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Mushroom Coffee With a Side of Blood Thinners | Multi Level Mondays

iilluminaughtii

Blair Zoń

Documentary, Education, Business, Society & Culture

4.4961 Ratings

🗓️ 19 December 2022

⏱️ 24 minutes

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Summary

Go to http://hellofresh.com/mlm18 and use code mlm18 for 18 free meals plus free shipping! Welcome to Multi Level Mondays, a weekly series all about multi level marketing, pyramid schemes, and ponzi schemes. Organo Gold is a coffee MLM made with mushrooms. While it sounds harmless (and gross) enough, these mushrooms do have hidden dangers—as does their business model. Not only are higher-ups chronically leaving mushroom coffee companies to start their own, but each one of them seems to make the same misleading claims. Connect with me: https://linktr.ee/iilluminaughtii Sources: https://justpaste.it/brz1x Writers/Researchers/Helpers: Ali Z-B This episode was edited and mixed by: @GThomasCraig Album cover art created by: Betsy Primes Intro Song Credits: Last to Fall- Will Van De Crommert Outro Song Credits: Sacred and Profane- Nicholas Rowe Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0

Once upon a time there was a fungus, an incredible mushroom known as Ganiderma Lucidum.

0:15.0

Ganiderma are a fantastic looking mushroom resembling something supernatural or

0:19.8

straight out of a fairy tale such as Alice in Wonderland.

0:23.0

Now, does that sound a bit ridiculous to you?

0:27.0

Well, that's how Organo describes the mushrooms that go into their coffee.

0:31.0

Personally, I've never really heard of mushroom coffee before,

0:34.3

but it's their biggest selling point.

0:36.3

It's on the front page of their website,

0:37.8

and allegedly, this Wonder Mushroom has a ton of health benefits.

0:42.2

It's a miraculous ingredient marketed as one of these

0:44.9

herbs staples in Asia that's now getting popularity in the Western world.

0:48.5

Frankly, that's how a lot of scams out here present themselves. Sellers will claim to use traditional

0:54.1

Chinese medicines in their products, maybe to keep you balanced while using their natural treatments.

0:59.6

These buzzwords are everywhere with MLMs, which as we know are notorious for unproven health

1:04.2

claims. If they don't pedal a random all natural ingredient is a cure-all, they claim to

1:09.4

use cutting-edge modern science instead without ever really telling you what that science really is.

1:14.5

And a few bold ones might say they do both.

1:17.1

Organo Gold is clearly in the all natural herbal healing section, but they look pretty plain

1:21.8

on the surface.

1:23.0

Like, they're just selling coffee with some mushrooms in it.

1:26.0

As long as the mushrooms aren't poisonous, there's no harm done, right?

1:30.0

Reviewers seem to like the taste, and while they're a bit pricey it's cheaper than Starbucks

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