A health care provider in Finland has made the outstanding declare that taking Juice Plus dietary supplements makes smoking protected.
Veli-Pekka Valkonen, a doctor in Finland, made the declare at a Juice Plus advertising and marketing occasion.
The occasion was filmed for coaching functions however was by no means imagined to have been made public.
Juice Plus associates who attended the occasion have been prohibited from recording or taking photographs of audio system, however have been inspired to take notes.
As one of many audio system on the occasion, Valkonen (proper) revealed he had been taking Juice Plus dietary supplements for twelve years.
Valkonen promotes Juice Plus dietary supplements over artificial formulation. He claims continued use of artificial dietary supplements will increase most cancers and mortality charges over time.
Versus inflicting you to get most cancers and die, Valkonen states Juice Plus dietary supplements have a measurable impact on the physique inside a month.
He describes these results as “the physique being born once more”.
Valkonen continues his presentation, subsequent asserting that taking Juice Plus mitigates the consequences of smoking.
Smoking damages DNA and these breakdown merchandise will be measured in urine, Valkonen explains.
In accordance with Valkonen, measurable injury decreases with loads of vegetable consumption, and Juice Plus merchandise have ‘proven the identical impact’.
“Particularly people who smoke have been in a position to present that they will proceed smoking and take Juice Plus, so that you’re protected,” Valkonen claims.
Regardless of Valkonen being a health care provider, it ought to be famous that DNA injury is just not measurable in urine. Nor does taking Juice Plus forestall the dangerous results of smoking.
The ultimate declare Valkonen makes is that taking Juice Plus dietary supplements noticed his gums recuperate via progress of recent tissue.
The Juice Plus advertising and marketing video that includes Valkonen was purportedly proven in weekly coaching occasions.
In accordance with one attendee on the authentic occasion, the video has over time been proven to lots of of Juice Plus associates.
One other Juice Plus affiliate Seura spoke to claims
We have been instructed that (Juice Plus) merchandise can’t be offered utilizing the identify of Valkonen as a result of he’s a health care provider. However we have been instructed to make use of his well being claims particularly in our gross sales efforts.
Physician Valkonen is presently working for The Mehiläinen Group, who declare to be ‘a well known and revered non-public supplier of social and well being providers in Finland‘.
Seura reached out to The Mehiläinen Group, who acknowledged they didn’t share or endorse Valkonen’s views on Juice Plus dietary supplements.
Whether or not Valkonen has promoted Juice Plus dietary supplements to sufferers in his capability as a The Mehiläinen Group is unclear.
Exterior of The Mehiläinen Group, Valkonen can also be a well known sports activities doctor.
For his or her half, Juice Plus additionally disowned Valkonen’s feedback.
Seura sought out Mattias Mildenborn, Juice Plus’ Regional Director for Northern Europe, who acknowledged;
The lecture materials seen by the Seura was neither produced nor permitted by the corporate.
Mildenborn acknowledged the corporate’s tips and moral tips prohibit medical advertising and marketing.
“When the video got here to our data, we act instantly and now not use the video,” Mildenborn stated in an e mail.
Why Juice Plus was utilizing a advertising and marketing video it didn’t produce or approve of is unclear.
Valkonen himself was approached by Seura for a phone interview.
After initially agreeing to be interviewed, Valkonen went on to cancel by way of textual content message.
In accordance with Seura’s June third article masking Valkonen’s Juice Plus claims;
The meals management authority has lately intervened in advertising and marketing Juice Plus merchandise in Finland for unlawful well being claims.
Astonishingly, as per Finnish legislation Valkonen’s conduct doesn’t seem like unlawful.
States Marjo Misikangas, Chief Inspector of the Finland’s Meals Company;
The legislation solely binds the corporate and the sellers of the merchandise.
In case your physician is just not a reseller or an worker of the corporate, they will not be topic to manage measures below the Meals Act.
Did Valkonen, in his capability as a health care provider, converse at a Juice Plus advertising and marketing occasion recorded for coaching functions with out compensation? Most likely not, however I digress.
In the meantime Finnish medical doctors can apparently make up fully unfounded medical claims with out repercussion. Good to know.
A couple of months in the past authorities in Italy additionally fined Juice Plus for misleading advertising and marketing claims.
BehindMLM reviewed Juice Plus in mid 2018. As a part of our evaluate we documented a number of cases of Juice Plus associates making medical claims regarding most cancers.