The Vegan Mastery Program...just a gimmick???
Posted by jennveg on Jun 30, 2010 · Member since Dec 2007 · 16 posts
I just got an email from this online websourse about registering for the "Vegan Mastery Program". Has anyone ever heard of this and is it just a gimmick and waste of money?
I did a little research on the topic and it appears to be centered around making profit, not sincerely helping people. It appears they are selling programs that educate new vegans on what to eat, how to avoid vitamin/mineral deficiencies, recipes, and other topics. Most of the information they try to sell you is available for free on the internet and from other vegan and vegetarian groups and societies. They appear to exaggerate the sophistication and complications of going vegan to convince you that you need their help to succeed, to make them a profit. I wouldn't advise it but some people may need the extra support but judging by the marketing campaign, I wouldn't quite believe everything they have to say, I smelled more bullshit from the website that I would in a cow pasture. Here's a link
http://www.vegetarianhealthinstitute.com/vegan-mastery/
I'm with Skywalker. Bullshit isn't veg*n.
I've noticed this trying to find any kind of medical/nutritional information on the Net. They always have something to sell you. Which makes me mistrust their information.
http://leftistmoon.files.wordpress.com/2008/02/snake-oil-salesman.jpg
I thought up a great evil plot myself, take food in its natural state and remove all the vitamins and nutrition, process into prepackaged goodies with bright colors and sell the vitamins as a separate product. Two, make the processed food as cheap and as desirable as possible. Run a campaign claiming that common days foods are void of vitamins, nutrition and that this "miracle product" replenishes what the body seeks for optimal performance. Oh wait a minute...
Eric, I :)>>> u. Srsly.
Whoa, this website is making me LOL like crazy! First of all, you can pretty much find all of that stuff on this site for free. Then there's the rest of the internet....
It looks like a bunch of scare tactics and I have a feeling this is really aimed at parents whose children are going vegan. The parents who are totally out of the loop.
And well, Eric already summed up my other point. ;)b
IMHO...you'd get more by checking some of the celebrity endorsers' books out of the library :hrmm: YAY Library tomorrow!