In mid-2008, network marketing wellness giant Shaklee Corporation released a new product called ‘Vivix’. It is a resveratrol supplement (the super antioxidant found in red wine and grape skin) and is thought to be a powerful anti-aging supplement.
“Vivixâ„¢ Cellular Anti-Aging Tonic is a revolutionary breakthrough in the fight against cellular aging. Developed after years of research by Shaklee Corporation, the number one natural nutrition company in the U.S., Vivix is the world’s best anti-aging supplement. In laboratory studies, Vivix ingredients have been shown to impact the four key mechanisms of cellular aging.*” (from the Shaklee.com website)
Since August of 2008, professor David Sinclair of Harvard Medical School, had been lending his name and support for the new anti-aging Shaklee supplement.
However, just days ago, Mr. Sinclair abruptly ended his relationship with Shaklee.
Here are several stories from other blogs about this unfortunate disagreement:
- Health Blog : Harvard Researcher Tied to Shaklee ‘Anti-Aging Tonic … – SHAKLEE, VIVIX and SINCLAIR. Sinclair got $6 million when the company he was associated with was sold to drug maker Smith Kline. He also got a contract worth $300000 or so, for a number of years from the company. …
- Multi-level marketer Shaklee loses endorsement of Harvard … – In an email to the Journal, he wrote that “To my dismay I have found numerous uses of my name and reputation on the Web and in other media that implies endorsement by me of Shaklee’s Vivix product. I have engaged counsel to deal with …
- Health Care Renewal: A Professor and an Anti-Aging Tonic – ‘To my dismay I have found numerous uses of my name and reputation on the Web and in other media that implies endorsement by me of Shaklee’s Vivix product,’ he wrote. In a statement, Shaklee said that ‘every implied product endorsement …
