, I have tons of energy, my racquetball game has gone up a full level, I&#8217;ve got enough residual income to pay for a *good* car payment, and this is what happened to my body: Photo taken May 25th in Cinque Terre, Italy After Isagenix (16 days, [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Ok&#8230;it&#8217;s tough to find fault anywhere.  6 weeks in, I have tons of energy, my racquetball game has gone up a full level, I&#8217;ve got enough residual income to pay for a *good* car payment, and this is what happened to my body:</p>
<p>Photo taken May 25th in Cinque Terre, Italy</p>
<p><img class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-110" title="cinque" src="http://mlmcritic.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/09/cinque.jpg" alt="cinque" width="701" height="903" /></p>
<p>After Isagenix (16 days, plus maintenance.), Denver, CO</p>
<p><img class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-108" title="Photo 316" src="http://mlmcritic.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/09/Photo-316.jpg" alt="Photo 316" width="640" height="480" /></p>
<p>I&#8217;ll take the latter, any day&#8230;.</p>
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		<title>FOLLOW ME DOWN THE RABBIT HOLE.</title>
		<link>http://mlmcritic.com/2009/09/follow-me-down-the-rabbit-hole/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 16 Sep 2009 23:51:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Michael O&#39;Neal</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[The company]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[A month or so in, I&#8217;m blown away by the opportunity to help my friends, old and new.  The stuff works&#8230;it changes people&#8217;s lives.  I feel blessed and privileged that I found the right people at the right time.  If you&#8217;re new to this site, drop me a line at changeyourlife@mlmcritic.com, and lets have a [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>A month or so in, I&#8217;m blown away by the opportunity to help my friends, old and new.  The stuff works&#8230;it changes people&#8217;s lives.  I feel blessed and privileged that I found the right people at the right time.  If you&#8217;re new to this site, drop me a line at <a href="http://mailto:changeyourlife@mlmcritic.com">changeyourlife@mlmcritic.com</a>, and lets have a conversation.  Do you want more energy in your everyday life?  Are you an athlete that wants to up your performance and get that edge?  Do you have a few pounds to lose?  Do you need to make a few extra dollars per month?  How about an extra mortgage payment or two&#8230;would that make your life easier?  If the answer to any of these questions was yes, drop me a line at <a href="http://mailto:changeyourlife@mlmcritic.com">changeyourlife@mlmcritic.com</a>.</p>
<p>Talk to you soon.</p>
<p>(This is one of my fave movies&#8230;)</p>
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		<title>Checking in&#8230;a week later.</title>
		<link>http://mlmcritic.com/2009/08/checking-in-a-week-later/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 31 Aug 2009 13:55:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Michael O&#39;Neal</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Business Building]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Hello folks, So, it&#8217;s been a week, and an eye-opening one at that. My &#8220;new&#8221; weight has stayed the same, despite integrating &#8220;real&#8221; food back into my diet. However, I can honestly say I&#8217;m addicted to my morning shake. I look forward to it after my morning workout ritual with the dog. This would be [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Hello folks,</p>
<p>So, it&#8217;s been a week, and an eye-opening one at that.  My &#8220;new&#8221; weight has stayed the same, despite integrating &#8220;real&#8221; food back into my diet.  However, I can honestly say I&#8217;m addicted to my morning shake.  I look forward to it after my morning workout ritual with the dog.  This would be a good opportunity to share that with you as well:</p>
<p>So, I have this great dog named Dexter:</p>
<div id="attachment_98" class="wp-caption aligncenter" style="width: 235px"><img class="size-medium wp-image-98" title="Dexter Sprinkler" src="http://mlmcritic.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/08/IMG_1238-225x300.jpg" alt="Dex taking a breather during our morning ball romp/ workout" width="225" height="300" /><p class="wp-caption-text">Dex taking a breather during our morning ball romp/ workout</p></div>
<p>Dex is a total *baller*.   He&#8217;s relentless and insatiable.  I bring out one of my old racquetball racquets and hit him a racquetball for about 30 minutes every morning.  Rather than stand around while he&#8217;s going to get it, I&#8217;ve come up with a great core workout to do at the same time.  So, it&#8217;s a win/win.  Here&#8217;s how it goes.    Assume that I hit the ball 50 yards or so, and Dex is off to the races.  In the meantime, I do:</p>
<p>8-10 sets of push ups, 10 reps each &#8220;hit&#8221;.  For a cumulative total of about 80-100 push ups per session</p>
<p>5-8 sets of the &#8220;plank&#8221;, which is where you place your elbows and toes on the ground, and extend your body to be stiff&#8230;like a plank of wood.  Great ab/core workout.  Looks like this:</p>
<div id="attachment_99" class="wp-caption aligncenter" style="width: 442px"><img class="size-full wp-image-99" title="The Plank" src="http://mlmcritic.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/08/457354097_251d6d388c.jpg" alt="Not the author...but you can see that hanging onto this for a minute could be tough..." width="432" height="360" /><p class="wp-caption-text">Not the author...but you can see that hanging onto this for a minute could be tough...</p></div>
<p>So, I&#8217;ll do 5-8 sets of that, probably 30 seconds to 1 minute each, depending on how fast Dex gets to me.</p>
<p>Then we&#8217;ll go over to the other side of the park, to the jungle gym.  I&#8217;ll hit the ball and do</p>
<p>3 sets of pull-ups, various varieties.  Wide grip, narrow grip, reverse grip, etc.</p>
<p>Just those THREE exercises and you will notice a difference in your body in a few days.   Your abs, neck, shoulders and chest will be firmer, and more defined.  And it&#8217;s a great way to squeak in a workout for busy people.  Just use what you have available where YOU live.  Be creative.</p>
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