| This article provides a review of USANA Health | | | | NutriSearch Comparative Guide to Nutritional |
| Sciences, which is a network marketing company in | | | | Supplements and have achieved best of state awards |
| Salt Lake City, Utah. USANA manufactures various | | | | in Utah for several years in both the nutritional (Best |
| products for weight control, personal care, and | | | | Dietary Supplement 2008, 2007, 2006, 2004, 2003) and |
| nutritional supplementation at its home office in Salt | | | | personal care categories (Best Personal Care |
| Lake City, Utah. USANA has distributors in fourteen | | | | Products in 2008, 2007). |
| markets: Australia, New Zealand, Canada, the United | | | | USANA is the official health supplement supplier of the |
| Kingdom, the Netherlands, Hong Kong, Japan, Taiwan, | | | | Sony Ericsson WTA Tour, US Speedskating Team, |
| Korea, Singapore, Mexico, Malaysia, Philippines, and the | | | | Speed Skating Canada, Biathlon Canada, Cross |
| United States. Many people are considering to join | | | | Country Canada, USA Luge, and USA Bobsled Team |
| USANA about the earth and many thousands have | | | | Radcliff. |
| already joined either with a home business,as | | | | USANA's stock symbol on the NASDAQ is USNA. |
| distributors or as customers. | | | | The company was in the top 20 Forbes' 200 Best |
| The company's four product brands are: USANA | | | | Small Companies list for 2006, 2005, 2004 and in the |
| Nutritionals, USANA Foods, Sense Beautiful Science, | | | | Business Week 100 Hot Growth Companies list in |
| and Rev3 Energy Drink. The name USANA is coined | | | | 2004 and 2003. |
| from Greek and Latin words meaning "true health." | | | | USANA and Dr. Wentz chose a direct sale, or |
| Dr. Myron Wentz, who founded USANA, received a | | | | network marketing approach from the company's |
| Ph.D. from the University of Utah in the field of | | | | inception. This method was chosen in order to offer a |
| microbiology with specialization in immunology. He is | | | | better price to consumers and included a lofty goal of |
| reknowned in the scientific community, having received | | | | "legitimizing" the MLM business. At the latest 2009 |
| the Albert Einstein award in 2007, for his contribution to | | | | International Convention in Salt Lake City, CNN Host |
| life sciences. | | | | Larry King made a surprise appearance. He |
| Preceding USANA, Dr. Wentz founded Gull Laoratories | | | | interviewed MLM industry expert Tim Sales about the |
| in 1974. Gull Laboratories is the world leader in | | | | network marketing industry's legitimacy, effectiveness |
| diagnostic test kits. Gull has over 35 patents today and | | | | for people starting a home business, and correlation to |
| many of its kits are used in hospitals and clinics around | | | | various other current events including the Bernie |
| the world. The best known kit, which put USANA on | | | | Madoff scam. Larry King was himself a victim of this |
| the map, is for the Epstein-Barr virus, or mononucleus. | | | | con and appeared "legitimately" amazed to ascertain |
| Gull Labs today creates billions of human cells and | | | | that MLM is, in fact, a very legitimate business model. |
| sustains them with nutritional formulations developed | | | | The USANA products have unquestionably been |
| by Dr. Wentz. | | | | valuable to thousands of clients. My own personal |
| Dr. Wentz's intention statement is: "I dream of a world | | | | physical condition has benefited greatly in several |
| free from pain and suffering. I dream of a world free | | | | areas, including less lower back pain and an improved |
| from disease. The USANA family will be the healthiest | | | | immune system (virtually no flu or colds since starting |
| family on earth..." Having lost his father to a heart | | | | to use the products in 2002). |
| attack at age 17 and his mother to breast cancer while | | | | The corporation has acknowledged over 150 |
| at Gull Labs, he wanted to be able to make a | | | | million-dollar earners presently. The associate payout is |
| difference in preventing disease vs. merely diagnostics. | | | | approximately 53% of net earnings, which is the |
| When his own health started to decline, his search for | | | | highest of any public network marketing company. The |
| a nutritional product for himself resulted in the | | | | company has earned the Distributor's Choice award |
| conclusion that a scientifically-based, effective | | | | from each year consecutively for the last 10 years. |
| formulation wasn't offered on the market. In fact, he | | | | Network marketing is a viable business model and |
| understood that if existing product formulations were | | | | USANA Health Sciences would be an excellent |
| used with cell cultures in his lab, the cells would go | | | | company to consider for anyone starting a home |
| dead within a week. | | | | business venture. Initial cost is low, at present $29.95 |
| USANA employs over 900 people worldwide, including | | | | for a distributor kit, and additional tools are readily |
| about 630 people at the corporate offices in Utah. The | | | | available for worldwide marketing this business. The |
| sales for the year 2008 were around $429 million. | | | | worst possible outcome would be for an individual to |
| The USANA Nutritionals were named the editor's | | | | be unsuccessful at customer acquisition and sales, yet |
| choice when compared to 1500 other products in the | | | | to still gain an improved health picture in the process. |