Is there a link between Utah, Mormons, MLM, and Noni Juice?

Utah, home of Morinda/TNI has the highest density of MLM’s

Utah County, home of Morinda/TNI has the highest density of MLM’s (PDF)

“At the Economic Crimes Summit Conferences in 2002 and 2004 (sponsored by the National White Collar Crime Center), recruiting MLM’s such as Nu Skin, Neways, Morinda, Usana, Melaleuca, Nikken, and Amway/Quixtar (all of which depend on aggressive recruitment for their growth and with pay plans that indirectly reward recruitment over direct sales of products), were among companies presented as examples of product-based pyramid schemes. These are gradually coming to be recognized as a growing class of white collar crime “ i.e., fraud committed by otherwise respectable people. In fact, Utah leads the nation in concentration of recruiting MLM’s “ many headed up by Latter-day Saints!”. (Commonly referred to as Mormons). We found the PDF to present a very interesting subject that we have been detecting as a pattern; mormons and Noni and MLM pyramid schemes appear to go hand in hand. The PDF also contains a chapter titled ” How could well-meaning Latter-day Saints initiate and promote MLM programs that deceive and exploit people?.

A participant on an internet forum has the following to say in relation to the claims made in the above PDF;

“Also, all the witness I know have joined the Mormons in selling a product called Tahitian Noni juice. That’s right, the Witness’s and the Mormon’s. WOW. Together in multilevel (pyramid) marketing of a “miracle cure-all”. I remember a time when the witnesses took great pride in stating how “non-worldly” they were. Can it get anymore worldly than doing multilevel marketing with maybe the nations most capitalistic/worldly/conservative/pro America religious organization, the Mormons! I remember when a Witness’s despise of the Mormon’s could only be compared to their despise of the Catholic’s. I have seen my wife laugh Mormon’s off our property when they showed up at our door during their service endeavors. Now they all get together in Orem, Utah at Morinda world headquarters for sales convention’s, etc. I would love to see one of those convention’s. I wonder if the Mormon’s start the convention with a Pledge of Allegiance or by playing the National Anthem just to drive the Witness’s crazy. A couple Mormon’s own the corporation, therefore, the Witness’s are working for them. Helping them finance the Mormon religion.”

For more information on the myth of “Income Opportunity” in Multi-Level Marketing, please read this excellent document (PDF) from Pyramid Scheme Alert.

A participant on an internet forum has the following to say in relation to the claims made in the above PDF;

“Also, all the witness I know have joined the Mormons in selling a product called Tahitian Noni juice. That’s right, the Witness’s and the Mormon’s. WOW. Together in multilevel (pyramid) marketing of a “miracle cure-all”.

I remember a time when the witnesses took great pride in stating how “non-worldly” they were. Can it get anymore worldly than doing multilevel marketing with maybe the nations most capitalistic/worldly/conservative/pro America religious organization, the Mormons! I remember when a Witness’s despise of the Mormon’s could only be compared to their despise of the Catholic’s. I have seen my wife laugh Mormon’s off our property when they showed up at our door during their service endeavors. Now they all get together in Orem, Utah at Morinda world headquarters for sales convention’s, etc. I would love to see one of those convention’s. I wonder if the Mormon’s start the convention with a Pledge of Allegiance or by playing the National Anthem just to drive the Witness’s crazy. A couple Mormon’s own the corporation, therefore, the Witness’s are working for them. Helping them finance the Mormon religion.”

Another interesting read can be found titled “What is it with Mormons and Alternative Medicine?”

(35) “I’m surprised no one has brought up the most widely used non-traditional “medicines” in all of Mormondum, namely MLM products. Tahitian Noni Juice, Xango, Transfer Factor, magnets, free-radical detectors and anti-oxidants, etc. This stuff is rampant. Snake oils galore.”

(39) “And, I’ve seen the deadly consequences when folks ignore their physician and adopt the latest quack remedy — Noni juice being the most recent. My personal belief is that most alternative medicine is an attempt to avoid directly dealing with a diagnosis. In the case of chronic or life-threatening illness, alternative therapies are downright dangerous. People really need to think long and hard before recommending these “treatments” to individuals with real illnesses.”

(114) “One of the country’s more respected experts in herbal medicine is a PharmD on faculty at BYU, and there are a number of companies in Utah Valley that don’t like him very much. Bruce Woolley is his name… An anecdote: the company that makes Tahitian Noni sent him some samples so that he could test it and give them information on its pharmalogical properties; he says it’s one of the most pharmacologically inert things that he’s tested.”

Pyramid Scams : Even Now
Source : Small Words
“And finally, why is the conference in Salt Lake City? What is it with Utah and multi level marketing? There is a new miracle health tonic that creates a stir there every few years: Nu Skin, Melaleuca, Tahitian Noni Juice, Usana. I asked my father-in-law about that once and he said it’s because so many Mormons are in need of extra cash and because the Latter-day Saint Church is set up such that there is a lot of networking. I hope he’s right, because I always thought it was because there were so many suckers among us.”

Disclaimer: We are not of the same faith as the authors of the PDF, nor do we support or endorse any specific religion or faith. This information is provided without bias because we allow anyone, regardless of religion, to expose Noni related scam practices. It does, however, strengthen our conclusion that a lot of people who are strong believers and followers of the Noni hype, which includes both users, customers, dealers, and distributors are as fanatic about their Noni as the various different religious extremists and fanatics in this world.