[buzybee188]

Hi everyone,

Has anyone tried Organic Liaison? I heard of it just today when Kirstie Alley was talking about it on a couple of morning shows. It sounds pretty new - she started it only a few months ago.

It's great that she's doing it too & on TV so we can see her results (for that, all i have to say is she is one BRAVE woman)! But I'd like to hear what regular people think and how well it works for them. I am super curious! I try to eat organic when I can, so it sounds appealing to me. Anybody else curious? (Here's the link if you are - http://www.organicliaison.com/)

Any Organic Liaison users here? What are your thoughts?

Thanks for any input! (I'm fairly new here- looks like I stumbled on a great diet community! If there has already been a thread about this, please link me!)

[mandalinn82]

I read about the plan. I'm all about supporting organics and people choosing to make organic food choices when possible. The problem is, her service isn't to deliver that food to you...it's to provide you with sources of local, organic food in your area. Local Harvest does that too, for free, so I don't know that I see the value.

The other half of the program is required supplements and other things that you purchase. I lost my weight without supplements (and so did most of our maintainers), and I'm not convinced you need cleanses, extra nutrients, and pills to help you sleep for weight loss.

It's not something I'd pay for, especially because the part I believe in (local, organic foods) I can get for free, and the part I don't believe in (crazy amounts of supplements for all kinds of purposes) is REALLY expensive.

[Suzanne 3FC]

I'm very bothered by the step Kirstie Alley has taken with her new program.

I'm all for organic and whole foods and believe we should all eat that way. Kirstie throws around the term 'organic' quite a bit in her sales pitch. But what she's really selling are supplements with mystery ingredients. They don't list the ingredients on the website.

The program is $10 per month for the membership fee and $139 per month for the supplements. It automatically renews every month until you cancel.

The package includes 3 weight loss products that include descriptions filled with hope and promises, but they don't tell you anything that is in the products. Mystery ingredients.

I emailed and asked the ingredients and they were only willing to tell me the ingredients to one of the products, which did not impress me as helpful. It doesn't matter if the ingredients are organic or not, if they have not been proven to help with weight loss.

I was very excited when I heard she was going to promote an organic diet plan. I was very disappointed in what I found

[shairawilliams]

I have not heard about it and I am all for any kind of organic weight loss plan so I think it's a good weight loss plan. Must do some research about it later.

For me losing weight using organic weight loss plan brings better results for a long period of time as compared to those chemically enhanced weight loss plan.

[Laelle]

I was also bothered that none of the ingredients were listed, so I went to the web site today to request them. I see that they are now available for each of the products - but the ingredients for "Rescue me" are sideways and too blurry for me to read.

At least there is progress - quite a few people must have contacted them about their "mystery" ingredients. I'll be interested to see what is in Rescue Me, since it is the most expensive and the most talked about.

Laelle

[kaplods]

Organic doesn't mean healthy. Hemlock can be grown organically.

Organic doesn't mean balanced. Eating only organic apples and lettuce isn't a healthy way to lose weight.

A lot more information is necessary to judge the diet by.


Celebrity endorsement, definitely doesn't mean healthy. Celebrities are among the most likely to use unhealthy methods of weight loss, because there career largely depends upon their appearance, and losing it fast can become more important than being healthy.

If you had to lose 20 lbs within three weeks or lose your job, which would be more important to you - losing it fast or losing it in the healthiest way?


And of course, celebrities are paid for their endorsements. They may or may not believe in the plan they're endorsing. I'm not saying that the celebrities are lying, because I think I would find it difficult not to be enthusiastic about a program on which I lost weight AND was paid for following.

Celebrities are no more educated on nutrition and health than a random person on the street. "It must be safe, because Kirsty Alley's using it," isn't a logical conclusion (but it's a common one).

In this case, the program as describes, practically SCREAMS SCAM.

Not a guarantee, but a huge red flag for weight loss scams, is billing automatically every month until you cancel. The ads often say, "You can cancel at any time," but customers find that cancelling is easier said than done. You call to cancel, and the customer service rep tries to convince you to stay on the program. You keep getting the product - you call and tell them you've already cancelled, and they tell you that it can take a month to process the cancellation - or they'll claim to have no record of you cancelling. You keep getting bills, and unwanted product, and maybe even letters threatening collection or legal action against YOU...

Maybe this product is on the level, but in nearly 40 years of dieting I've been burned or have seen others burned too many times before on similar products with similar payment arrangements. I would stay away from any plan that didn't have an alternative to an automatic renewal.

[4me4mygirls]

If you do some research on Kirstie's program, lots of people are claiming her whole company is a front for Scientology. Apparently the "rescue me" formula has the same ingredients used in a Scientology addiction program to "treat" heroin addiction. It is comprised mostly of calcium and magnesium.

It seems like a crazily expensive vitamin/ mineral supplement.