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Roger Barnett, CEO and Chairman of Shaklee Corporation announced plans to launch a nationwide campaign to promote the Shaklee business opportunity. The 50 year old company hopes to raise awareness of the potential the company offers for financial freedom. Barnett says that the Shaklee opportunity has the chance to help over a million families throughout 2009. The campaign got underway in Greensboro NC on February 9th.

Shaklee representatives on the tour will tout the benefits of becoming an independent distributor and highlight the chance to become financially independent while taking control of your life and time. Barnett will promote Shaklee’s revolutionary business model that will help those in need even during the economic downturn.

“Families are struggling to make ends meet in this difficult economy,” says Barnett. “While so many others are cutting back, we’re a 50-year-old company with a revolutionary business model that’s seeking to create one million new entrepreneurial opportunities to give people the potential to thrive even during these difficult economic times. Shaklee has actually grown during the past seven economic downturns. Our economic growth, combined with products that make people and the planet healthier, make Shaklee a powerful force for good,” says Barnett.

The tour comes at a perfect time, when millions of Americans have lost their jobs within the last year, and new jobs are scarce, if not impossible to find. The tour will travel to half a dozen cities and expose thousands to the possibility of operating their own independent business. Shaklee hopes to highlight the opportunity the company provides either to supplement income or create a source of full time income.

Shaklee is over 50 years old, and is one of the most well respected companies not only in the Direct Sales Industry but in the world. Shaklee has been a pioneer in the fields of all natural products that are healthy and harmless to the environment.

The nationwide tour will run through Feb. 14 and is free and open to the public. For information on this campaign, call 1-800-SHAKLEE.

Tour dates:
Greensboro, NC — February 9
New York City, NY — February 10 (Spanish translation provided)
Chicago, IL — February 11 (Spanish translation provided)
Dallas, TX — February 12
Denver, CO — February 13
Los Angeles, CA — February 14 (Spanish language provided)
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David Sinclair, a Harvard Medical School professor who had been working with Shaklee as a member of their scientific advisory board, has quit.

Sinclair’s exit from the company is not entirely shocking as he has been questioned lately regarding his involvement and endorsement of Shaklee’s latest revolutionary product, and anti-aging serum called Vivix which has been touted as the “world’s best anti-aging supplement.” Sinclair has been helping to promote the product since it was introduced in August. The Vivix syrup is said to be a key ingredient to extending life.

The exit from the board comes after being questioned in the past weeks by the Wall Street Journal about the endorsement of the product. Dr. Sinclair now claims that his name has been misused in connection to Vivix and disputes claims that he approved use of his name in its advertising material.

Shaklee, the California based direct sales company claims that they had the full support of Dr. Sinclair with regarding to Vivix, a formula which contains the antioxidant resveratrol which claims to help slow or even halt the aging process. This is a huge blow to Shaklee who for several months has enjoyed the backing of a Harvard professor and reputable doctor, something no direct sales company nowadays has.

Both sides are taking firm stands on the issue, with Harvard Medical School even reviewing Shaklee’s use of Dr. Sinclair’s name as well as any references on the website or in promotional videos of the Harvard name.

Shaklee released a statement saying that “every implied product endorsement was in Dr. Sinclair’s own words and every Shaklee use of his name — whether in print or video — was pre-approved by him in keeping with our agreement.

Shaklee’s grape tasting Vivix is quite pricey, at $100 for 30 teaspoons, which is roughly a month’s supply, and while it is pricey, Shaklee says that there is a huge request for the product which has been purchased by well over 100,00 people since it was introduced, and orders are even backlogged.

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Most Americans have heard that drinking a glass of red wine can be healthy but are unaware of why this is. In 2006, researchers at the Harvard Medical School and the National Institute on Aging (NIA) reported that a natural substance found in red wine, known as resveratrol, can potentially offset the negative effects of a high-calorie diet and significantly extend lifespan in mice. After the largest research project in its 53-year history, Shaklee Corporation, has introduced Vivix Cellular Anti-Aging Tonic, the first all-natural dietary supplement that combines resveratrol with a patent-pending plant extract to combat the key mechanisms of cellular aging.

Roger Barnett, Chairman and CEO of Shaklee Corporation, says, “Vivix is a revolutionary new product that goes beyond resveratrol in the fight against cellular aging,” Barnett continues, “A 30-day supply delivers the equivalent amount of resveratrol found in 3,000 glasses of red wine and has actually been shown to be ten times more powerful than resveratrol alone at slowing the formation of AGE (Advanced Glycation End Products) proteins which can compromise cellular integrity and longevity.”

Published in Nature, the Harvard Medical School and NIA report suggests that resveratrol could help offset some of the negative impacts of an unhealthy, high-calorie diet. The researchers found that resveratrol extended the lifespan of mice and appeared to blunt some of the effects of aging. The challenge was that until recently, there wasn’t a practical way to consume the necessary amount of the substance to be impactful.

Dr. David Sinclair, Associate Professor of Pathology and co-director of the Paul F Glenn Laboratories for the Biological Mechanisms of Aging at Harvard Medical School says, “I’ve been working for more than a decade trying to understand more about the aging process and my research shows that there are a few key genes in our bodies that can control, not just how fast we age, but how healthy we are.” The world renowned expert on aging and member of the Shaklee Scientific Advisory Board continues, “I believe that we are going to be the first generation in human history to benefit from the significant advances in anti-aging research. This is not pseudo science. This is cutting edge and it’s here now.”

“Shaklee is proud of this breakthrough innovation of Vivix,” said Dr. Jamie McManus, Chairman of Medical Affairs, Health Sciences and Education, Shaklee Corporation. “Our team has invested years of research to locate and isolate a unique blend of potent plant phytochemicals which when combined with resveratrol have been shown in laboratory studies to positively impact four key mechanisms of cellular aging by protecting and repairing cellular DNA, positively impacting genetic regulators, promoting cellular energy production and Vivix ingredients are 10 times more powerful than resveratrol alone at slowing AGE protein formation.”*

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