Why Our Products are the Best

Our company has been in business since 1956

Over 50 Golden years! 

Our health-related products are recognized as the world’s best.  Sure, that’s easy for us to say.  However, you can (and should) check out the company, its product range and its product test results for yourself before you get involved. 
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Here are a few more facts:

• A half-billion dollar company operating in 5 countries.
• Is a privately held company, and has firm plans to increase revenues to
  $5 billion, doing business in 50 countries, within 10 years.
• When the nutritional industry is eventually regulated, we will be positioned as the premier provider because the ones with less integrity and less pure/potent products will go out of business.
• Oldest operating Networking Marketing company in the industry.

Over two hundred fifty million dollars has been invested by the company in nutritional science research resulting in a wide variety of patented, state-of-the-art health and wellness products.

Science staff includes more than 150 specialists including skilled nutritionists, biochemists, dieticians, food scientists, and microbiologists. Their Scientific Advisory Board is a group of nationally recognized physicians and scientists providing unsurpassed expertise in nutrition, biochemistry, cardiovascular health, and sports medicine.

Millions of people have benefited from our nutritional, personal care, household, and home water treatment products since 1956. And with the philosophy of living In Harmony With Nature®, we are working together to make our world a better place for generations to come.   

Clinical research proving effectiveness of products has been published in over 100 peer-reviewed scientific and medical journals. More than the next five wellness companies combined!

State-of-the-art manufacturing plant in Norman Oklahoma makes
pharmaceutical grade nutritional products. Common industry practice is to only meet “food-grade” standards, which are of significantly less quality.

Strict quality controls result in refusing millions of dollars worth of unacceptable raw ingredients every year which are then sold by suppliers to other “less demanding” vitamin manufacturers.

A long-standing policy of not putting profits ahead of quality and reputation by making “fad” healthcare products that are not backed by science and/or not proven to be safe and effective for the general population. Examples of products we won't make despite the profits we could make include: chromium picolinate, melatonin, colloidal minerals, ephedra, and colostrum to name a few. The result is that in almost 50 years our company has never had to recall a product or had one of their products be later deemed scientifically invalid.

Before a new product is launched it must be proven safe and effective for general use with clinical testing, and it must be decidedly better than what is already on the market.

As a proven environmental leader, Our Company recently became the first U.S. Climate Neutral Certified Company - meaning it is the first U.S. Company to achieve a net zero impact on global warming! This distinction has led to our Company to receive numerous awards for Environmental leadership and speaks volumes about the our philosophy of doing business by the Golden Rule, which is the company's founding principle.

What Makes Us Different?

The chart below covers a few important points.  Below the chart there are more highlights of the way the company conducts its business.

The Difference

The Difference is more than just a slogan - it's a measurable part of everything we do.  Millions of people have benefited from our nutritional, personal care, household, and home care treatment products since 1956.  Thousands have attained financial security, independence and the chance to live life as they choose through the business.  And with the philosophy of creating healthier and better lives, we are working together to make our world a better place for generations to come. 

Our products stand alone as the best products of their kind on the market today.  Here's why:

• We have invested over $250 million in research and development to continue to achieve product superiority. 
• As many as 83,000 laboratory tests for quality are performed on our nutritional products and their ingredients in a single year. 
• As many as 176 separate tests for purity, freshness, potency, and safety are performed on the raw ingredients for a single product. 
• Our products undergo as many as 262 separate quality assurance tests throughout the manufacturing process. 
• All product label claims are based on documented substantiation, not hearsay, testimonials, or anecdotal evidence. 
• We have conducted numerous clinical studies whose results have undergone the difficult and rigorous process of peer-review, resulting in over 100 published clinical studies that have appeared in prestigious scientific journals. 
• The Dr. Forrest C. Shaklee Research Center in Hayward, California dedicates 52,000 square feet of space to research and development laboratories to bring scientifically-based, superior products to its customers. 
• Our advanced-technology Food and Nutritional Supplement Manufacturing Facility in Norman, Oklahoma dedicates 312,000 square feet to the high quality production of our superior food and nutritional supplements. 
• We conduct no animal testing. 
• All nutritional, herbal, household and personal care products are backed by a 100% guarantee

 Let me add a couple of important examples here that exemplify our integrity:

Example 1 - Ginseng: We stopped production of our Asian Ginseng, despite the huge market for the product, due to a contaminant (a fungicide) found in the raw ingredients after the floods in China a few years ago.  After searching unsuccessfully worldwide for an uncontaminated product, we withdrew Asian Ginseng from our offerings rather than risk the health consequences of delivering a contaminated product.  We did not resume production until we had a proven safe and sure source for the product.  Many brands at supermarkets, health food stores, and mail order outlets continued to sell Asian Ginseng, even though only contaminated raw materials were available!  No one would have known!  Scary, isn’t it! 

Example 2 – Fillers: Coal tar, talcum powder and shellac are all used in “natural” vitamins as a binding agent.  They’re cheap methods of holding the ingredients together in their pill form.  They are also not good for you!  We do not use any of these fillers.  We only use a naturally occurring, harmless gum.

Example 3 – “Natural”:  Did you know that in order to carry the word “natural” on a product label, the FDA requires that only 10% of the ingredients are actually natural? It’s the most abused word in the nutritional industry.  Our products are as close to 100% natural as manufacturing will allow- that’s why they’re more potent and are less prone to cause stomach upsets, even when taken on an empty stomach!  With us, what’s on the label is in the product, and what’s in the product is on the label.  And we guarantee every product with a 100% money-back guarantee.

Nutritional Breakthroughs

Our nutritional products have been setting the standard since 1956.  This is where they began, and this is where they're as committed to the science of health as ever, seeking out the finest, and most natural sources for their formulations. 

From supplements intended to create a basis for supporting life-long health benefits, to specific, targeted products for individual health needs. 

The proof of our leadership can be seen in the over one hundred scientific studies that have appeared in influential peer-reviewed journals.  You cannot buy this journal space – it has to be earned!

There's another dramatic display of the quality of our nutritional products, however, and that's the astonishing list of accomplishments it has powered.  Our nutrition has been instrumental in helping famous sports people run, swim, cycle, and ski across the finish line first.