MicroNutra Health (www.micronutra.com) Shut Down By FDA?
MicroNutra Health (www.micronutra.com) Shut Down By FDA?
Recently the website MicroNutra.com was taken off line and the company, MicroNutra Health, was closed down by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA). MicroNutra Health had an entire product line of natural health supplements that the FDA is now calling “drugs”.
Below is a quote from one of the news site articles I read recently online:
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“The indictment does not allege that the products don’t do what they claim to do,” said Don Ledford, a spokesman for the U.S. attorney in Kansas City, Mo. “What the indictment does allege is these companies claimed that the products had been tested and been proven effective when, in fact, they had not been tested and they had not been proven effective.”
“FDA regulations prohibit advertising medical benefits of drugs without extensive scientific testing.”
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Should they have shut MicroNutra down? What do you think? Post a comment and express your opinion…
Many of my subscribers and readers often express interest in natural supplements for overall health and for specific health conditions. Therefore, Barton Publishing did promote MicroNutra Health supplements, and we do believe that many of their products were of high quality, based on the reported positive results from our own customers.
However, several months ago we stopped promoting www.MicroNutra.combecause we became leery of their business practices. We were receiving numerous complaints about the length of time that it took for the product shipments to arrive, as well as complaints about having trouble with returns and refunds.
We also heard the rumor that MicroNutra Health may have actually been selling the same products under various product names, with each product claiming to treat or cure a different disease. Although we do see how a supplement could be effective in treating various conditions, this did not sit right with us.
So, over the past few months, we stopped recommending MicroNutra supplements.
However, after much research, we started to recommend herbal remedies from Native Remedies as preferred supplements to assist people with specific health conditions.
Certain herbs have been well known for centuries for their ability to provide numerous health benefits.
Using customer feedback and research we determined that Native Remedies (www.NativeRemedy.info) was an excellent company with an excellent product line of herbal supplements. They also have great customer service and fast shipping, which is very important!
Also… unlike MicroNutra, Native Remedies is actually FDA Approved.
All of the Native Remedies products are formulated to target certain health conditions and they combine a unique blends of herbs, which work together to compound the effectiveness of the remedy as a whole.
This is one key reason why Native Remedies herbal supplements seem to be superior to other similar products… where normally 1 + 1 = 2 for most herbal supplements, with Native Remedies one herb will make the other herb more effective and vice versa. So now 1 + 1 = 4 or 6. Make sense?
The Barton Publishing natural health remedy reports cover everything you need as far as home remedies, however many people prefer taking a supplement over drastically changing their diet or lifestyle.
We encourage you to try both!
These herbal remedies may or may not improve your condition and the same goes for our natural home remedy reports. However, for the vast majority of people, natural health remedies can dramatically improve your health.
By combining customer opinions and success stories, with the research and expertise of doctors, herbalists, dietitians, and nutritionists, I’m able to provide you with the information and options you will need to discover your optimal natural health remedy.
If you’re looking for an alternative to MicroNutra Health products OR if you’re considering an herbal remedy, visit the site link below:
And please, let me know your results if you try one of the herbal supplements… Many of the recommended products, supplements, and even new report remedies that I promote are provided and inspired by YOU, as a valued customer or subscriber!
For excellent natural health,
Joe Barton, Founder
Barton Publishing Inc.
Comments
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Hi, I ordered sensuvive for my wife from Micronutra health. The check cleared the bank last week. We never received our order. Can someone tell me if I lost my money ???
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I have been using cholestasys for two months and it has lower my cholestrol 40 points. Sometimes it makes you wonder who really controls things,maybe the drug companies. lkl
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Hi, I used digestrol from micronutra and never had problems from ordering! i did start to order them off ebay because i got better deals for it.. I have IBS really bad that it affected my life and work. I am a normal human again after taken the digestrol from them!! i am no in a scramble to find the pills anywhere I can so I can be cramp free!!! I hope they get their act together and get back in business! There are alot of us out there that depend on them!!
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I ordered a bottle of Activive for my fibromyalgia
and after three weeks of taking the pills my pain and fatigue are gone. I have more energy than I have had in a long time.
The order only took one week for me to receive and the customer service was wonderful.
I don’t understand why the drug companies have to interfer when there are products out there that are actually helping people. I know that there has to be some control when products go on the market and they need to be tested for safety but it always seems to be the ones that work. -
I tried Nutratose and Activive for chronic fatigue/fibromyalgia last month with no results. In fact I’m feeling much worse. I hope I can get my $ back for the 2 extra bottles I got…I got it thru HealthTech Meds, a distributor.
When I called MicroNutra they said it was not true that the co had been shut down.
I have used Ambrotose in the past with excellent results, but was trying to save $ so decided to try Nutratose instead… -
The main problem with Micronutra, Techmedica or NanoNutra and True Value Media . . . was that they blatantly refused to do anything correctly.
They held ZERO concern for the safety of their customers and had ZERO control over the quality of their products . . . I know the truth hurts sometimes, but it’s their own greed that caused their fall. If you read the indictments charged against them, you will see that their so-called “formulator” claimed to be a doctor, when in fact, Charles C. Thao was nothing of the sort.
So move on and don’t look back!
When selecting any product it is important that you, in your own self interest, first research the ingredients. Then shop around for the most reputable source and best value.
Native Remedies checks out for me. They have better product for less money, and each bottle has a real safety seal and official lot numbers. Unlike the other companies I spoke of above.
For all you people out there looking for real results, forget about those other companies-if they are no longer in business, there is a good reason why they are not . . . and they shouldn’t be allowed to ruin it for the rest of us.
If you were really getting positive results from MicroNutra’s products, I can only guess that you are likely a plant, posting lies to cover-up the mess they made. There are plenty of real companies run by honest, dedicated individuals who are making amazing contributions to the nutritional and alternative medicine industry to choose from.
Drugs do NOT prevent or cure anything. Let the drug companies claim what they want. Any scrutinizing person can see the truth of the matter. I cannot find a single disease out there that is the result of a”drug deficiency.”
The fact is, the drug companies have absurd amounts of money to blast out advertising campaigns with. That’s while it is so vital for small nutritional companies to stick with the program and do things the honest way. PLUS, you and I must choose to take responsibility for our own health, or we will all lose the freedom to choose. That would be the biggest tragedy of our time.
Do your “due diligence,” do your research, read the latest remedy reports and spread the word when you discover something natural that helped you, or someone you love.
It is ridiculous to try to tell me that prolipamy helped your friends Chronic Fatigue Syndrome and yet you don’t have the wherewithal to find a better source of enzymes. That’s just silly.
Yes, I know that enzymes would help your friend, if he or she was real . . . but seriously, prolipamy stinks, literally. Prolipamy is one of the poorest quality products available, other than any of those companies proclaimed so-called products.
I know, I did research for them for 3 years. I was deceived by their lies and false promises too, so please understand, I know whereof I speak!
If any of you Micronutra, Techmedica or NanoNutra testimonials are real, I apologize, just this once. But the truth of the matter is, it’s EASY to find better products, REAL Bona Fide products that can surely benefit your health.
Seek and you shall find, knock and it will be opened!
Again- READ the indictments, all 80 of them . . . those were “mock products” at best. I took them myself and my health suffered for it . . . to this day, no one knows what was really in them nor what they used to cut, or perhaps, even laced them with . . . we all need to act out against faux pas nutritional companies when we uncover them.
There is a health revolution going on right now, and it’s outcome will determine our right to choose natural cures and remedies. Companies like MicroNutra, are part of the problem, NOT part of the solution.
Live well-
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I am from Singapore and I ordered a bottle of nutratose and digestrol more than a month ago but up to now, I still haven’t received any bottles!! Can anyone tell me why?
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I have been affiliate of MircoNutra although since I would not be ordering by the cases I had to go through Univeral Unlimited for customers to get the products. I do not have inventory since I sell a variety of weight loss products. I changed the site to mostly natural products and have been in search for them. I have not listed any products except the Gluofast and have one person who wants to order it. Now since I came across this article I don’t know what to think.
So now I owe it to my customers to do so more research on nutritional companies. I only want what is the best and what works the most for my customers. Thanks for posting your research article.
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Their web site speaks about risk free ordering, if the products do not perform as stated, but getting your money back for products that do not work is very tricky, stupid or deceitful.
The warranty speaks about returning empty bottles; the telemarketing order takers do not talk about warranty or return requirements, and when questioned, they tell you that you must return “unused products and bottles”. They have one product, Provigro, which doesnot come in bottles but in blister packages, which I threw away because I was never told or saw any mention of empty blisters in ther warranty; the return of empty bottles only make sense to me if there is product to return, but I used it all expecting to experience the results the product claims, so I threw away all but the last blister. NO BLISTERS, NO REFUND!!! iF YOU CALL “CUSTOMER SERVICE”, IT IS PROBABLY A CALL CENTER THAT IS OUTSOURCED, SO THERE IS NOBODY THERE WITH ANY DIRECT LINK TO THIS “COMPANY, NOW “MERGED WITH ANOTHER CAL IonX Holdings Inc. WHAT A FRIGGING RACKET.
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i am so angry with these guys! i ordered hair products 3 months ago and finally got my order 2 months later and they sent me weight loss pills! i have sent them many e-mails to see whats happening and they blatantly refuse to reply. i want to take legal action because i feel like someone has stolen my money. can anyone please help me!? regards, tim.
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Yes you lost your money, because the bank has frozen all of their accounts. Under all their names. Techmedica Health, Faith Meds, True Value Media, and many others. They are however still in Grand Rapids, at their location on Broadmore. Some are still trying to screw folks over, etc. They need to be totally closed, because all the pills were the same ones. but different names. They were not even made by the so called Fake DR. Thao. They screwed over millions of people, by selling sugar pills, etc. What a great scam. I left when they had me bottling the same pills into different labels, etc. and so on. Plus when the FDA raided us three times. Be care full of the ION company also. Same type of crap but liquid form. They are doing the same thing, bottling same liquid under different names, etc. I was also there. SO DON’T BUY CRAP FROM EITHER.
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Wow! I was just getting ready to order candidol from micronutra health when I came across this site. I feel the yeast and fungal relief did seem to help, but now I don’t feel confident in ordering from them. Any suggestions would be helpful.
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Hello
I really Enjoyed reading your Blog. I have always been kind of a health freak myself, so I always search health Blogs and health related websites. Recently my grandmother has talked to me about herbal products they used when they were kids for many health issues. I searched online and found http://www.youherbal.com , I have been using many of their herbal products in combination with medicine and a lot of my health concerns have been resolved. Anyways, I look forward to all the updates. Thank again.
Jessica
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It looks like Micronutra is back in business. Anyone know the deal?
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There site is up.It was only down for a short time.If the owners are under enditment how could the site be up?
Thats impossible.
Those who tell of same pills in different bottles couldn’t be right.When millions of real people have gotten real results.None of this makes any sense.Can anyone clarify other than posting the same news article. -
The MicroNutra Health / NaturalShare Affiliate Program currently owes me since February 2008 $185 in affiliate comissions, and I believe that MicroNutra Health™ has been merged both assets and operation with IonX Holdings. No-one from their 1-800 number will return my calls or respond to my emails, and all of their data has been removed from their servers.
I understand from reading lots of posts on the internet, that Micronutra Health is out of business, and that they currently owe hundreds of customers and affiliates of MicroNutra Health money for products that were never shipped and NaturalShare Affiliate program commissions. Thus, I’m not the only person that got screwed and others should be made aware of this! MicroNutra Health was very unreliable.
I suggest that if you are out to protect the public and others thinking about buying herbal products that you email them this letter and search the internet for their practices. You will see that Micronutra Health has a practice of screwing their customers and those who promoted their products.
In fact, By doing some searches on the internet, I found that MicroNutra is under Indictment for Fraudulently Marketing Dietary Supplements.
Persons named in the Indictment are; Charles C. Thao, 40, and his wife, Mai Lor, 23, both of Springfield, along with two businesses that they own and operate in Springfield, Nutrapha Research, LLC, and Bio Nutrasource, LLC, and Shua G. Vang, 40, also of Springfield, and Tony T. Pham, 40, and his business, Techmedica Health, Inc., and Tong B. Vang, 42, all of Grand Rapids, Mich., were charged in a 40-count indictment returned by a federal grand jury in Springfield on Wednesday, Feb. 27, 2008. Here’s a link with the details: http://www.usdoj.gov/usao/mow/news2008/thao.ind.htm
Brand names include Diamaxol, Activive, Candidol, Cholestasys, HairMax, Lupazol, Menopol and Provigro.
Their present website is http://www.micronutra.com
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I have been taking Hyperexol, because my Nutritionist suggested it for my blood pressure this kept my pressure lower than the prescripton drugs which caused me to break out with a rash with itching all over my body and skin turning black. I have many medical problems but have found perscripton drugs have caused my body to deteriorate, so I have gotten rid of all perscription drugs and now taking herbal products and feeling much better. I know about herbs because my Grand Dad, would go into the woods and dig for roots, grass, leaves,and herbs and process them we were never sick, I never went to a Doctor until I went into service and when I came out until I was past 35yrs old
Percy
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Hi
I have been taking Micronutra Hair Max for over 3 months now without any results!! I called for a refund and they told me I could not receive a refund because they have their dates mixed about when they really shipped me the product. SCAM!!! The product is garbage and they were jerks when I tried to get my money back! Now I read these articles about them being closed down!! STAY AWAY!!!!!!
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Thank you for your forthcoming. A gentlemen from the FDA called me and asked if I purchased NanaNutra for weight loss. He said that my name was down that I requested a refund since the pills didn’t work and I told him that I did, but never received a refund. He told me about the freezing of their account, but to wait a month or so and call them about my refund as the $$ will be turned back to the unscrupulous company to give refunds.
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I have been taking diamoxl and i have never had a
Problem with the delivery of any product
I wish and hope they put it back on the market
Thank you.
Best regards
Gonzalo Gonzales
Hi, My partner and I ordered just before the website of Micronutra shut down, some of the provigro. We live in New Zealand and it took only one week to receive the produce. They were very efficient in the ordering process and we were pleased that the products arrived in a week.
Have decided to go ahead and trial these products given that we have paid for them. So we will see what the results actually are.
Personally I have a positive vibe in regards to the effectiveness of these Provigro tablets. We will get back to you with our findings.
Thanks and Regards, Chrystal