Paid $129 for an informational seminar that includes lunch. I was handed a berry protein smoothie by one of the hosts as I was ushered into a small classroom. When I asked what kind of protein was in the smoothie the person looked at me, hesitated, and replied, "beef". As a vegetarian I had to refuse. As they began introducing themselves, one of them claimed that cancer could mostly be prevented with diet. Red flags, but ok. Maybe these beef shakes were part of their plan? They mentioned the supplements that they sell. Hmm, I thought I was here to learn about a healthy diet, not buy supplements. More red flags. I asked if they had a vegetarian smoothie option, they did not. They were chatting up about the lunch we'd all be having later, I figured I should enquire if they had thought to include a vegetarian option (surely they had, this was supposed to be a healthy nutrition-based company) Nope. They gave each other bewildered looks, and advised they did have chicken salad (chicken is not vegetarian). Another one piped in that even though the shakes were made with beef they were lactose free (irrelevant; vegetarian, vegan, lactose intolerant, all different things that a nutrition expert should know). At this point I'm concerned that the people conducting this nutritional seminar (nutrition "experts") don't understand what a vegetarian is, or how to offer healthy vegetarian options in this day and age. I took this as my cue to cut my losses and leave. The lady at the front desk advised they were an "animal-based" company, and provided a refund. Not a problem, but they should probably note that somewhere on the website.
TLDR: Be forewarned, you think you're going in to be educated about nutrition, but they want to sell you on their shakes and supplements. And these nutrition "experts" couldn't handle someone with a simple dietary restriction. Save your time and money! read more