WHY I CHOSE USANA

I was introduced to USANA by my special friend Ken Kerr (the man Walt Disney hired to create EPCOT Center in Florida ).  Ken told me this amazing account of how USANA came to be.  I think you will find it most unusual, too.

Going back to the roots, Ken explained how Dr. Myron Wentz founded a company called Gull Laboratories to do work in the correct diagnosis of infectious diseases.  His mission and passion was to keep people from dying too soon.  Gull Labs became recognized as the "Gold Standard" in disease testing and the Gull disease diagnostic test kits can be found in hospitals and clinics worldwide.  I don't fully understand the process but to do the testing he needed to have a viral antigen in the test kit.  It would have been unethical to expose people to the virus to get antigens, so Dr. Wentz learned how to keep human cells alive and exceptionally healthy in a "test tube".  His test kits were extremely accurate because of the strong antigens produced by these very healthy cell cultures.  He had some cell cultures that were forty (40!) years old with no signs of aging or deterioration!  I think Dr. Wentz has a good idea about what keeps a human cell healthy!

Back around 1990, Dr. Wentz began looking for a nutritional supplement for his own use.  He discovered that all the commercially available supplements were made from cheap ingredients that were not in the right form, balance, or potency.  He acquired and tested many different brands and tested them in Gull's world-class diagnostic laboratory.  He did not find one that had the proper ingredients, balance, or potency.  It was at that point he considered the "nutritional soup" that he was feeding the cells in culture at Gull Labs.  The ingredients would be the basis of a perfect supplement to give people the best chance at maintaining optimal health.  That was what I was looking for. On this web site, look up Why USANA in the blue bar at the top and explore the information under USANA Story and Quality Manufacturing. 

WHY NETWORK MARKETING?

I am often asked, "If this product is so good, why isn't it in all the stores."  Good question!  Dr. Wentz did try to take this to the national distributors who would put them on the store shelves.  They liked his product but told him in order for them to carry it; he would have to make it cheaper.  Dr. Wentz said that if he made it cheaper, it wouldn't work.  The distributor replied: "We don't care: Make it cheaper or we won't carry it."  Wow.