The company Herbalife was established in 1980 by a man named Mark Hughes.  As the story has it, he started Herbalife after losing his mother to a lifelong struggle with obesity and the affects of the chemicals in weight lose aids. According to reports this story is suspected of being false. True of false, Herbalife now offers a number of dietary supplements, personal care products and different herbs all said to help maintain a healthy body weight and keep you looking and feeling good.

Herbalife’s current weight management system is “ShapeWorks”, and offers energy, digestive, and appetite support. At Herbalife you can also get targeted nutritional supplements to help with; heart, digestive and children’s health, immune solutions, stress management, energy and fitness, and vitamins especially formulated for men and women. All of the products are developed with natural nutrients to cause fewer possible side effects.  The most popular product that has been created to date is their meal replacement system. They carry nutritional shakes and protein bars that are said to taste better than typical products on the market today. Dr. Richard Marconi is responsible to helping him come up with safe and effective supplements.

If you would like to become a distributor for Herbalife it will cost less than $100 to get started. Once signed up they offer a lot of training support including; Success Training Seminars (STS), Herbalife Opportunity Meetings (HOM), and Leadership Development Weekends. They also offer business support including; televised product business and building training, internet support tools available 24 hours, annual international events, advice from the medical advisory board, and promotional tools. If you would like to know more about their commissions you will have to sign up for a “sponsor” to call you.

As far as reputation, Herbalife has been in trouble with the FDA. They were doing what most MLM companies are accused of which is false advertisement of a product. The FDA stated the products would help with different health problems but weight loss is not one of them. There were also several complaints on Herbalife for causing side effects such as diarrhea, constipation, nausea, headache, light-headedness, palpitations, etc.  The company has survived this ordeal and now still operates with most of its sales being made overseas. Mark Hughes passed away in 2002 at his home in Malibu, California.